Posted: May 4th, 2015

Your analysis of the evolution of the energy supply mix should draw from the course material content and individual research on price, availability, environmental impacts and suitability.

This is an individual assessment task.
This assignment is designed to test your achievement of weekly learning objectives for weeks 1 ‐ 9.
Word limit: The word limit is set at 2000 words (minimum is 1,800). Please do not exceed 2,500 words
and use “wordcount”.
Content:
Consider Figure 12.1b (p285) in the textbook. Using data from the International Energy Agency
(https://www.iea.org/statistics/statisticssearch/) on Total Primary Energy Supply (found in Balances,
TPES entry); you need to analyse the current energy supply mix and how it has changed over time.
You need to select TPES data for Australia, China, Japan and the US for two years, in 1990 and 2010
and produce charts comparable to Figure 12.1b.
Your analysis of the evolution of the energy supply mix should draw from the course material content
and individual research on price, availability, environmental impacts and suitability.

Component Marks
Title/Introduction/Motivation 5
Data selected description 5
Analysis using graphical/statistical analysis 20
Discussion with respect to textbook material 20
Discussion of findings using professional literature (e.g. book, journal articles,
research reports
20
Proper formatting/clarity of exposition (Grammar, punctuation and spelling are
matters which should not be neglected. Failure to take care in these matters
causes confusion and ambiguity)
10
Figures and table, proper use of titles and sources (tables and figures need to be
self‐explanatory, this including sufficient detail to understand them without
resorting to the rest of the document).
10
List of references (this should include a proper citation of data sources following
the APA style)*
10
TOTAL 100
 The general rule for the use of a reference list is that all references used are
cited in alphabetical order. Do not include material which is quote in one of
the references unless the quoted source was actually consulted by you.

TEXTBOOK
Jonathan M. Harris and Brian Roach, 2013. ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL
RESOURCE ECONOMICS: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH, 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin.
A hard copy or alternatively an e-book version can be purchased directly from the
publisher’s website:
https://www.mesharpe.com/mall/resultsa.asp?Title=Environmental+and+Natural+Resource+Economics%3A+
A+Contemporary+Approach%2C+Third+Edition