Power Resources category: 2047 books
Biofuels for Transport
Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
The world is on the verge of an unprecedented increase in the production and use of biofuels for transport. The combination of rising oil prices, issues of security, climate instability and pollution, deepening poverty in rural and agricultural areas, and a host of improved technologies, is propelling...
by James G. Speight, Kamel Singh
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Biomass is a renewable resource, whose utilization has received great attention due to environmental considerations and the increasing demands of energy worldwide. Since the energy crises of the 1970s, many countries have become interested in biomass as a fuel source to expand the development of domestic...
Global Bioethanol
Evolution, Risks, and Uncertainties
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Global Bioethanol: Evolution, Risks, and Uncertainties explores the conceptual and methodological approaches for the understanding of bioethanol technologies, policies and future perspectives. After a decade of huge investments made by big companies and governments all around the world, it is time...
by Tania Urmee, David Harries, Hans-Gerhard Holtorf
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2016
The evidence suggests that many solar programs are being designed and implemented in isolation and without reliance on published guidelines or the experience gained by others. The conclusion is obvious: the likelihood of a program being successful would be greatly improved if program implementers...
Zwischenlagerung hoch radioaktiver Abfälle
Randbedingungen und Lösungsansätze zu den aktuellen Herausforderungen
Language: German
Release Date: September 26, 2017
In diesem Buch findet der Leser die technischen, rechtlichen und ethischen Hintergründe zur Lagerung radioaktiver, Wärme entwickelnder Abfälle. Die Rolle der Oberflächenlagerung in einer Entsorgungsstrategie ist ebenso besprochen wie Arten und prognostizierte Mengen an hoch radioaktiven Reststoffen,...
Faktencheck Energiewende
Konzept, Umsetzung, Kosten – Antworten auf die 10 wichtigsten Fragen
Language: German
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Dieses Buch schafft endlich Transparenz und Orientierung in der gesellschaftlichen Diskussion über die deutsche Energiepolitik. Es bietet einen konzentrierten Überblick über die Konzeption, den aktuellen Stand der Umsetzung und die Kosten der Energiewende. Anhand der wesentlichen Zahlen, Fakten...
Smart Market
Vom Smart Grid zum intelligenten Energiemarkt
Language: German
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Mehr Markt wagen! – Die Ausgestaltung dieses Postulats liefert einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Gelingen der deutschen Energiewende. Die Bundesnetzagentur hat mit ihrem vielbeachteten Eckpunktepapier zu intelligenten Netzen und Märkten diesen Weg in Richtung mehr Markt in der Energiewirtschaft gewiesen....
Unter Strom
Die neuen Spielregeln der Stromwirtschaft
Language: German
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Spätestens seit der Reaktorkatastrophe von Fukushima ist das Thema Energiewende als generationsübergreifendes Projekt in der breiten Öffentlichkeit angekommen. Dabei reichen die Wurzeln der Energiewende viel weiter zurück. Wer aber kann von sich behaupten, wirklich zu verstehen, worum es jenseits...
Domestic Microgeneration
Renewable and Distributed Energy Technologies, Policies and Economics
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Microgeneration – producing energy for the home, in the home – is a substantial improvement over the current centralised and detached energy model employed the world over.
Domestic Microgeneration is the first in-depth reference work for this exciting and emerging field of energy generation....
Energy and the New Reality 1
Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy Services
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change. In this, the most comprehensive textbook ever written on the subject, L.D. Danny Harvey lays out the theory and practice of how things must change if we are to meet our energy needs sustainably....
Storing Energy
with Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Energy Storage discusses the needs of the world’s future energy and climate change policies, covering the various types of renewable energy storage in one comprehensive volume that allows readers to conveniently compare the different technologies and find the best process that suits their particularly...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Energy appears to be a fundamental driving force of economic and political strategies as well as planetary stability. Energy-related issues such as (1) the availability of new energy sources and viable technologies, (2) the disparity in access to energy sources, (3) the role of energy in our societies...
Towards 100% Renewable Energy
Techniques, Costs and Regional Case-Studies
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
This volume collects papers presented at the International 100% Renewable Energy Conferences (IRENEC) from 2011 to 2015. Given the time span, the chapters have been updated to ensure they are timely, and pertinent. These proceedings are the outcome of an international group of research scientists...
Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production
Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance provides an overview of the emerging industrial PV sector, its technologies, and the regulatory frameworks supporting them. This new book reviews and categorizes the potential environmental impacts...