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The Virtual Utility: Accounting, Technology & Competitive Aspects of the Emerging Industry
ISBN: 9780792399025 / Angielski / Twarda / 409 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the winter of 1996, after 4 years of planning and research, the Symposium on the Virtual Utility was held in Saratoga Springs, New York. It was sponsored by Niag ara Mohawk Power Corporation, Co-sponsored by CSC Index and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and hosted by Rensselaer Poly technic Institute, Troy, NY. The symposium sought to identify new areas of inquiry by presenting cutting-edge academic and practitioner research intended to further our understanding of the strategic, technologically-driven issues confronting the elec tricity production and...
In the winter of 1996, after 4 years of planning and research, the Symposium on the Virtual Utility was held in Saratoga Springs, New York. It was spo...
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806,99 zł |
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Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak
ISBN: 9780809029570 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book explains both why the decline of our most precious fuel is inevitable and how challenging it will be to cope with what comes next."--Richard E. Smalley, University Professor, Rice University, and 1996 Nobel laureate With world oil production about to peak and inexorably head toward steep decline, what fuels are available to meet rising global energy demands? That question, once thought to address a fairly remote contingency, has become ever more urgent, as a spate of books has drawn increased public attention to the imminent exhaustion of the economically vital... "This book explains both why the decline of our most precious fuel is inevitable and how challenging it will be to cope with what comes next."--... |
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69,13 zł |
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Energy from Alcohol: The Brazilian Experience
ISBN: 9780813114798 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Both strategic and economic considerations make desirable the development of alternatives to petroleum as a source of energy and chemicals. Alcohol is one such alternative, and the experience of Brazil, a world leader in its production, provides a unique contribution to industrial policy for other nations. This book will be a valuable reference for all those concerned with energy sources for the future. Both strategic and economic considerations make desirable the development of alternatives to petroleum as a source of energy and chemicals. Alcohol... |
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102,23 zł |
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The Extra Mile: Rethinking Energy Policy for Automotive Transportation
ISBN: 9780815760917 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the United States, proposals for gasoline tax hikes have consistently met with broad-based congressional opposition. Although such taxes are a common and effective method of conserving energy in other industrialised nations, U.S. policy has traditionally relied on regulatory programs rather than fuel taxes to promote energy efficiency in automotive transportation.
In the United States, proposals for gasoline tax hikes have consistently met with broad-based congressional opposition. Although such taxes are a comm...
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97,50 zł |
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Energy Policies and Multitopic Household Surveys : Guidelines for Questionnaire Design in Living Standards Measurement Studies
ISBN: 9780821368787 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Accurate data on household energy use, combined with other data on household well-being (including consumption, income, health, and education), is essential to monitor progress in the household energy transition from traditional biomass fuels to modern fuels and electricity and to evaluate the effect of government energy policies on living conditions. Multi-topic socioeconomic household surveys, such as the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), can provide data with which to make these measurements. Designers of LSMS and other multi-topic household surveys can use these...
Accurate data on household energy use, combined with other data on household well-being (including consumption, income, health, and education), is ess...
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38,98 zł |
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Fiscal Systems for Hydrocarbons: Design Issues
ISBN: 9780821372661 / Angielski / Miękka / 73 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although host governments and investors may share one common objective the desire for projects to generate high levels of revenue their other goals are not entirely aligned. Host governments aim to maximize rent for their country over time, while achieving other development and socioeconomic objectives. Investors aim to ensure that the return on investment is consistent with the risk associated with the project, and with their corporations' strategic objectives. To reconcile these often conflicting objectives, more and more countries rely on transparent institutional arrangements and...
Although host governments and investors may share one common objective the desire for projects to generate high levels of revenue their other goals ar...
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58,49 zł |
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Distributed Power Generation : Planning and Evaluation
ISBN: 9780824703363 / Angielski / Twarda / 616 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the preparation and analysis of distributed generators (DGs) for residential, commercial and industrial, as well as electric utility applications. This book examines distributed generation versus traditional, centralized power systems, power demands, reliability evaluation, planning processes, costs, and reciprocating piston engine DGs.
Explores the preparation and analysis of distributed generators (DGs) for residential, commercial and industrial, as well as electric utility applicat...
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975,56 zł |
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Restructured Electrical Power Systems : Operation: Trading, and Volatility
ISBN: 9780824706203 / Angielski / Twarda / 534 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An examination of key issues in electric utilities restructuring. It covers: electric utility markets in and out of the USA; the Open Access Same-time Information System; tagging transactions; trading energy; hedging tools for managing risks in various markets; pricing volatility, risk and forecasting; regional transmission organization; and more. The text contains acronyms, a contract specifications sample, examples, and nearly 500 bibliographic citations, tables, and drawings.
An examination of key issues in electric utilities restructuring. It covers: electric utility markets in and out of the USA; the Open Access Same-time...
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1414,56 zł |
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Understanding Electric Utilities and De-Regulation
ISBN: 9780824727734 / Angielski / Twarda / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Power interruptions of the scale of the North American Blackout of 2003 are rare, but they still loom as a possibility. Will the aging infrastructure fail because deregulated monopolies have no financial incentives to upgrade? Is centralized planning becoming subordinate to market forces? Understanding Electric Utilities and De-Regulation, Second Edition provides an updated, non-technical description that sheds light on the nature of the industry and the issues involved in its transition away from a regulated environment.
The book begins by broadly surveying the industry, from a regulated... Power interruptions of the scale of the North American Blackout of 2003 are rare, but they still loom as a possibility. Will the aging infrastructure ...
