Solar Energy And Nuclear Power Economic Requirements And Hindrances

Author : Mostafa Esmaeili Shayan
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783346244390

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Solar Energy and Nuclear Power. Economic Requirements and Hindrances by Mostafa Esmaeili Shayan Pdf

Essay aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften - Energietechnik, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This essay puts forward an inquiry on the economic and knowledge-related factors of building solar panels and nuclear power plants. Both Solar Energy and nuclear Energy face significant economic challenges. Sustainable energy costs it has traditionally been greater than any of those associated with the growth of fossil-fuel power generation, although the costs of renewable energy technologies (especially photovoltaic) have dropped. Furthermore, capital costs remain a big challenge in the nuclear generation. In many nations, the cost of building small nuclear power plants is quite large due to time, technology, environmental and safety challenges for consumers. Such problems might not be as big for state-owned corporations or controlled industries for which utilities have quick access to cheap resources, and this partially explains why the interest for nuclear reactors in Asia is far greater than in the US or Europe. Learning could help decrease costs for both types of technologies, but the track record for learning-by-doing in the nuclear sector is not good.

Author : Mans Lönnroth,Thomas B. Johansson,Peter Steen
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483279039

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Solar Versus Nuclear by Mans Lönnroth,Thomas B. Johansson,Peter Steen Pdf

Solar Versus Nuclear: Choosing Energy Futures study is an eight-chapter text that studies the long-term implications of Sweden's decisions to explore nuclear energy and other alternative development options. Sweden's high standards of living, energy intensive industries, advanced technology in many fields, strong tradition of electrification and a competent utility organization, abundant reserves of (admittedly low grade) uranium, low population density and a large number of suitable reactor sites, make nuclear energy seemed ideal. Chapter I deals with some different ways of describing and viewing energy, while Chapter 2 analyzes the earlier changes of energy sources in an attempt to describe the relations between the development of society and energy consumption. Chapter 3 is concerned with the durability and other essential characteristics of these energy sources. Chapter 4 discusses two distinct developments, one leads to a Nuclear Sweden with its energy supply based chiefly on uranium and the other to a Solar Sweden based on renewable energy sources. This chapter compares the characteristics and costs of the two alternatives and discusses the possibilities of combining them. Chapter 5 covers the possible developmental tendencies built into the present energy policy, and Chapter 6 looks into the proposals for a conceivable transitional solution for the 1980's, which could reduce the dependence on oil while preserving both the solar and nuclear option as possible alternatives. Chapter 7 discusses the organizational changes in energy conservation and energy production. Lastly, Chapter 8 considers some questions regarding the effect of the energy systems on the long-term development of society.

Author : Darryl Siemer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119657866

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Nuclear Power by Darryl Siemer Pdf

As the world’s energy sources continue to develop, with less reliance on traditional fossil fuels and more reliance on cleaner, more efficient, alternative energy sources, nuclear power continues to be a dividing point for many people. Some believe it is the answer to our energy problems for the future, while others warn of the risks. Written by a retired scientist who spent most of his career at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), this book aims to delve into the issues surrounding nuclear power and dispel its myths, while building an argument for why the United States should develop a nuclear power plan for the future. As a “whistleblower,” the author spent much of the last ten years of his career at the INL raising concerns about how its mission of serving as the Department of Energy’s lead laboratory in radioactive waste management was not being properly managed. While the United States continues to tread water on the issue of nuclear energy, the author believes that a nuclear “renaissance” is not only possible but is necessary for meeting the world’s growing demand for energy, especially clean energy. With fossil fuels slowly dying out and renewable energy sources not able to handle the demand for a continuously growing energy-consuming public, nuclear is an obvious solution. This book is a must-have for any engineer working in nuclear power, students hoping to go into that industry, and other engineers and scientists interested in the subject. This book is both “technical” and “political” because they’re equally important in determining what actually happens in institutions dealing with technical problems.

Author : Paul Midford,Espen Moe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030545147

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New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy by Paul Midford,Espen Moe Pdf

This book identifies second stage challenges and opportunities for expanding renewable energy into a mainstay of electricity generation that can replace fossil fuels and nuclear power, comparing Japan with several countries in East Asia and Northern Europe. Environmentally sustainable renewable energy technologies have now overtaken fossil fuel and nuclear technologies in terms of total global investment, and the costs of these technologies and related ones (e.g. storage batteries) are rapidly falling. Yet renewable energy use varies greatly from country to country. Major second stage obstacles to replacing fossil and nuclear-fueled electricity generation include the lack of electricity grid capacity and storage assets. Opportunities and solutions include expanding grids regionally and internationally, building flexible smart grids that offer better demand management, and policies that promote the expansion of storage assets, especially grid batteries and hydrogen. In addition, two key factors – electricity market restructuring through unbundling transmission from electricity generating companies; and electricity market liberalization, especially for retail customers – allow consumers to choose power companies based not only on price, but also on method of generation, especially fossil or nuclear generation versus renewable energy.

