English for the Energy Industry

Introduction to the energy business

Fuels and energy sources

Types of power plant

Supplying the customer

Profile of an energy company

Regulation of the energy market

The future of the gas market

Markets and customers

Residential, business, and industrial customers

Supplying an industrial customer

Breakdown in supply

Customer choice

Consumer watchdogs

Protecting the environment

Energy saving

The image of the energy industry

Technical measures to reduce pollution

The cost of protecting the environment

Emissions trading

The Kyoto Protocol

The nuclear issue

Developments in nuclear power

The nuclear production process

Safety and security issues

Reprocessing and waste disposal

Arguments for and against nuclear power

Nuclear fusion

Investment plans

Mergers and takeovers

SWOT analyses

Financial documents

Assets, equity, and liabilities

Coal power plants

Disinvestment

The future of energy

Future production, demand, and supply

Departments and their functions

The fuel cell

The hydrogen economy

Lack of vision in the energy industry