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Interpretation of Green Mine Evaluation Index (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Jiushuai Deng, Suping Peng, Liang Wang, Yinli Bi, Jun... Interpretation of Green Mine Evaluation Index (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Jiushuai Deng, Suping Peng, Liang Wang, Yinli Bi, Jun Yao, …
R3,660 Discovery Miles 36 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book focuses on green mine evaluation. It includes green mine evaluation methods, evaluation content, evaluation indicators, etc. The "Green Mine Evaluation Index" has been issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources of China. In order to promote mining enterprises, green mine consulting service agencies, third-party evaluation agencies and mining administration personnel to better understand and practice the provisions of green mine evaluation indicators, the authors wrote this "Interpretation of Green Mine Evaluation Index". The content of this book specifically includes introduction, prerequisites for green mine selection, score sheet of green mine construction, related knowledge, as well as introduction of specific green mine evaluation items, including mining area environment, resource development methods, comprehensive utilization of ore resources, energy saving and emission reduction, technological innovation and smart mines, corporate management and corporate image, etc. The relevant concepts, relevant laws and policies, implementation measures, inspection points, and materials that enterprises should provide, have been vividly expounded based on the actual situation and specific cases of green mine construction. This book is useful as a reference for managers, engineering and technical personnels, teachers and students from mining enterprises, government departments, consulting services and evaluation agencies, colleges and secondary professional schools.

Renewable Energy Management in Emerging Economies - Strategies for Growth (Paperback): Henry K. H. Wang Renewable Energy Management in Emerging Economies - Strategies for Growth (Paperback)
Henry K. H. Wang
R1,366 Discovery Miles 13 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Renewable energy has never been more important than it is today, as climate change becomes arguably the world's most essential problem to be solved. Solving this problem is proving difficult and complex - none more so than for emerging economies that are undergoing rapid economic development with increasing use of fossil fuels. There are many challenges for these countries that are making efforts to promote renewable energy use, with limited resources. Good government policies and corporate strategies are essential to support these efforts as a part of the global climate change crisis. This important book addresses the very latest developments in renewable energy management plus the key challenges and risks. Potential new policies and strategies for the further growth of renewable energies in emerging economies, together with high-level business case examples of renewable management in emerging economies, are addressed. This book is essential reading for policy makers, government employees, business executives, professionals, researchers and academics looking to improve global renewable energy policies, investments and management.

The Russian State and Russian Energy Companies, 1992-2018 (Paperback): Ingerid M Opdahl The Russian State and Russian Energy Companies, 1992-2018 (Paperback)
Ingerid M Opdahl
R1,379 Discovery Miles 13 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Russian State and Russian Energy Companies analyses the development of relations between the state and five major energy companies, and how this shaped Russia's foreign policy in the post-Soviet region. The book argues that the development of Russia's political economy mattered for foreign policy over the quarter of a century from 1992 to 2018. Energy companies' roles in institutional development enabled them to influence foreign policy formation, and they became available as tools to implement foreign policy. The extent to which it happened for each company varied with their accessibility to the Russian state. Institutional development increased state capacity, in a way that strengthened Russia's political regime. The book shows how the combined power of several companies in the gas, oil, electricity, and nuclear energy industry was a key feature of Russian foreign policy, both in bilateral relationships and in support of Russia's regional position. In this way, Russia's energy resources were converted to regional influence. The book contributes to our understanding of Russia's political economy and its influence on foreign policy, and of the formation of policy towards post-Soviet states.

Emergy (Hardcover): Olivier Le Corre Emergy (Hardcover)
Olivier Le Corre
R2,768 R1,909 Discovery Miles 19 090 Save R859 (31%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Emergy presents the fundamentals of emergy, proposing the definition and representation of emergy diagrams and 'spreading.' Embodied energy is the energy consumed by all of the processes associated with the production of a building, from the mining and processing of natural resources to manufacturing, transport and product delivery. The authors evaluate a range of sources and the methodologies surrounding emergy analysis. Filled with real-world applied examples including wood energy, wind resources, ore and recycling, this book shows you how to adopt an approach similar to the Lagrangian approach to fluid mechanics, and establish that the intuitive notion of temporal independence of the emergy specific to materials requires nuances.

