Overview
- Addresses specific issues in cleaning up electricity generation
- Shows what's involved in reducing the carbon footprint
- Examines methodically all available alternatives, considering both cost and reliability - arriving at the likely best answer
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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The Melting Pot
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The Power Makers - the producers of our electricity - must meet the demands of their customers while also addressing the threat of climate change. There are widely differing views about solutions to electricity generation in an emission constrained world. Some see the problem as relatively straight forward, requiring deep cuts in emissions now by improving energy efficiency, energy conservation and using only renewable resources. Many electricity industry engineers and scientists see the problem as being much more involved.
The Power Makers ’ Challenge: and the need for Fission Energy looks at why using only conventional renewable energy sources is not quite as simple as it seems. Following a general introduction to electricity and its distribution, the author quantifies the reductions needed in greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector in the face of ever increasing world demands for electricity. It provides some much needed background on the many energy sources available for producing electricity and discusses their advantages and limitations to meet both the emission reduction challenge and electricity demand.
By analyzing the three main groups of energy sources: renewable energy, fossil fuels and fission energy (nuclear power), readers can assess the ability of each group to meet the challenge of both reducing emissions and maintaining reliable supply at least cost. It is written for both non-technical and technical readers.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Power Makers' Challenge
Book Subtitle: And the Need for Fission Energy
Authors: Martin Nicholson
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2813-7
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2812-0Published: 31 March 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5891-2Published: 13 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-2813-7Published: 30 March 2012
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 200
Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Nuclear Energy
Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment, Engineering, Oil, Gas & Geosciences