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Author : Frank Von Hippel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : 0981927572
Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems. Synthesis Panel. Modeling Resource Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Political Science
ISBN : WISC:89046871893
Author : Brad Rourke,National Issues Forums Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0945639368
Author : Herman T. Franssen,United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Economic forecasting
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045268146
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Author : Dorothy S. Zinberg
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483146799
Uncertain Power: The Struggle for a National Energy Policy discusses several issues pertaining to the energy situation in the U.S., such as the public, the government, and the risks. The opening chapter discusses a delicate balance among the public, experts, and government. Chapter 2 tackles the failure of consensus on energy, and Chapter 3 deals with energy policy and democratic theory. The fourth chapter reviews the neglect of social risk assessment; the fifth chapter discusses valuing of human life. Chapter 6 tackles the media coverage of complex technological issues, and Chapter 7 covers the governance of nuclear power. The eighth chapter covers the national energy policy from state and local perspectives, while the ninth chapter reviews selling saved energy, considered as a new role for the utilities. Chapter 10 discusses energy and security, and Chapter 11 tackles history as a guide to the future. The last chapter covers the political geology of the energy problems. Readers who concern themselves regarding several factors that affect energy source, supply, and distribution along with its socio-economic implication will find this book a great source of insight regarding the issue.
Author : Valentina Bosetti,Michela Catenacci
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782546474
Innovation under Uncertainty presents original research and insights on innovation in carbon-free energy technologies. Valentina Bosetti and Michela Catenacci provide a complete and informative assessment of the current potentials and limits and offer
Author : Mark E. Eberhart
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123265113
The story of our relationship with energy is the story of human development, and Eberhart explores this bold thesis with the science of energy and the technological and social issues surrounding this most valuable and vulnerable resource.
Author : Mark Eberhart
Publisher : Crown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307395160
From the first spark created by human hands thousands of years ago, mankind has grown dependent on nature’s vast stores of energy to build, explore, and experiment. Our expanding knowledge and technologies have come from the felling of forests to the harnessing of wind and water, from the burning of coal and oil to tapping the energy of the atom. Energy does more than heat our homes and fill our gas tanks; it fuels our imaginations. Our future is inextricably linked to energy, and in this groundbreaking book, Mark Eberhart examines our historic quest for power and tackles the brutal realization that there are limits to the energy Earth can provide. In Western society, we treat energy as a given—the background noise of modern life. But as worldwide energy demand grows, supplies are, at best, holding steady—and at worst, shrinking. The implications of our dependence are enormous. And while there is evidence that great cultures of the past—the Maya, Anasazi, Easter Islanders—collapsed when their energy resources were exhausted, Eberhart argues that we have the responsibility and the ability to develop renewable energy sources now. Eberhart leads us on a tour through the history of energy, how it was formed and how it evolved, and reveals how we became energy-dependent creatures. With an unblinking eye, he takes a close look at the consequences of our energy appetite, and, most important, imagines a secure energy future that we can all play a part in achieving. Enlightening, bold, and practical, Feeding the Fire weaves together history, science, and current affairs to create an important and compelling thesis about humanity’s energy needs—and draws a hard line on the imperative need to avert the catastrophe that looms if we continue on our present course.
Author : Patrick Moriarty,Damon Honnery
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811907678
The book is about global energy use, its past and present, and its increasingly uncertain future. It lists the various ecological problems facing our planet, not just climate change, and how their gravity has been underestimated. It briefly looks at the various solutions, apart from renewable energy, proposed for solving the problems our present energy use raises, including solar radiation management, carbon dioxide removal, nuclear energy, and energy efficiency. Renewable energy (RE) is seen by many as the panacea for a variety of environmental challenges, and with the New Green Deal, even as a means of accelerating economic growth. The book critically examines the prospects for RE. It concludes that although it is essential that the world shifts to RE, not only will the ecologically sustainable energy from all RE sources likely fall well short of even present global energy use, but the very short time frame left for effective action means that RE cannot be more than of minor help. Hence, deep energy reductions will be needed, especially in high-income OECD countries. The book uses an Earth Systems Science approach, which is necessary because of the interconnection between the various challenges our Earth faces. It aims to combine the latest findings from a diverse array of biophysical as well as socioeconomic sciences to uncover the increasingly constrained energy options we will encounter.
Author : Sam H. Schurr,Joel Darmstadter,Harry Perry,William C. Ramsay,Milton Russell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135985813
Results of a comprehensive two-year study analyzing the facts and policy alternatives. Originally published in 1979.
