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Who Owns the Wind? - Climate Crisis and the Hope of Renewable Energy (Paperback): David McDermott Hughes Who Owns the Wind? - Climate Crisis and the Hope of Renewable Energy (Paperback)
David McDermott Hughes
R509 R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Save R50 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The energy transition has begun. To succeed - to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar power - that process must be fair. Otherwise, mounting popular protest against wind farms will prolong carbon pollution and deepen the climate crisis. David Hughes examines that anti-industrial, anti-corporate resistance, drawing insights from a Spanish village surrounded by turbines. In the lives of these neighbours - freighted with centuries of exploitation - clean power and social justice fit together only awkwardly. Proposals for a green economy, the Green New Deal, or Europe's Green Deal require more effort. We must rethink aesthetics, livelihood, property, and, most essentially, the private nature of wind resources. Ultimately, the energy transition will be public and just, or it may not be at all

The Energy System - Technology, Economics, Markets, and Policy (Hardcover): Travis Bradford The Energy System - Technology, Economics, Markets, and Policy (Hardcover)
Travis Bradford
R2,629 R2,322 Discovery Miles 23 220 Save R307 (12%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A comprehensive textbook that integrates tools from technology, economics, markets, and policy to approach energy issues using a dynamic systems and capital-centric perspective. The global energy system is the vital foundation of modern human industrial society. Traditionally studied through separate disciplines of engineering, economics, environment, or public policy, this system can be fully understood only by using an approach that integrates these tools. This textbook is the first to take a dynamic systems perspective on understanding energy systems, tracking energy from primary resource to final energy services through a long and capital-intensive supply chain bounded by both macroeconomic and natural resource systems. The book begins with a framework for understanding how energy is transformed as it moves through the system with the aid of various types of capital, its movement influenced by a combination of the technical, market, and policy conditions at the time. It then examines the three primary energy subsystems of electricity, transportation, and thermal energy, explaining such relevant topics as systems thinking, cost estimation, capital formation, market design, and policy tools. Finally, the book reintegrates these subsystems and looks at their relation to the economic system and the ecosystem that they inhabit. Practitioners and theorists from any field will benefit from a deeper understanding of both existing dynamic energy system processes and potential tools for intervention.

Energy and Innovation - Structural Change and Policy Implications (Hardcover): Marina Van Geenhuizen, William J. Nuttall Energy and Innovation - Structural Change and Policy Implications (Hardcover)
Marina Van Geenhuizen, William J. Nuttall
R2,264 R1,758 Discovery Miles 17 580 Save R506 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The move towards sustainable energy production and use is one the most challenging and profound changes currently taking place in the world's established and emerging economies. Energy and Innovation: Structural Change and Policy Implications presents a series of informative case studies from Norway, the United Kingdom, Poland, the United States, Russia, Japan, and China that demonstrate how the pace of sustainable energy production differs by country. This variability is examined under three section headings: Part 1 - Sustainable Energy Challenges and Policies; Part 2 - Innovation Challenges in Different Economic Contexts; and, Part 3 - The Adoption of Energy Solutions by Different Technology and Organization Sectors. Part 1 examines the challenges of increasing sustainable energy production. The main themes include differences between countries in the European Union concerning energy consumption, energy security, smart metering, and resistance to change. Part 2 presents challenges to innovation in different economic systems. The authors contrast developed European and North American systems with emerging economies such as that of China. Their focus is on improving the innovation capabilities of firms and organizations through enhanced access to knowledge. Solutions include corporate collaborations with the academic sector and access to investment capital. Part 3 surveys the range of industry sectors that are adopting environmentally-friendly solutions. There is a special focus on start-up companies that are working to bring new energy-production technologies to the market.

International Financial Institutions, Climate Change & the Urgency to Facilitate Clean Energy Investment in Developing &... International Financial Institutions, Climate Change & the Urgency to Facilitate Clean Energy Investment in Developing & Emerging Market Economies (Hardcover)
Hilmar Hilmarsson
R2,762 Discovery Miles 27 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Climate change is perhaps among the most serious challenges that humankind has ever faced and perhaps the greatest market failure the world has ever seen. At the same time, clean unutilised energy resources around the world are available that could help remedy climate and environmental problems while also improving peoples lives. It is likely that most of the increased demand for energy in the future will be in the developing and emerging world. This is also where most unutilised clean energy sources are located. The challenge of climate change requires strong comprehensive and firm action from the international community. Clean energy projects tend to be large, capital intensive and long term. They require long term commitment from all the players involved as well as mutual trust. International financial institutions (IFIs), including the World Bank Group and regional development banks can play a key role in promoting the use of clean energy sources by facilitating clean energy investment in developing and emerging markets. This book focuses on those challenges, mainly using geothermal energy projects as examples, but also by providing an example of a large hydropower project to illustrate how the funding and risk mitigation instruments of IFIs, as well as national agencies such as export credit agencies (ECA)s, have been used to mobilise funds in a difficult investment environment. The book is divided into eleven chapters. Chapter One discusses the current global investment regime and the absence of an international organisation for investments comparable to the World Trade Organization that focuses on cross border trade. Chapter Two examines the World Bank Group and its emphasis on loans instead of guarantees for capital mobilisation. Chapter Three discusses international financial institutions, including regional development banks and their risk mitigation instruments. Chapter Four focuses on how IFIs can make more use of their instruments to support cross border clean energy projects in developing and emerging economies. Chapter Five assesses the effectiveness of the risk mitigation instruments used by the World Bank Group. Chapter Six analyses the upfront development costs associated with geothermal development and geothermal projects. Chapter Seven analyses the costs and benefits of deploying public-private partnerships for clean energy projects. Chapter Eight focuses on contested multilateralism and the recent establishment of new international financial institutions under Chinese leadership, i.e. the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development (BRICS) Bank. Chapter Nine examines Iceland with its geothermal cluster as well as how developing and emerging countries could learn from Icelands experience. Chapter Ten analyses selected cross border clean energy projects, including geothermal and hydropower, and shows how various funding and risk mitigation instruments have been used in practice. Chapter Eleven stresses the urgency for global action to address the climate crisis facing humankind. Finally, the concluding chapter shows how international financial institutions can be key instruments for successful global climate solutions. The book draws on the authors experience in three continents (Africa, Asia and Europe) as a staff member of the World Bank Group.

Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets (Paperback): Damilola S. Olawuyi Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets (Paperback)
Damilola S. Olawuyi
R1,249 Discovery Miles 12 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets analyses the topical and contentious issue of the critical intersections between local content requirements (LCRs) and the implementation of sustainable development treaties in global energy markets including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, South America, Australasia and the Middle East While LCRs generally aim to boost domestic value creation and economic growth, inappropriately designed LCRs could produce negative social, human rights and environmental outcomes, and a misalignment of a country's fiscal policies and global sustainable development goals. These unintended outcomes may ultimately serve as disincentive to foreign participation in a country's energy market. This book outlines the guiding principles of a sustainable and rights-based approach - focusing on transparency, accountability, gender justice and other human rights issues - to the design, application and implementation of LCRs in global energy markets to avoid misalignments.

Federal Green Jobs Efforts - Renewable Energy Origins & Assessment of Outcomes (Paperback): Alecia Gretter Federal Green Jobs Efforts - Renewable Energy Origins & Assessment of Outcomes (Paperback)
Alecia Gretter
R1,394 Discovery Miles 13 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the United States, growing awareness of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the possible implications for global climate change have combined with recent high energy prices and economic uncertainty to rekindle interest in renewable energy. Renewable energy technologies generate electricity from resources such as the sun, wind, or biomass, with essentially no net GHG emissions. President Obama has declared a goal for the United States to become the world's leading exporter of renewable energy technologies, setting out policy objectives for the development of related "green jobs". This book discusses what "green job" are, and provides highlights on challenges of targeted training programs for emerging industries.

Voluntary Markets in Renewable Energy - Status, Trends & Options (Hardcover): Jamir S Fuller Voluntary Markets in Renewable Energy - Status, Trends & Options (Hardcover)
Jamir S Fuller
R3,273 Discovery Miles 32 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines 2011 trends in the U.S. "voluntary" markets - those in which consumers and institutions purchase renewable energy to match their electricity needs on a voluntary basis. This review uses available data sources to capture 2011 voluntary market trends, status and options.

Accelerating Energy Innovation (Hardcover): Rebecca M. Henderson Accelerating Energy Innovation (Hardcover)
Rebecca M. Henderson
R3,213 Discovery Miles 32 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Accelerating energy innovation could be an important part of an effective response to the threat of climate change. Written by a stellar group of experts in the field, this book complements existing research on the subject with an exploration of the role that public and private policy have played in enabling--and sustaining--swift innovation in a variety of industries, from agriculture and the life sciences to information technology. Chapters highlight the factors that have determined the impact of past policies, and suggest that effectively managed federal funding, strategies to increase customer demand, and the enabling of aggressive competition from new firms are important ingredients for policies that affect innovative activity.

