Energy Portfolios

ISBN-13: 9780415469852 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 364 str.

Aswathanarayana U.

Opis

This book provides an overview of the globally ongoing research and development efforts to reduce carbon emissions and costs, and to improve the efficiency of emerging energy technologies. It covers current and future research and development of Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, and Renewable Energy Resources. The author provides optimal size, capital costs, powerplant operation costs and health consequences for each resource. The author delineates low-carbon emission alternatives and methods to mitigate environmental and health risks.

Spis treści

1. Energy from coal, including case studies of China and South Africa; 2. Energy from oil and natural gas, including case studies of Russia and Saudi Arabia; 3. Nuclear energy, including case studies of Japan and India; 4. Renewable energy resources: hydroelectricity, geothermal energy, wind energy, biomass, solar energy; 5. Quo vadis?