Energy Portfolios

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-46985-2
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 861 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aswathanarayana, U.

Divi, Rao S.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures, List of Tables, List of Plates, Preface, Foreword, Abbreviations and Acronyms, Section 1: Energy from coal, Section II: Energy from oil and natural gas, Section III: Energy from the Atom, Section IV: Renewable energy resources, Section V: QUO VADIS?, Appendix, Author index, Subject index, Colour plates

Über Autor(innen)

U. Aswathanarayana (General Editor) has extensive experience in teaching, research and development and in institutional capacity building in many countries. He has published various books on natural resources, food, water and environmental matters, in which a variety of techno-socio-economic approaches were focused on the core theme. He is the recipient of the Excellence in Geophysical Education (2005) and International Awards (2007) of the American Geophysical Union, Certificate of Recognition (2007) of the International Association of GeoChemistry, and Eminent Citizen Award in the area of Water Sciences (2007) of the Sivananda Trust, India.

Rao S. Divi (Section 2), worked as a Research Scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada in the seventies, where he received international recognition for his contributions in Geostatistics and Tectonics. Subsequently, for many years he taught in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, where he obtained extensive knowledge of the various aspects of oil and natural gas.