Author : Thomas L. Neff
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483149660

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The Social Costs of Solar Energy by Thomas L. Neff Pdf

The Social Costs of Solar Energy: A Study of Photovoltaic Energy Systems covers issues of implementing a solar energy power source. Comprised of eight chapters, this book tackles several topics that are relevant to the use of solar energy as an alternative power source. The opening chapter is an introduction, which provides a review about solar energy. The succeeding chapters then cover the implications of implementing such technology, including the methodology, occupational risks, public health risks, environmental impacts, economic, and logistics challenges. This book will be of great interest to any readers concerned with the environmental, economic, and social repercussion of using solar energy.

Author : Behram N. Kursunogammalu,Stephan L. Mintz,Arnold Perlmutter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489915467

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Environment and Nuclear Energy by Behram N. Kursunogammalu,Stephan L. Mintz,Arnold Perlmutter Pdf

Developed from the Global Foundation's International Conference on Environment and Nuclear Energy, held in October 1997, this volume examines the impact of nuclear energy on regional and global environmental issues under a variety of scenarios. These include competition in deregulated energy environments, constraints levied upon use of fossil energy, and possible expansion of nuclear power into energy sectors beyond the generation of electricity, process heat, and fuels production. It also assesses the overall role of nuclear energy in meeting future energy needs arising from growing world populations and economic development.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Determinants of Market Adoption of Advanced Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Technologies
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309371421

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The Power of Change by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Determinants of Market Adoption of Advanced Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Technologies Pdf

Electricity, supplied reliably and affordably, is foundational to the U.S. economy and is utterly indispensable to modern society. However, emissions resulting from many forms of electricity generation create environmental risks that could have significant negative economic, security, and human health consequences. Large-scale installation of cleaner power generation has been generally hampered because greener technologies are more expensive than the technologies that currently produce most of our power. Rather than trade affordability and reliability for low emissions, is there a way to balance all three? The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies considers how to speed up innovations that would dramatically improve the performance and lower the cost of currently available technologies while also developing new advanced cleaner energy technologies. According to this report, there is an opportunity for the United States to continue to lead in the pursuit of increasingly clean, more efficient electricity through innovation in advanced technologies. The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies makes the case that America's advantagesâ€"world-class universities and national laboratories, a vibrant private sector, and innovative states, cities, and regions that are free to experiment with a variety of public policy approachesâ€"position the United States to create and lead a new clean energy revolution. This study focuses on five paths to accelerate the market adoption of increasing clean energy and efficiency technologies: (1) expanding the portfolio of cleaner energy technology options; (2) leveraging the advantages of energy efficiency; (3) facilitating the development of increasing clean technologies, including renewables, nuclear, and cleaner fossil; (4) improving the existing technologies, systems, and infrastructure; and (5) leveling the playing field for cleaner energy technologies. The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies is a call for leadership to transform the United States energy sector in order to both mitigate the risks of greenhouse gas and other pollutants and to spur future economic growth. This study's focus on science, technology, and economic policy makes it a valuable resource to guide support that produces innovation to meet energy challenges now and for the future.

Author : Laurance R. Geri,David E. McNabb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351568296

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Energy Policy in the U.S. by Laurance R. Geri,David E. McNabb Pdf

In an effort to provide greater awareness of the necessary policy decisions facing our elected and appointed officials, Energy Policy in the U.S.: Politics, Challenges, and Prospects for Change presents an overview of important energy policies and the policy process in the United States, including their history, goals, methods of action, and consequences. In the first half of the book, the authors frame the energy policy issue by reviewing U.S. energy policy history, identifying the policy-making players, and illuminating the costs, benefits, and economic and political realities of currently competing policy alternatives. The book examines the stakeholders and their attempts to influence energy policy and addresses the role of supply and demand on the national commitment to energy conservation and the development of alternative energy sources. The latter half of the book delves into specific energy policy strategies, including economic and regulatory options, and factors that influence energy policies, such as the importance of international cooperation. Renewed interest in various renewable and nontraditional energy resources—for example, hydrogen, nuclear fusion, biomass, and tide motion—is examined, and policy agendas are explored in view of scientific, economic, regulatory, production, and environmental constraints. This book provides excellent insight into the complex task of creating a comprehensive energy policy and its importance in the continued availability of energy to power our way of life and economy while protecting our environment and national security.

