Energy for a Warming World - A Plan to Hasten the Demise of Fossil Fuels (Hardcover, 2010 Ed.)

*Provides an engineering-based approach to renewable energy *Quantifies the levels of electrical power deliverable from various sources Climate change, environmental impact and declining natural resources are driving scientific research and novel technical solutions. Green Energy and Technology serves as a publishing platform for scientific and technological approaches to "green" - i.e., environmentally friendly and sustainable - technologies. While the main focus lies on energy and power supply, the series also covers green solutions in industrial engineering and engineering design. Green Energy and Technology is a monograph series addressing researchers, advanced students and technical consultants, as well as decision makers in industry and politics. The level presentation ranges from instructional to highly technical. Energy for a Warming World challenges the commonplace notion that the amount of power which mankind can potentially harness from renewable resources is more than large enough to assuage future demand levels. The presumption of unlimited power from renewables does not take into account the fact that it may not be possible to fully develop this potential, or that the resulting energy may not be available where it is most required. Engineering limitations and deficiencies in production will inevitably undermine the best calculations. By examining the renewables issue from an electrical engineering perspective, and exercising due regard for the limited capability of current and future electrical generation and transmission systems, this book attempts to provide more realistic statistics for the levels of power which could be extracted from sustainable resources in the critical time frame of 30 to 40 years. The engineering logic leads inexorably to the importance of taking a global outlook on the switch to renewable power supply and transmission - an outlook which has some surprising and uncomfortable ramifications fo

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Imprint:	Springer London
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Green Energy and Technology
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Alan John Sangster
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	178
Edition:	2010 Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-84882-833-9
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology
LSN:	1-84882-833-0
Barcode:	9781848828339

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