Global Bioethanol - Evolution, Risks, and Uncertainties (Paperback): Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles-Filho, Luis Augusto Barbosa... Global Bioethanol - Evolution, Risks, and Uncertainties (Paperback)
Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles-Filho, Luis Augusto Barbosa Cortez, Jose Maria Ferreira Jardim Da Silveira, Sergio Trindade, Maria Da Graca Derengowski Fonseca
R2,223 R2,106 Discovery Miles 21 060 Save R117 (5%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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 to talk about the real conditions in which bioethanol will (or will not) evolve. Uncertainties and certainties are discussed and addressed to understand the futures of global bioethanol. The book analyses the evolution of bioethanol in the world's energy mix under technological, economic and commercial perspectives. It gives particular emphasis on the innovative trajectories of second-generation ethanol and their potential in different countries and regions. Future scenarios are proposed in order to evaluate the possible outcomes of ethanol in a global perspective. For providing a thorough overview of the bioethanol sector from different points of view, this book is a very useful resource for all involved with biofuels in general and bioethanol in particular, including energy engineers, researchers, consultants, analysts and policy makers.

Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR) - A Risk Management Approach to Energy Purchase and Efficiency Choices (Hardcover): J. Jackson Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR) - A Risk Management Approach to Energy Purchase and Efficiency Choices (Hardcover)
J. Jackson
R1,978 R1,593 Discovery Miles 15 930 Save R385 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Energy Budgets at Risk" "(EBar)"(R) provides everyone from facility energy managers and financial managers to government policy-makers and electric utilities program planners with the background information required to understand energy cost, price, efficiency, and related issues important in developing a balanced approach to facility energy risk management. Throughout the book, respected energy economist Dr. Jerry Jackson clearly shows how to reduce energy costs and increase cash flows by using risk management concepts developed in the financial industry.

Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Agriculture (Open Access) - Reinventing Agrarian Justice (Paperback): Elsa Tsioumani Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Agriculture (Open Access) - Reinventing Agrarian Justice (Paperback)
Elsa Tsioumani
R1,365 Discovery Miles 13 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the emergence and development of the legal concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing, and its application in agriculture. Developed in the 1990s, the concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing has been deployed in an ever-wider variety of international instruments, including those on biodiversity, climate change and human rights. A lack of clarity persists, however, on what fair and equitable benefit-sharing requires and entails, and whether its implementation supports or eventually undermines equity and justice. This book examines these questions in the area of land, food and agriculture, addressing for the first time several instances of the agricultural production chain, including research and development, land governance and land use and access to markets. It identifies challenges regarding implementation of the concept as enshrined in environmental treaties and soft-law instruments, with a focus on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants. It investigates its role, enabling conditions and limitations, in a contradictory policy context involving environmental, food security and human rights objectives but also a growing web of multilateral and bilateral trade and investment agreements. Linking international law research with a socio-legal analysis, the book addresses four grassroots examples, which offer ideas for institutional and legal innovation from the local to the global level. This interdisciplinary title will be of great interest to students and scholars of international environmental law, agriculture, land law, development studies and global governance, as well as policymakers and practitioners working in these fields. "The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429198304, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."

Understanding Risks and Uncertainties in Energy and Climate Policy - Multidisciplinary Methods and Tools for a Low Carbon... Understanding Risks and Uncertainties in Energy and Climate Policy - Multidisciplinary Methods and Tools for a Low Carbon Society (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Haris Doukas, Alexandros Flamos, Jenny Lieu
R1,669 Discovery Miles 16 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This open access book analyzes and seeks to consolidate the use of robust quantitative tools and qualitative methods for the design and assessment of energy and climate policies. In particular, it examines energy and climate policy performance and associated risks, as well as public acceptance and portfolio analysis in climate policy, and presents methods for evaluating the costs and benefits of flexible policy implementation as well as new framings for business and market actors. In turn, it discusses the development of alternative policy pathways and the identification of optimal switching points, drawing on concrete examples to do so. Lastly, it discusses climate change mitigation policies' implications for the agricultural, food, building, transportation, service and manufacturing sectors.

