Natural Gas in the Electricity Sector - Emissions, Regulations, Water Management & Power Considerations (Hardcover)

This book addresses several aspects of the changing context of natural gas in the U.S. electric power sector. Increasingly plentiful and affordable natural gas has catalysed major changes in U.S. power generation and has helped to boost U.S. economic recovery. Increased substitution of natural gas for coal in power generation has also cut U.S. GHG emissions. However, processes to produce natural gas, shale gas in particular, have also elevated environmental and safety concerns in certain regions of the country. The rapid rise of natural gas is also beginning to drive more thought on longer-term energy policy issues such as the appropriate level of generation diversity (given the history of volatile prices for natural gas), and trajectories of natural gas use that will still allow GHG mitigation sufficient to address the climate challenge. This book is intended to help inform these energy policy and investment discussions, and outlines the current dynamics of natural gas in the power sector and the selected challenges and opportunities in the use of natural gas to generate electricity.

General

Imprint:	nova science publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2013
Editors:	Timothy B Wright
Dimensions:	260 x 180 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-1-62618-621-7
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Fossil fuel technologies > Gas technology Promotions
LSN:	1-62618-621-9
Barcode:	9781626186217

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!