Author : Joel Darmstadter,Hans H. Landsberg,Herbert Charles Morton
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UCAL:B4534748
Author : Benjamin K Sovacool
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813107977
This book provides a concise but rigorous appraisal about the future of nuclear power and the presumed nuclear renaissance. It does so by assessing the technical, economic, environmental, political, and social risks related to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mills and mines to nuclear reactors and spent fuel storage facilities. In each case, the book argues that the costs of nuclear power significantly outweigh its benefits. It concludes by calling for investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency as a better path towards an affordable, secure, and socially acceptable future.The prospect of a global nuclear renaissance could change the way that energy is produced and used the world over. Sovacool takes a hard look at who would benefit — mostly energy companies and manufacturers — and who would suffer — mostly taxpayers, those living near nuclear facilities, and electricity customers. This book is a must-read for anyone even remotely concerned about a sustainable energy future, and also for those with a specific interest in modern nuclear power plants.
Author : Reinhard Haas,Lutz Mez,Amela Ajanovic
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Agriculture (General)
ISBN : 9783658259877
This open access book discusses the eroding economics of nuclear power for electricity generation as well as technical, legal, and political acceptance issues. The use of nuclear power for electricity generation is still a heavily disputed issue. Aside from technical risks, safety issues, and the unsolved problem of nuclear waste disposal, the economic performance is currently a major barrier. In recent years, the costs have skyrocketed especially in the European countries and North America. At the same time, the costs of alternatives such as photovoltaics and wind power have significantly decreased. Contents History and Current Status of the World Nuclear Industry The Dramatic Decrease of the Economics of Nuclear Power Nuclear Policy in the EU The Legacy of Csernobyl and Fukushima Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Alternatives: Heading Towards Sustainable Electricity Systems Target Groups Researchers and students in the fields of political, economic and technical sciences Energy (policy) experts, nuclear energy experts and practitioners, economists, engineers, consultants, civil society organizations The Editors Prof. Dr. Reinhard Haas is University Professor of energy economics at the Institute of Energy Systems and Electric Drives at Technische Universität Wien, Austria. PD Dr. Lutz Mez is Associate Professor at the Department for Political and Social Sciences of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. PD Dr. Amela Ajanovic is a senior researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives at Technische Universität Wien, Austria.--
Author : Majia Nadesan,Martin J. Pasqualetti,Jennifer Keahey
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780128227978
Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures explores how our dominant carbon and nuclear energy assemblages shape conceptions of participation, risk, and in/securities, and how they might be reengineered to deliver justice and democratic participation in transitioning energy systems. Chapters assess the economies, geographies and politics of current and future energy landscapes, exposing how dominant assemblages (composed of technologies, strategies, knowledge and authorities) change our understanding of security and risk, and how they these shared understandings are often enacted uncritically in policy. Contributors address integral relationships across the production and government of material and human energies and the opportunities for sustainable and democratic governance. In addition, the book explores how interest groups advance idealized energy futures and energy imaginaries. The work delves into the role that states, market organizations and civil society play in envisioned energy change. It assesses how risks and security are formulated in relation to economics, politics, ecology, and human health. It concludes by integrating the relationships between alternative energies and governance strategies, including issues of centralization and decentralization, suggesting approaches to engineer democracy into decision-making about energy assemblages. Explores descriptive and normative relationships between energy and democracy Reviews how changing energy demand and governance threaten democracies and democratic institutions Identifies what participative energy transformations look like when paired with energy security Reviews what happens to social, economic and political infrastructures in the process of achieving sustainable and democratic transitions
Author : Ahmed F. Zobaa,Shady Abdel Aleem
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128208939
Uncertainties in Modern Power Systems combines several aspects of uncertainty management in power systems at the planning and operation stages within an integrated framework. This book provides the state-of-the-art in electric network planning, including time-scales, reliability, quality, optimal allocation of compensators and distributed generators, mathematical formulation, and search algorithms. The book introduces innovative research outcomes, programs, algorithms, and approaches that consolidate the present status and future opportunities and challenges of power systems. The book also offers a comprehensive description of the overall process in terms of understanding, creating, data gathering, and managing complex electrical engineering applications with uncertainties. This reference is useful for researchers, engineers, and operators in power distribution systems. Includes innovative research outcomes, programs, algorithms, and approaches that consolidate current status and future of modern power systems Discusses how uncertainties will impact on the performance of power systems Offers solutions to significant challenges in power systems planning to achieve the best operational performance of the different electric power sectors