Bifacial Photovoltaics - Technology, applications and economics (Hardcover): Joris Libal, Radovan Kopecek Bifacial Photovoltaics - Technology, applications and economics (Hardcover)
Joris Libal, Radovan Kopecek
R3,489 R3,146 Discovery Miles 31 460 Save R343 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) modules are able to utilize light from both sides and can therefore significantly increase the electric yield of PV power plants, thus reducing the cost and improving profitability. Bifacial PV technology has a huge potential to reach a major market share, in particular when considering utility scale PV plants. Accordingly, bifacial PV is currently attracting increasing attention from involved engineers, scientists and investors. There is a lack of available, structured information about this topic. A book that focuses exclusively on bifacial PV thus meets an increasing need. Bifacial Photovoltaics: Technology, applications and economics provides an overview of the history, status and future of bifacial PV technology with a focus on crystalline silicon technology, covering the areas of cells, modules, and systems. In addition, topics like energy yield simulations and bankability are addressed. It is a must-read for researchers and manufacturers involved with cutting-edge photovoltaics.

Core Analysis, Volume 64 - A Best Practice Guide (Hardcover): Colin McPhee, Jules Reed, Izaskun Zubizarreta Core Analysis, Volume 64 - A Best Practice Guide (Hardcover)
Colin McPhee, Jules Reed, Izaskun Zubizarreta
R3,788 R3,535 Discovery Miles 35 350 Save R253 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Core Analysis: A Best Practice Guide is a practical guide to the design of core analysis programs. Written to address the need for an updated set of recommended practices covering special core analysis and geomechanics tests, the book also provides unique insights into data quality control diagnosis and data utilization in reservoir models. The book's best practices and procedures benefit petrophysicists, geoscientists, reservoir engineers, and production engineers, who will find useful information on core data in reservoir static and dynamic models. It provides a solid understanding of the core analysis procedures and methods used by commercial laboratories, the details of lab data reporting required to create quality control tests, and the diagnostic plots and protocols that can be used to identify suspect or erroneous data.

China's Energy Strategy - Economic Structure, Technological Choices, and Energy Consumption (Hardcover, New): Xiannuan Lin China's Energy Strategy - Economic Structure, Technological Choices, and Energy Consumption (Hardcover, New)
Xiannuan Lin
R2,775 Discovery Miles 27 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

China has reduced the energy intensity of its economy dramatically. This book explores how this reduction was achieved and determines the major sources of energy savings. Using extensive data, the author examines the impacts of technological and structural changes on energy consumption and identifies the factors that were primarily responsible for the energy-efficiency improvements. It is an interesting work that will be useful for policy makers in assessing the energy consequences of development strategies and for economists in analyzing the relationship between energy use and economic growth.

An Introduction to Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis in Site Evaluation for Existing Nuclear Installations... An Introduction to Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis in Site Evaluation for Existing Nuclear Installations (Paperback)
Iaea
R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis (PFDHA) is a relatively new methodology, and actual examples of applications are quite limited. The current publication provides an introduction to probabilistic approaches to fault displacement hazard assessment with reference to relevant IAEA safety standards. It delineates the most important aspects of PFDHA (including up to date practices, open problems, and challenging issues) within a coherent framework. The information provided will be valuable not only for Member States when applying PFDHA to the site safety assessment of existing installations, but also for nuclear power plant operating organizations, regulatory bodies, vendors, technical support organizations and researchers working in the area of seismic hazard assessmen

Sustainable Cities and Energy Policies (Hardcover, 1999 ed.): Roberta Capello Sustainable Cities and Energy Policies (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
Roberta Capello; Assisted by K. Bithas, R. Camagni; Peter Nijkamp; Assisted by H. Coccossis; …
R4,519 Discovery Miles 45 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The aim of this book is to highlight the great potential of decentralized (i.e. local or urban) energy policies in achieving environmentally-benign developments for modern cities. Urban sustainability is placed in the context of the debate on global sustainable development. A wide array of policy initiatives is discussed and evaluated, ranging from market-based energy policies to technological innovation policies for the energy sector. A theoretical framework for technology adoption processes is developed and empirically tested. The main question addressed is: which are the critical success factors for successful urban energy policies? This question is also dealt with in a meta-analytic context by assessing and comparing the performance of energy policies in various European cities, with a particular view to renewable energy.