Biofuels - Developments & Issues (Hardcover, New): Taylor C Monahan Biofuels - Developments & Issues (Hardcover, New)
Taylor C Monahan
R2,474 R2,277 Discovery Miles 22 770 Save R197 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Increasing dependence on foreign sources of crude oil, concerns over global climate change, and the desire to promote domestic rural economies have raised interest in renewable biofuels as an alternative to petroleum in the U.S. transportation sector. However, energy from renewable sources has historically been more expensive to produce and use than fossil-fuel based energy. U.S. policymakers have attempted to overcome this economic impediment by enacting an increasing number of policies since the late 1970s, at both the state and federal levels, to directly support U.S. biofuels production and use. This book reviews the evolution of the U.S. biofuels sector and the role that federal policy plays in shaping its development.

Plant Biomass Conversion (Hardcover): E Hood Plant Biomass Conversion (Hardcover)
E Hood
R5,600 Discovery Miles 56 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A whole host of motivations are driving the development of the "renewables" industry- ranging from the desire to develop sustainable energy resources to the reduction of dangerous greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. All energy utilized on the earth is ultimately derived from the sun through photosynthesis-the only truly renewable commodity. As concerns regarding increasing energy prices, global warming and renewable resources continue to grow, so has scientific discovery into agricultural biomass conversion. Plant Biomass Conversion addresses both the development of plant biomass and conversion technology, in addition to issues surrounding biomass conversion, such as the affect on water resources and soil sustainability. This book also offers a brief overview of the current status of the industry and examples of production plants being used in current biomass conversion efforts.

U.S. Biobased Products Market Potential & Projections Through 2025 (Hardcover, New): Meredith A. Williamson U.S. Biobased Products Market Potential & Projections Through 2025 (Hardcover, New)
Meredith A. Williamson
R2,450 Discovery Miles 24 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book looks at U.S. biobased products and their market potential. This study is based upon data and assumptions as of 2006 which were used to identify the market potential for biobased products -- their production volumes and applications -- through the year 2025. Market penetration was assessed based on information available through April 2006 and benchmark assumptions with respect to factors such as policy, biobased feedstock prices, and energy prices. Recent results of the benchmark assumptions, however, have not materialised; corn prices have increased, the market prices for biofuels are lower, and the infrastructure costs continue to increase. If such trends that lead to low profit margins continue, there will be a slowing effect on the biofuels industry. Furthermore, with the dynamic nature of the biobased industry affecting short term developments, the long term trends toward 2025 could vary widely based upon future policy, research, and market developments. Such potential outcomes are discussed in this book.

Optimization and Decision-Making in the Renewable Energy Industry (Hardcover): Figen Balo, Manavalan Saravanan, Saravanakumar... Optimization and Decision-Making in the Renewable Energy Industry (Hardcover)
Figen Balo, Manavalan Saravanan, Saravanakumar U, Ganesh Babu T R
R7,271 Discovery Miles 72 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With immense consumption of resources, increased global warming, and environmental pollution, the energy sector has inevitably embraced sustainability. Countries are releasing plans and programs to shift their fossil fuel-dependent energy sectors into clean energy sectors, and projections show that renewable energy will be a significant part of nations' energy mixes in the near future. Optimization and decision-making techniques have been commonly used in the energy sector as problems encountered in this sector are complex and therefore need comprehensive techniques to solve them. With the uncertainty and high-cost issues of renewable resources, the complexity increases in the sector and requires optimization and decision-making techniques. Optimization and Decision-Making in the Renewable Energy Industry analyzes renewable energy sources using current mathematical methods and techniques and provides advanced knowledge on key opportunities and challenges. The book discusses current and trending mathematical methods, tests their validity and verification, and considers their practical application in the field. Covering topics such as urban sustainability and renewable energy systems, this reference work is ideal for practitioners, academicians, industry professionals, researchers, scholars, instructors, and students.

