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Energy economics is a broad scientific subject area which includes topics related to supply and use of energy in societies . Due to diversity of issues and methods applied and shared with a number of academic disciplines , energy economics does not present itself as a self-contained academic discipline, but it is an applied subdiscipline of economics . From the list of main topics of economics , some relate strongly to energy economics:
Energy economics also draws heavily on results of energy engineering , geology , political sciences , ecology etc. Recent focus of energy economics includes the following issues:
Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating , photovoltaics , solar thermal energy , solar architecture and artificial photosynthesis .