Regulation of Extractive Industries - Community Engagement in the Arctic (Paperback): Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Anne  Merrild... Regulation of Extractive Industries - Community Engagement in the Arctic (Paperback)
Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Anne Merrild Hansen
R1,386 Discovery Miles 13 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book intends to inform the key participants in extractive projects - namely, the communities, the host governments and the investors - about good practice for effective community engagement, based on analysis of international standards and expectations, lessons from selected case-studies and innovations in public participation. The extent of extractive industries varies widely around the Arctic as do governmental and social attitudes towards resource development. Whilst most Arctic communities are united in seeking investment to fund education, healthcare, housing, transport and other essential services, as well as wanting to benefit from improved employment and business opportunities, they have different views as to the role that extractive industries should play in this. Within each community, there are multiple perspectives and the goal of public participation is to draw out these perspectives and seek consensus. Part I of the book analyses the international standards that have emerged in recent years regarding public participation, in particular, in respect of indigenous peoples. Part II presents six case studies that aim to identify both good and bad practices and to reflect upon the distinct conditions, needs, expectations, strategies and results for each community examined. Part III explores the importance of meaningful participation from a corporate perspective and identifies some common themes that require consideration if Arctic voices are to shape extractive industries in Arctic communities. In drawing together international law and standards, case studies and examples of good practice, this anthology is a timely and invaluable resource for academics, legal advisors and those working in resource development and public policy.

Local Content Oil and Gas Law in Africa - Lessons from Nigeria and Beyond (Paperback): Pereowei Subai Local Content Oil and Gas Law in Africa - Lessons from Nigeria and Beyond (Paperback)
Pereowei Subai
R1,372 Discovery Miles 13 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Examining local content law and policy in the oil and gas industry, this book uses Nigeria as a primary case study, comparing its approach to countries such as Brazil and Norway which have also adopted local content laws in relation to their gas and oil industries. In considering various aspects of local content law and policy as they apply to the oil and gas industry, the book examines the factors behind the formulation of local content policies by petroleum producing states, and the various strategies they have employed to implement them. It analyses arguments against local content requirements from the perspective of international trade and investment law, and from liberal market economic theorists, who argue against its overall usefulness. The book highlights salient aspects of the oil and gas industry such as regulation, national oil companies, treatment of minorities, and policy formulation and implementation.

Host Government Agreements and the Law in the Energy Sector - The case of Azerbaijan and Turkey (Paperback): Hakan Sahin Host Government Agreements and the Law in the Energy Sector - The case of Azerbaijan and Turkey (Paperback)
Hakan Sahin
R1,371 Discovery Miles 13 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The energy industry is a key source of growth stimulation for developing states. Understandably, developing states are eager to enter into petroleum investment contracts with international investors, with the expectation that this will benefit their countries. The domestic law of some developing states provides a welcoming investment environment in the form of guarantees and stability, while other states provide these opportunities by agreeing to investment contracts or treaties drafted by international organisations established to facilitate such agreements. This book identifies the political risks, particularly of indirect expropriation, that arise from the unilateral actions of host governments during the lifespan of energy investment projects. Focusing on stabilisation clauses as a political risk management tool, this research-based study draws on comparative empirical evidence from Turkey and Azerbaijan to determine what influences host states to consent to the insertion of stabilisation clauses in long-term host government agreements. Proposing a framework for the role to be played by both internal forces and external forces, it examines political regimes and state guarantees to foreign investors in Azerbaijan and Turkey from a comparative perspective, assessing how effective internal factors in Azerbaijan and Turkey are in facilitating contractual stability in their energy investment projects. Providing a comprehensive analysis of stabilisation clauses and the internal and external factors that compel host states to commit to them, this book will appeal to practitioners, students and scholars in international investment law and energy law.

Seeing Cities Through Big Data - Research, Methods and Applications in Urban Informatics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Piyushimita... Seeing Cities Through Big Data - Research, Methods and Applications in Urban Informatics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Piyushimita Vonu Thakuriah, Nebiyou Tilahun, Moira Zellner
R7,709 Discovery Miles 77 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book introduces the latest thinking on the use of Big Data in the context of urban systems, including research and insights on human behavior, urban dynamics, resource use, sustainability and spatial disparities, where it promises improved planning, management and governance in the urban sectors (e.g., transportation, energy, smart cities, crime, housing, urban and regional economies, public health, public engagement, urban governance and political systems), as well as Big Data's utility in decision-making, and development of indicators to monitor economic and social activity, and for urban sustainability, transparency, livability, social inclusion, place-making, accessibility and resilience.

