Télécharger le livre :  European Energy and Climate Security
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?As energy is becoming one of the crucial concerns in the EU, this volume provides an in-depth analysis and interdisciplinary perspective on European energy security. Given the multidimensional nature of energy security in terms of physical availability, affordability...

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Parution : 2015-09-28
Collection : Lecture Notes in Energy
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Télécharger le livre :  Beyond GDP
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This book uses the metaphor “The economy is society's metabolism” as a springboard to develop a rigorous theoretical framework for a better system of national accounts which goes “Beyond GDP” and is relevant to the age of resource depletion. Society is entering a new...

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Parution : 2015-05-11
Collection : Lecture Notes in Energy
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Télécharger le livre :  The Risk City
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Contemporary cities face phenomenal risks, and they face particularly high levels of mounting social and environmental risks, including social polarization, urban conflicts, riots, terror, and climate change threats. This book suggests that climate change and its...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2015-04-23
Collection : Lecture Notes in Energy
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Télécharger le livre :  Informing Energy and Climate Policies Using Energy Systems Models
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This book highlights how energy-system models are used to underpin and support energy and climate mitigation policy decisions at national, multi-country and global levels. It brings together, for the first time in one volume, a range of methodological approaches and...

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Parution : 2015-04-06
Collection : Lecture Notes in Energy
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Télécharger le livre :  Energy Policy Making in the EU
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The book adopts an innovative analytical approach to agenda setting by not only presenting successful cases in which energy issues were addressed by means of public policy, but by also analyzing failed attempts to make issues part of the European policy agenda. Another...

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Parution : 2015-01-05
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Télécharger le livre :  The Interrelationship Between Financial and Energy Markets
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In the last decade, energy markets have developed substantially due to the growing activity of financial investors. One consequence of this massive presence of investors is a stronger link between the hitherto segmented energy and financial markets. This book addresses...

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Parution : 2014-08-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Liquid Biofuels: Emergence, Development and Prospects
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Bioenergy is coming to be seen as a priority on the international agenda, with the use of liquid biofuels a key strategy in the attempt to meet both the demand for environmental sustainability and the energy needs of countries. The growth in the production and use of...

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Parution : 2014-07-03
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Télécharger le livre :  The Driving Forces of Change in Environmental Indicators
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This book addresses several index decomposition analysis methods to assess progress made by EU countries in the last decade in relation to energy and climate change concerns. Several applications of these techniques are carried out in order to decompose changes in both...

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Parution : 2014-06-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Liberating Energy from Carbon: Introduction to Decarbonization
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Liberating Energy from Carbon analyzes energy options in a carbon-constrained world. Major strategies and pathways to decarbonizing the carbon-intensive economy are laid out with a special emphasis on the prospects of achieving low-risk atmospheric CO2 levels. The...

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Parution : 2014-04-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Waste Energy Harvesting
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Waste Energy Harvesting overviews the latest progress in waste energy harvesting technologies, with specific focusing on waste thermal mechanical energies. Thermal energy harvesting technologies include thermoelectric effect, storage through phase change materials and...

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Parution : 2014-03-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Magnetic Fusion Technology
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Magnetic Fusion Technology describes the technologies that are required for successful development of nuclear fusion power plants using strong magnetic fields. These technologies include: • magnet systems, • plasma heating systems, • control systems, • energy conversion...

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Parution : 2014-02-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Renewable Energy Governance
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This book focuses on Renewable Energy (RE) governance - the institutions, plans, policies and stakeholders that are involved in RE implementation - and the complexities and challenges associated with this much discussed energy area. Whilst RE technologies have advanced...

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Parution : 2013-11-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Investment in Energy Assets Under Uncertainty
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This book aims to provide a rigorous yet pragmatic approach to the valuation and management of investments in the energy sector. Time and uncertainty pervade most if not all issues relevant to energy assets. They run from the early stage of prototype and demonstration...

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Parution : 2013-11-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Diffusion Dynamics of Energy-Efficient Renovations
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ThAccelerating the diffusion of energy-efficient renovations is a key policy lever in order to reduce the environmental impact of buildings. This book provides a broad, systemic perspective on the causes of the diffusion of energy-efficient renovations in Switzerland...

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Parution : 2013-11-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Green Diesel Engines
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With a focus on ecology, economy and engine performance, diesel engines are explored in relation to current research and developments. The prevalent trends in this development are outlined with particular focus on  the most frequently used alternative fuels in diesel...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-10-19
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Télécharger le livre :  International Bioenergy Trade
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The trade of global bioenergy commodities, such as ethanol, biodiesel and wood pellets has been growing exponentially in the past decade, and have by 2013 reached true “commodity” volumes, i.e. tens of millions of tonnes traded each year, and billions (both in US$/€) of...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-10-16
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Télécharger le livre :  Harnessing Solar Heat
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Systems engineered by man to harness solar heat in a controlled manner now include a diverse range of technologies each serving distinctive needs in particular climate contexts.  This text covers the breadth of solar energy technologies for the conversion of solar...

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Parution : 2013-10-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Dynamic Modeling, Simulation and Control of Energy Generation
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This book addresses the core issues involved in the dynamic modeling, simulation and control of a selection of energy systems such as gas turbines, wind turbines, fuel cells and batteries. The principles of modeling and control could be applied to other non-convention...

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Parution : 2013-09-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Global Energy Policy and Security
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Despite efforts to increase renewables, the global energy mix is still likely to be dominated by fossil-fuels in the foreseeable future, particularly gas for electricity and oil for land, air and sea transport. The reliance on depleting conventional oil and natural gas...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-09-03
Collection : Lecture Notes in Energy
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Télécharger le livre :  The Offshore Drilling Industry and Rig Construction in the Gulf of Mexico
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Jackups, semisubmersibles and drillships are the marine vessels used to drill offshore wells and are referred to collectively as mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs). MODUs are supplied through newbuild construction and operate throughout the world in highly...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-08-23
Collection : Lecture Notes in Energy
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