Energy and the New Reality 2

Carbon-free Energy Supply
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84407-913-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 640 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1574 g

Transforming our energy supplies to be more sustainable is seen by many to be the biggest challenge of our times. In this comprehensive textbook, L. D. Danny Harvey sets out in unprecedented detail the path we must take to minimize the effects that the way we harness energy will have on future climate change.

The book opens by highlighting the importance of moving to low carbon technologies for generation, then moves on to explain the functioning, potential and social/environmental issues around:

- solar energy

- wind energy

- biomass energy

- geothermal energy

- hydroelectric power

- ocean energy

- nuclear energy.

It also covers the options for carbon capture and storage and the contexts in which low carbon energy can best be utilized (potential for community integrated systems, and the hydrogen economy). The book closes with scenarios that combine the findings from its companion volume (concerning the potential for limiting future energy demand) with the findings from this volume (concerning the cost and potential of C-free energy systems) to generate scenarios that succeed in limiting future atmospheric CO2 concentration to no more than 450 ppmv. Detailed yet accessible, meticulously researched and reviewed, this work constitutes an indispensible textbook and reference for students and practitioners in sustainable energy and engineering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harvey, L. D. Danny

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Windkraftanlagen, Wasserkraftanlagen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Solarenergie, Photovoltaik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction and key points from companion volume

2. Solar Energy

3. Wind Energy

4. Biomass Energy

5. Geothermal Energy

6. Hydroelectric Power

7. Ocean Energy

8. Nuclear Energy

9. Carbon capture and storage

10. The Hydrogen Economy

11. Community Integrated Energy Systems with Renewable Energy

12. Integrated Scenarios

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Danny Harvey is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto. He began his career over 25 years ago in the area of computer climate simulation and analysis, but has gradually shifted to the analysis of energy systems and prospects for stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at relatively non-threatening levels. He is author of the Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and Community-Integrated Energy Systems, which provides a comprehensive guide on how to design buildings to use one-quarter of the energy compared to current conventional practice.