Hybrid Intelligence for Smart Grid Systems (Hardcover): Shyam Akashe, Hee-Je Kim, Chinmay Chakraborty, Seelam VSV Prabhu Deva... Hybrid Intelligence for Smart Grid Systems (Hardcover)
Shyam Akashe, Hee-Je Kim, Chinmay Chakraborty, Seelam VSV Prabhu Deva Kumar
R3,574 Discovery Miles 35 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides an overview of distributed control and distributed optimization theory, followed by specific details on industrial applications to smart grid systems. It discusses the fundamental analysis and design schemes for developing actual working smart grids and covers all aspects concerning the conventional and nonconventional methods of their use. Hybrid Intelligence for Smart Grid Systems provides an overview of a smart grid, along with its needs, benefits, challenges, and existing structure and describes the inverter topologies adopted for integrating renewable power, and provides an overview of its needs, benefits, challenges, and possible future technologies. This pioneering book is a must-read for researchers, engineering professionals, and students, giving them the tools needed to move from the concept of a smart grid to its actual design and implementation. Moreover, it will enable regulators, policymakers, and energy executives to understand the future of energy delivery systems towards safe, economical, high-quality power delivery in a dynamic and demanding environment.

Microgrids - Design, Challenges, and Prospects (Hardcover): Ghous Bakhsh Narejo, Biswa Ranjan Acharya, Ranjit Singh Sarban... Microgrids - Design, Challenges, and Prospects (Hardcover)
Ghous Bakhsh Narejo, Biswa Ranjan Acharya, Ranjit Singh Sarban Singh, Fatma Newagy
R5,092 Discovery Miles 50 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Provides knowledge on decision making for newly evolving microgrids Discusses techniques on how to improve the quality of power networks by reducing load shedding, power imbalances, and differences between supply and demand during peak hours Offers a collection of knowledge on new techniques for microgrid design Presents emerging fields that now play an important role in microgrid design such as, data science, machine learning, AI, and IT The first book to cover the new trend in the power infrastructure and include areas such as computer science, electrical engineering, electronics engineering and energy engineering

Climate Change and Industry Structure in China - CO2 Emission Features (Paperback): Diana Gao Climate Change and Industry Structure in China - CO2 Emission Features (Paperback)
Diana Gao; Chu Wei
R1,366 Discovery Miles 13 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As carbon dioxide is the most significant source of greenhouse gases today, its emission quantity has become a primary focus of governments, scholars and the general public. From the perspective of industrial structure, the book mainly explores the features of carbon emissions in China. The author thoroughly studies related theories and literature about industrial structure and climate change, and reviews the different development histories of developed countries and China. Based on historical data, this volume discusses the influence of interprovincial industrial structure and income level on carbon emissions, and tries to estimate different industrial sectors' carbon emissions. It especially studies the case of Zhejiang Province, and analyses several factors which affect CO2 emissions. The book provides international readers with rich information about the characteristics, patterns and drivers of China's CO2 emissions, which will definitely help scholars and students better understand China's economy.

Limits to Terrestrial Extraction (Paperback): Robert Kirsch Limits to Terrestrial Extraction (Paperback)
Robert Kirsch
R754 Discovery Miles 7 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume focuses on the social, cultural, and ecological consequences of a political economy of energy. A political economy of energy holds that an enduring hallmark of the current context is a reorganization of human society toward energy extraction and production. Limits to Terrestrial Extraction looks at the construction of society itself as an energy-harvesting "megamachine," the ecomodernist project of the latter half of the twentieth century and its disastrous environmental record, and mining Near Earth Objects to extract extraterrestrial resources. Each chapter explores a limit to terrestrial extraction - spatially, economically, or socially - finding that business as usual cannot yield a different world. The authors eschew easy answers of natural resource management or discourses of wise use, instead offering critiques of market society and its constitutive drive to produce and waste energy. Overall, this volume establishes the existential stakes and scope of change that will be required to build a better world. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental political theory, as well as social scientists and humanities scholars who study the intersection of energy and society.

