Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon

Professor Peter Cook, CBE, FTSE, is a distinguished earth scientist with an outstanding international reputation and many publications on greenhouse gas, energy and resource issues to his credit, including as a Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Special Volume of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. He was the Director of the British Geological Survey from 1990 to 1998 and until 2011 the CEO of CO2CRC, one of the world’s leading collaborative research bodies focused on greenhouse gas technologies. He is currently a consultant on energy and greenhouse issues, Senior Advisor to CO2CRC and Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne.

..., the book does provide an uncomplicated discussion of the issues and the various clean energy technologies that can assist in managing carbon dioxide emissions.The book is easy to read with good basic information and some comments and observations that will provoke thought on the issues surrounding clean energy and the costly and relatively unproductive malaise that seems to be our current approach.Frank van Schagen, Editor Energy GenerationAPT - 1368 Energy Generation April-June 2012 [This is] a book for the general reader who wants to understand the science on this topic through the eyes of an intelligent author with great skills at clarifying exceptionally complex topics....the book is certainly not a sterile review of a collection of scientific papers. Indeed, the first two chapters on the climate change topic are filled with easy-to understand diagrams and photographs that clearly and carefully explain the phenomenon.Professor Cook is to be congratulated in writing a book for the general reader who wants to be informed. It is perfect for this audience.John BurgessChemistry in Australia, July 2012Cook's writing is eloquent and, to a convert like me, persuasive. I hope that decision-makers will take note of his hard-headed advice about the way to produce deep cuts in our carbon emissionsProfessor Ian Rae FTSE, Honorary Professorial Fellow University of MelbourneFormer Technical Director of ATSE, President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (2006-08), and technical adviser to the United Nations Environment Program.Focus, No 172 June 2012 – the Journal of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and EngineeringThis is an excellent introduction to many topics in the field of climate change, with a particular focus on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.Paul Fennell, chemistryworld, 9 October 2012

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1 The context 2 CO2 and climate change 3 Where and why are we producing so much CO2? 4 Technology options for decreasing CO2 emissions 5 The mitigation mix 6 Where and how can we capture CO2? 7 How can we transport CO2? 8 Storing CO2 9 How do we know CCS will be effective? 10 The cost of clean energy 11 The technology and the politics of clean energy