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1073,11 zł |
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Alternate Energy: Assessment & Implementation Reference Book
ISBN: 9780824742898 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the future of energy technologies with emphasis on alternative, non-conventional technologies, their potential impacts, and the technical, economic, and policy issues that affect their successful integration into global energy markets. It considers energy management and technology development by exploring data from energy technology "roadmaps." International in scope, it examines both the technical and non-technical aspects of emerging technologies and presents detailed technology assessments for specific alternative energy resources. It includes an overview of the problems...
This book explores the future of energy technologies with emphasis on alternative, non-conventional technologies, their potential impacts, and the tec...
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682,89 zł |
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Ultrasonics: Data, Equations and Their Practical Uses
ISBN: 9780824758301 / Angielski / Twarda / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gain a Unique and Comprehensive Understanding of Ultrasonics Create Efficient Systems for Any Environment Gain a Unique and Comprehensive Understanding of Ultrasonics |
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926,78 zł |
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Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of Energy
ISBN: 9780851990187 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent concerns about energy security in the US have drawn greater attention to agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy. Agriculturally-derived energy sources such as ethanol, biodiesel, biomass, and windpower presently supply between 0.3% and 0.50% of the energy consumed in the US.
Organized into two parts, the first section of this book examines agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy, the integration of biomass energy into the US energy systems, a policy overview, and outlooks for energy production and consumption. The second section is a... Recent concerns about energy security in the US have drawn greater attention to agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy. Agriculturall...
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652,08 zł |
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Energy from the Biomass: Third EC Conference
ISBN: 9780853343967 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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3048,61 zł |
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Sustainability and Environmental Impact of Renewable Energy Sources
ISBN: 9780854042906 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world's dependence on fossil fuels is widely acknowledged to be a major cause of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Thus there is an urgent need to develop energy sources with lower environmental impact, with attention focusing on renewable energy sources. Concise, authoritative, up-to-date and readable, this book reviews various energy technologies, as well as taking a critical look at the political, social and economic aspects. Throughout, the emphasis is on renewable energy sources (wind, wave, solar, biomass, etc), but a discussion of fossil fuels and nuclear power is...
The world's dependence on fossil fuels is widely acknowledged to be a major cause of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Thus there is ...
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219,50 zł |
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Directional Drilling
ISBN: 9780860107163 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some 35 years ago I was somewhat precariously balanced in a drilling derrick aligning a whipstock into a directional hole in North Holland by the Stokenbury method, and no doubt thinking to myself that I was at the very forefront of technology.
Some 35 years ago I was somewhat precariously balanced in a drilling derrick aligning a whipstock into a directional hole in North Holland by the Stok...
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524,53 zł |
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Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy
ISBN: 9780868409733 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A positive, proactive book that proposes a set of policies and strategies for implementing the most promising cleaner energy technologies by all spheres of government, business and community organisations.
A positive, proactive book that proposes a set of policies and strategies for implementing the most promising cleaner energy technologies by all spher...
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126,78 zł |
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Integrated Waterflood Asset Management
ISBN: 9780878146062 / Angielski / Twarda / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Waterflooding is one of the most important methods of improving recovery from oil reservoirs -- with the uncertainty of the economic applicability of enhanced oil recovery techniques (as a result of oil price instability), optimization of waterflooding has become more significant than ever. Integrated Waterflood Asset Management will provide a better understanding of the practical approach to waterflood asset management using multidisciplinary integrated teams, and better resource management practices enhancing hydrocarbon recovery and maximizing profitability. Readers will learn the...
Waterflooding is one of the most important methods of improving recovery from oil reservoirs -- with the uncertainty of the economic applicability of ...
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721,91 zł |
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Merchant Power : A Basic Guide
ISBN: 9780878147663 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new book from PennWell, author and industry expert Ann Chambers addresses what industry professionals need to know and understand about merchant power plants -- including how they differ from "regular" plants, who's building merchants (and where and why), and who's considering trying their hand at merchant power. Ann also includes projections for the future of merchant power and a handy glossary. Ann is the author of a variety of industry-related titles and served as an editor for two leading industry publications, Power Engineering and Power Engineering International.
In this new book from PennWell, author and industry expert Ann Chambers addresses what industry professionals need to know and understand about mercha...
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360,96 zł |
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Creating Competitive Power Markets: The Pjm Model
ISBN: 9780878147915 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive model of the nation's largest, most technically advanced and forward-thinking power pool - Pennsylvania, Jersey, Maryland (PJM) - provides a window on state-of-the-art solutions to complex, organizational, managerial, technical, and regulatory issues that cut across the entire industry in transition. With full cooperation from PJM, nationally recognized energy lawyer Jeremiah D. Lambert compares and contrasts PJM with other ISOs on key issues such as governance, structure and transmission pricing. Lambert's expert comparison will help readers: Successfully structure RTO or...
This comprehensive model of the nation's largest, most technically advanced and forward-thinking power pool - Pennsylvania, Jersey, Maryland (PJM) - p...
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360,96 zł |
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International Energy Markets: Understanding Pricing, Policies & Profits
ISBN: 9780878147991 / Angielski / Twarda / 587 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professor Dahl has traveled the world studying energy economics. Her new book will provide managers and supervisors in the power and petroleum fields basic economic skills that will enable them to make better policy decisions relating to energy. This practical textbook contains toolbox of models, along with institutional, technological, and historical information on oil, coal, gas, and electricity (including Renewables).
Professor Dahl has traveled the world studying energy economics. Her new book will provide managers and supervisors in the power and petroleum fields ...
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599,97 zł |
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