Green Energy Futures: A Big Change for the Good

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This book engages in that debate, exploring the implications of shifting to greener, cleaner energy sources. This book offers an overview of the technical, economic and environmental issues to help scholars, professionals and policy makers involved in discussing those options.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-10-08
Mått:140 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt:304 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:120
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137584427

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David Elliott is Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy, Co-Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit at The Open University as well as editor of its journal Renew. He has been involved with the production of a range of OU courses in Design and Innovation, with an emphasis on how the design and innovation process can be steered towards the development of socially and environmentally appropriate technologies. His main research interests relate to the development of sustainable energy technologies, and in particular renewable energy based systems.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: What Are the Options? 2. Environmental Issues: Health, Safety and Social Impacts 3. Economic Issues: Green Energy Costs and Support Options 4. Integration Issues: Dealing with Intermittency 5. Policy Issues: How to Change the World 6. Sustainable Futures: What Kind of Mix? 7. Afterword