Electricity Generation and the Environment

ISBN-13: 9780081010440 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 108 str.

Paul Breeze

Opis

Electricity Generation and the Environment is a very concise, up-to-date, and accessible guide to the evolution of environmental awareness, what that environmental awareness has taught the industry, and how technologies can be used to test and improve power performance. There is a strong emphasis on the related social impacts and economic factors involved in the various methods of generating electricity which Breeze explores, making this a valuable and insightful read for those involved in the planning and delivery of energy, such as energy engineers, power generation planners, policy makers, managers, and academics.

• Explores various life-cycle assessments
• Covers fast-advancing renewable and alternative power sources such as hydropower and transportation
• Discusses various externalities which impact on the decisions to implement systems and technologies
• Evaluates the economic and environmental viability of each power generation system covered

Spis treści

1. Evolution of Environmental Awareness 2. Environmental Effects of Power Generation 3. Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Warming 4. Controlling Carbon Dioxide 5. Hydrogen Economy 6. Economics of Electricity Production 7. Externalities 8. Life-Cycle Assessment 9. The Bottom Line

O autorze

Paul Breeze is a journalist and freelance science and technology writer and consultant in the United Kingdom. He has specialised in power generation technology for the past 30 years. In addition to writing Power Generation Technologies, Second Edition, he has contributed to journals and newspapers such as The Financial Times and The Economist and has written a range of technical management reports covering all the aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution.