Power after Carbon - Building a Clean, Resilient Grid (Hardcover)

As the electric power industry faces the challenges of climate change, technological disruption, new market imperatives, and changing policies, a renowned energy expert offers a roadmap to the future of this essential sector. As the damaging and costly impacts of climate change increase, the rapid development of sustainable energy has taken on great urgency. The electricity industry has responded with necessary but wrenching shifts toward renewables, even as it faces unprecedented challenges and disruption brought on by new technologies, new competitors, and policy changes. The result is a collision course between a grid that must provide abundant, secure, flexible, and affordable power, and an industry facing enormous demands for power and rapid, systemic change. The fashionable solution is to think small: smart buildings, small-scale renewables, and locally distributed green energy. But Peter Fox-Penner makes clear that these will not be enough to meet our increasing needs for electricity. He points instead to the indispensability of large power systems, battery storage, and scalable carbon-free power technologies, along with the grids and markets that will integrate them. The electric power industry and its regulators will have to provide all of these, even as they grapple with changing business models for local electric utilities, political instability, and technological change. Power after Carbon makes sense of all the moving parts, providing actionable recommendations for anyone involved with or relying on the electric power system.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2020
Authors:	Peter Fox-Penner
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	456
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-24107-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Electrical power industries Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Electrical engineering > Power generation & distribution
LSN:	0-674-24107-X
Barcode:	9780674241077

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