Negotiating the EU's 2030 Climate and Energy Framework - Agendas, Ideas and European Interest Groups (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Negotiating the EU's 2030 Climate and Energy Framework - Agendas, Ideas and European Interest Groups (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Oscar Fitch-Roy, Jenny Fairbrass
R1,768 Discovery Miles 17 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 2014, European heads of state selected new targets for the EU as part of the 2030 climate and energy framework. These targets will guide the ambition and nature of EU policy in this area until 2030 and are likely to have important implications for Europe's transition to a low-carbon economy. This book exposes the role of civil society and business interest groups in setting the policymaking agenda and defining the range of options for the framework. Based on a unique sample of 32 in-depth interviews with Brussels policy elites, this book casts EU interest representation in a new light. In a novel application of the 'multiple streams approach', sequential chapters present the problems faced by policymakers, the range of policy options available to address them and the political constraints within which policy entrepreneurs attempted to attached policies to problems.

Energy In The 21st Century (4th Edition) (Hardcover, 4th Revised edition): John R. Fanchi, Christopher J. Fanchi Energy In The 21st Century (4th Edition) (Hardcover, 4th Revised edition)
John R. Fanchi, Christopher J. Fanchi
R2,984 Discovery Miles 29 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Energy in the 21st Century is a valuable source of information for students, decision makers, opinion leaders, and the general public. Oil and natural gas price volatility continue to affect both the supply and demand for energy. Advances in other technologies, such as nuclear, wind, solar, and tidal technology, are altering the comparative economics of competing energy sources. New government policies are changing the landscape of the global energy marketplace.From our reliance on fossil fuels to the quest for new sources of energy, Energy in the 21st Century provides a fact-based analysis of the most prominent energy issues of our time. The fourth edition updates data and includes more discussion of recent advances. Some of the highlights of the fourth edition are expanded discussion of climate change and anthropogenic climate change; the 2015 COP21 Paris Agreement on Climate Change; nuclear fusion reactor prototypes (tokomak ITER and stellarator W7-X); advances in solar thermal and solar photovoltaic power plants, space based solar power, transparent photovoltaic cells, and hybrid solar wind technology; tidal and wave energy converters; oil from algae; the EU Supergrid; the Goldilocks Policy for energy transition and the Grand Energy Bargain.Energy in the 21st Century has been used as the text for the general college student population, as well as energy overview for MBA students. Pedagogical material includes learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, end of chapter activities, a comprehensive index, a glossary, and an Appendix to help with converting units. Points to Ponder are provided throughout the text and are designed to encourage the reader to consider material from different perspectives.

Management of Weather and Climate Risk in the Energy Industry (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Alberto Troccoli Management of Weather and Climate Risk in the Energy Industry (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Alberto Troccoli
R5,795 Discovery Miles 57 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Meteorological and climate data are indeed essential both in day-to-day energy management and for the definition of production and distribution infrastructures. For instance, the supply of electricity to users can be disturbed by extreme meteorological events such as thunderstorms with unusually strong winds, severe icing, severe cold spells, sea level elevation associated with storm surges, floods ... To be protected against such events, it is not sufficient to act after they have taken place. It is necessary to identify their potential impacts precisely and assess the probability of their occurrence. This book shows that this can only be done through an enhanced dialogue between the energy community and the climate and meteorology community. This implies an in-depth dialogue between actors to define precisely what kind of data is needed and how it should be used. Meteo-France has been in long-term cooperation with the energy sector, including the fields of electricity production and distribution. Drawing on this experience, it should be noted in this respect the importance of lo- term partnership between actors as exemplified here by the message of EDF."

Economics and Politics of Energy in the Middle East and Eastern Europe (Hardcover): Natalya Ketenci, Ayse Sevencan Economics and Politics of Energy in the Middle East and Eastern Europe (Hardcover)
Natalya Ketenci, Ayse Sevencan; Contributions by Alper Altinanahtar, Natalya Ketenci, Ayse Sevencan, …
R2,284 Discovery Miles 22 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Energy policy has always been important to the population for stability and to advance technological progress and economic growth. The scope of energy discussions and concerns in the world have expanded significantly in the last several decades. In order to cope with accelerating pollution from fossil fuels, countries have increased investments in renewable energy power plants. However, the existing technology does not allow for the significant increase of the capacity of renewable energy facilities in a short period. As a result, in order to maintain economic growth, countries continue to be highly dependent on fossil fuels like oil, natural gas, and coal. At the same time, some countries start to encounter such problems as depletion of their oil and natural gas resources. The aim of this book is to analyze energy resources in the Middle East and Eastern Europe and relations between countries that appear as a result of new discoveries in this area.

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