Wind Power - Technology, Economics & Policies (Hardcover, New): Cedrick N. Osphey Wind Power - Technology, Economics & Policies (Hardcover, New)
Cedrick N. Osphey
R2,457 R1,978 Discovery Miles 19 780 Save R479 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rising energy prices and concern over greenhouse gas emissions have focused congressional attention on energy alternatives, including wind power. Although wind power currently provides only a small fraction of U.S. energy needs, it is growing more rapidly than any other electricity source. Wind energy already plays a significant role in several European nations, and countries like China and India are rapidly expanding their capacity both to manufacture wind turbines and to integrate wind power into their electricity grids. This book describes utility-scale wind power issues in the United States as well as background on wind energy, wind resources and technology, industry composition and trends, wind power economics and policy issues. Other policy questions, such as federal funding for wind research and development, and siting and permitting requirements, are also outlined.

Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Legislation (Paperback): Fred Sissine, Lynn J. Cunningham, Mark Gurevitz Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Legislation (Paperback)
Fred Sissine, Lynn J. Cunningham, Mark Gurevitz
R1,260 R1,045 Discovery Miles 10 450 Save R215 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book reviews the status of energy efficiency and renewable energy legislation introduced during the 110th Congress. Most action in the second session is focused on the FY2009 budget request, the Farm Bill (H.R. 2419), and the proposed Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act (H.R. 5351). DOE's FY2009 budget request seeks $1,256.1 million for DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs, compared to FY2008 appropriations of $1,722.4 million for EERE. H.R. 5351 is similar to H.R. 2776. It would extend or re-establish several tax incentives that would support renewable electricity production, biofuels production, transportation efficiency and conservation, buildings efficiency, and equipment efficiency. The bill proposes to offset the cost of those incentives primarily by reducing two subsidies for oil and natural gas production.

Solar Energy Resource Management for Electricity Generation - From Local Level to Global Scale (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed):... Solar Energy Resource Management for Electricity Generation - From Local Level to Global Scale (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Ewan D. Dunlop, Lucien Wald, Marcel Uri
R4,850 R3,031 Discovery Miles 30 310 Save R1,819 (38%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book addresses the rapid developments in the new field of solar resource knowledge as a reflection of growing needs of management of renewable energy resources. The authors have structured the content of this work as a set of contributions from the research, international and commercial institutions. The chapters discuss the availability of new primary data, basic concepts of research trends and approaches developed for providing higher resolution data and value-added products in an operational mode. Based on the experience from commercial and aid-providing sphere, individual and more generic barriers have been identified and solutions for overcoming them are discussed. The approaches exploiting geographical information systems, integrating spatial data and methods, outline directions for decision-making and management of distributed energy systems, considering regional and time variability at various hierarchical scales. The final contributions point out that the recent developments gave an impetus for complementing the traditional applications of Earth observation data by renewable energy programs.

The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World - Energy, Capitalism, and Climate Change (Paperback): Andy Bowman The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World - Energy, Capitalism, and Climate Change (Paperback)
Andy Bowman; Foreword by Katharine Hayhoe
R716 R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Save R119 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What if the harbinger of our greener future was a small power plant set in the middle of nowhere in West Texas? Longtime alternative energy executive Andy Bowman's book makes exactly this case, outlining what he suggests is a more sustainable future for American capitalism. The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World takes the Barilla solar plant in Pecos County as a test case for the state of renewable energy in the twenty-first century United States. For author Andy Bowman, this is a very personal story. Bowman grew up in Galveston and acutely remembers watching stormwater climb up seawalls and wreak havoc on his home. He weaves these memories into his coming of age over two decades in the alternative energy industry, beginning in the 1990s, and tracks it's the industry's fits and starts that lead to the Barilla project. Barilla was the first solar project to be built "on spec": essentially, the plant was built without a contract in place and with the assumption that customers would come. That trailblazing wager represents a tidal shift in the alternative energy industry. In a clear voice, Bowman explains the climate science that necessitated this shift and makes business-based arguments for what the future should look like. The result is a book that tells a personal story of West Texan innovation, gumption, and vision, while also outlining how our society needs to equip itself to confront climate change.

Investing in the Renewable Power Market - How to Profit from Energy Transformation (Hardcover): T. Fogarty Investing in the Renewable Power Market - How to Profit from Energy Transformation (Hardcover)
T. Fogarty
R2,047 R1,224 Discovery Miles 12 240 Save R823 (40%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The financial challenges facing clean energy installations

The path to the widespread adoption of renewable energy is littered with major technological legal, political, and financial challenges. "Investing in the Renewable Power Market" is a reality check for the mass roll out of green energy and its financial dominance of the world energy market, focusing on real energy costs and global energy needs over the next decade. If green energy is to be truly successful, the market must be properly understood, so that dreams of a green future do not lead to actual energy nightmares.