Author : Nasser Awwad
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781839683305

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Nuclear Power Plants by Nasser Awwad Pdf

This book will shed light on some hot topics related to nuclear power plants starting from uranium ore processing to fabrication through enrichment and finally to nuclear fuel at nuclear reactors. This book will hopefully encourage researchers and scientists to look further into the advantages of nuclear power plants in the production of cheap electricity with low fuel cost.

Author : Behram N. Kursunogammalu,Stephan L. Mintz,Arnold Perlmutter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780306471056

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The Challenges to Nuclear Power in the Twenty-First Century by Behram N. Kursunogammalu,Stephan L. Mintz,Arnold Perlmutter Pdf

“International Energy Forum 1999” was held in Washington D.C. during November 5-6, 1999 in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City. Once again the main topic was Nuclear Energy. Various papers presented contained pros and cons of Nuclear Energy for generating electricity. We were aiming to clarify the often discussed subject matter of the virtues of Nuclear Energy with regard to Global Warming as compared to using fossil fuels for the generation of electricity. The latter is also currently the only way to operate our means of transportation like automobiles, planes etc. Therefore emission into the atmosphere of greenhouse gases constitutes the main source of Global Warming, which is absent in the case of Nuclear Energy. These arguments are often put forward to promote the use of Nuclear Energy. However not all is well with the Nuclear Energy. There are the questions of the waste problem so far unsolved, safety of Nuclear Reactors is not guaranteed to the extent that they are inherently safe. If we aim to construct inherently safe reactors, then the economics of a Nuclear Reactor makes it unacceptable.

Author : Brad Linscott
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781617776083

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Renewable Energy by Brad Linscott Pdf

The United States is on the brink of an energy crisis. Every day, foreign oil and fossil fuels become more expensive and limited. Our energy needs increase while our power plants and power grids become more outdated. Our traditional energy sources damage the environment. With all of these energy problems, any clean, renewable energy source is a viable option, right? In Renewable Energy: A Common Sense Energy Plan, Bradford Linscott addresses the impending energy problems our nation faces. He covers our nation's renewable energy options while taking into account the economic feasibility of implementing them on a large scale. Linscott discusses the role foreign oil and fossil fuels play in our future and their environmental impact. He shares his Common Sense Energy Plan, which outlines a combination of clean, renewable energy sources and nuclear energy to sustain the power needs of the United States. Find out about our renewable energy options and our country's past, present, and viable future energy resources and plans in Renewable Energy: A Common Sense Energy Plan. 'It is long past time for the United States to undertake an Apollo-like program to wean ourselves away from oil dependence and on to clean, reliable, and domestically abundant energy alternatives.' - United States Senator George Voinovich, Ohio

Author : Craufurd D. W. Goodwin,Craufurd D. Goodwin
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015013289528

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Energy Policy in Perspective by Craufurd D. W. Goodwin,Craufurd D. Goodwin Pdf

Monograph comprising research papers on the formulation of energy policy in the USA from 1945 to 1979 - demonstrates the failure of successive administrations to deal with the problems of energy economics, discusses the energy battles of 1979 over petroleum rationing, nuclear energy and solar energy proposals, and outlines power consumption and power generation trends and future prospects. References.

Author : Jose Goldemberg,Charles D. Ferguson,Alex Prud'homme
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190269210

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The World's Energy Supply: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jose Goldemberg,Charles D. Ferguson,Alex Prud'homme Pdf

The topic of energy is one of the most pressing issues across the globe. In this bundle, consisting of Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know, Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know, and Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know, readers will explore everything from the the basic scientific concepts of energy to questions surrounding the specific ways we obtain it.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electric power production
ISBN : PSU:000065511466

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Opportunities and Challenges for Nuclear Power by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007) Pdf

Author : Gal Luft,Anne Korin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216079736

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Energy Security Challenges for the 21st Century by Gal Luft,Anne Korin Pdf

The impact of energy on global security and economy is clear and profound, and this is why in recent years energy security has become a source of concern to most countries. However, energy security means different things to different countries based on their geographic location, their endowment of resources their strategic and economic conditions. In this book, Gal Luft and Anne Korin with the help of twenty leading experts provide an overview of the world's energy system and its vulnerabilities that underlay growing concern over energy security. It hosts a debate about the feasibility of resource conflicts and covers issues such as the threat of terrorism to the global energy system, maritime security, the role of multinationals and non-state actors in energy security, the pathways to energy security through diversification of sources and the development of alternative energy sources. It delves into the various approaches selected producers, consumers and transit states have toward energy security and examines the domestic and foreign policy tradeoffs required to ensure safe and affordable energy supply. The explains the various pathways to energy security and the tradeoffs among them and demonstrates how all these factors can be integrated in a larger foreign and domestic policy framework. It also explores the future of nuclear power, the complex relations between energy security and environmental concerns and the role for decentralized energy as a way to enhance energy security.