The first book to cover the major investing challenges and monetary constraints placed on electric power companies as they race to meet their green energy requirements, "Investing in the Renewable Power Market" explains how generating electricity is totally different from other energy enterprises in that it is highly regulated and its product cannot be stored. This combination greatly affects the finances of renewable power and influences how investors should navigate the energy market. To help the reader better understand the current state of the alternative energy industry, the book: Details the challenges facing green energy, such as the fact that it is priced compared to natural gas, which is currently at an all-time lowAnalyzes real energy costs and the global demand for energy over the next decadeDescribes why, in the short term, investment opportunities with renewable power will be with financial and operational restructurings

The green energy market is currently facing enormous challenges, but "Investing in the Renewable Power Market" explains the real costs of energy, the future of the energy market, and how to profit in both the long and short term.

Review of the ADB Clean Energy Program (Paperback): Asian Development Bank Review of the ADB Clean Energy Program (Paperback)
Asian Development Bank
R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This review of the Clean Energy Program draws from hundreds of projects approved by ADB in 2008-2018, according to the indicators set out in the 2009 Energy Policy. A decade after the Clean Energy Program took form, the review determines how far the bank has gone toward achieving its targets vis-a-vis baseline data from 2005 to 2007. It also explores what must to be done further in light of the new approach under ADB's Strategy 2030 and the global goals in mitigating climate change and promoting sustainable development.

District Heating: Low Carbon Heat for Buildings (Hardcover): Paul Woods District Heating: Low Carbon Heat for Buildings (Hardcover)
Paul Woods
R4,853 Discovery Miles 48 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Innovative Renewable Waste Conversion Technologies (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Gheorghe Lazaroiu, Lucian Mihaescu Innovative Renewable Waste Conversion Technologies (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Gheorghe Lazaroiu, Lucian Mihaescu
R5,178 Discovery Miles 51 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates innovative solutions to increase the share of renewable engery in the global power mix, with a particular focus on improved and sustainable biomass conversion technologies. To this end, the book deals with an analysis of the generation mix of renewable energies (including biofuels, renewable waste and biogas) in the overall power balance of several countries. In addition, the possibilities of using bioenergy resources in the context of power generation are thoroughly analyzed. As one of the most important ways of converting biomass into energy, the combustion process is analyzed in detail, highlighting the vast potential for the use of innovative biofuels. In this context, a detailed classification of existing biofuels is established, reflecting the relationship between their energy properties and their potential use in industrial facilities. Additionally, the most efficient combustion technologies for the respective applications are discussed. Furthermore, the authors emphasize that the management of renewable waste, both from industry (tannery waste and oils from transport) and agriculture, requires an economic and environmental friendly approach. The challenges of burning various renewable waste fuels and upgrading industrial facilities are discussed, and the ideas and technologies presented in this book contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for "Affordable and Clean Energy". The book is a useful resource for professionals dealing with current and upcoming activities related to renewable energy combustion, and a good starting point for young researchers.

Renewable Energy in the Middle East - Enhancing Security through Regional Cooperation (Paperback, 2009 ed.): Michael Mason,... Renewable Energy in the Middle East - Enhancing Security through Regional Cooperation (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
Michael Mason, Amit Mor
R3,727 Discovery Miles 37 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Energy insecurity is not normally associated with the Middle East. However, away from the oil-rich Persian Gulf, the countries of the eastern Mediterranean are particularly vulnerable. Their fossil fuel endowments are low, while their fractious relationships with each other have long fostered wider political insecurities. Focusing on the Jordan Basin (Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and Jordan), this timely volume addresses the prospects for the adoption of renewable energy in the oil-poor Middle East. Featuring regional energy experts, it offers an invaluable survey.

After outlining the regional security context, this book first reviews renewable energy policy and practices in the Jordan Basin. It then considers options for greening energy use, including promising pilot projects in North Africa. The initiatives discussed encompass renewable energy finance, energy-efficient rural communities, and solar and wind energy. There is significant potential for an increase in the uptake of renewable energy technologies in the eastern Mediterranean. This window of opportunity has been created by high oil prices, energy infrastructure investment opportunities, and the UN climate change regime. In conclusion, the book considers the institutional conditions for collaborative decision-making on renewable energy. Such cooperation would deliver substantial security and human development benefits to the region, and indeed the world.

The Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsidies (Hardcover): Jon Strand The Economics and Political Economy of Energy Subsidies (Hardcover)
Jon Strand
R992 R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Save R82 (8%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The economic and political aspects of energy subsidies, viewed both theoretically and empirically, with a focus on fossil fuel subsidies in developing nations. Government subsidies to energy are widespread and represent a heavy burden on public budgets in many countries. Both producers and consumers may be subsidized; the most common subsidies are for motor fuel consumption and electricity production and consumption. The subsidies to consumers often prove particularly harmful because they result in increased energy consumption, increased carbon emissions, and distortionary effects on consumer behavior. This book fills a void in the literature by providing a first, broad and diverse, analysis of several aspects of the economic and political economy aspects of government energy subsidies. The contributors take both theoretical and empirical approaches, with most of the focus on subsidies to fuel and electricity in non-OECD countries. The chapters cover such topics as energy pricing, reelection incentives for politicians that may encourage excessive subsidies; political corruption and "bribing equilibria," the the "resource curse" in developing countries when the gains from natural resource windfalls are largely wasted, the "entitlement" of energy subsidies in autocracies, and distributional issues when subsidies targeted to the poor are removed in high-income countries. One chapter discusses nonharmful subsidies: the potential economic effects of subsidizing the manufacturing and deployment of renewable energy. Contributors Carolyn Fischer, Mads Greaker, Mohammad Habibpour, Michelle Harding, Christina Kolerus, Christos Kotsogiannis, Jim Krane, Alber Touna Mama, Raffaele Miniaci, Marco Pani, Ian Parry, Carlo Perroni, Leonzio Rizzo, Knut Einar Rosendahl, Carlo Scarpa, Neda Seiban, Suphi Sen, Jon Strand, Paola Valbonesi, Herman Vollebergh

Renewable Energy in Nontechnical Language (Hardcover, 1st American ed): Ann Chambers Renewable Energy in Nontechnical Language (Hardcover, 1st American ed)
Ann Chambers
R2,357 Discovery Miles 23 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Renewable Energy in Nontechnical Language is a must-have for those involved in renewable energy. It covers all renewable energy sources. It includes numerous case studies. It includes industry contact list. It covers renewable futures. Everything you need for a solid understanding of renewable energy is here in this easy-to-understand guide. Ann Chambers, author of numerous books in PennWell's bestselling nontechnical series, draws from her expertise on energy matters to deliver an unparalleled guide to this emerging market. Using a straightforward approach, she starts with an introduction of wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass providing many informative charts and graphs showing the usage of each energy type state-by-state for the U.S. and also covers renewable energy usage around the world. Next she covers each energy type in detail giving case studies, market conditions, usage leaders, and more. Chambers includes a chapter on fuel cells as well as comprehensive coverage of renewable gasoline additives, alternatives, and ethanol and biodiesel.

Plunkett's Solar Power, Wind Power & Renewable Energy Industry Almanac 2023 (Paperback): Jack W Plunkett Plunkett's Solar Power, Wind Power & Renewable Energy Industry Almanac 2023 (Paperback)
Jack W Plunkett
R10,760 Discovery Miles 107 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sweet Fuel - A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol (Hardcover): Jennifer Eaglin Sweet Fuel - A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol (Hardcover)
Jennifer Eaglin
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As the hazards of carbon emissions increase and governments around the world seek to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, the search for clean and affordable alternate energies has become an increasing priority in the twenty-first century. However, one nation has already been producing such a fuel for almost a century: Brazil. Its sugarcane-based ethanol is the most efficient biofuel on the global fuel market, and the South American nation is the largest biofuel exporter in the world. Sweet Fuel offers the first full historical account of the industry's origins. The Brazilian government mandated a mixture of ethanol in the national fuel supply in the 1930s, and the success of the program led the military dictatorship to expand the industry and create the national program Proalcool in 1975. Private businessmen, politicians, and national and international automobile manufacturers together leveraged national interests to support this program. By 1985, over 95% of all new cars in the country ran exclusively on ethanol, and, after consumers turned away from them when oil was cheap, the government successfully promoted flex fuel cars instead. Yet, as Jennifer Eaglin shows, the industry's growth came with associated environmental and social costs in the form of water pollution from liquid waste generated during ethanol distillation and exploitative rural labor practices that reshaped Brazil's countryside. By examining the shifting perceptions of the industry from a sugar byproduct to a national energy solution to a global clean energy option, Sweet Fuel ultimately reveals deeper truths about what a global large-scale transition away from fossil fuels might look like and challenges idealized views of green industries.

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