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Sustainable energy : opportunities and limitations / edited by David Elliott.
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English
Published/Created
Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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xxii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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TJ808 .S86 2007
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Renewable energy sources
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Power resources
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Environmental aspects
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Technology
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Elliott, David, 1943-
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Energy, climate, and the environment series
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Summary note
Climate change is the most pressing global problem of our age. In this book, leading authors explore the technologies that might help us to develop a sustainable energy future, emphasising renewable energy and the political and economic context needed for them to prosper.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Sustainable energy : the options / David Elliott
pt. 1. The sustainable energy options.
Sustainable energy : nuclear power and renewables / David Elliott
Wind power and similar renewable sources : why variability doesn't matter / David Milborrow
Biomass : greening the transport sector / Jonathon Scurlock
Sea power : how we can tap wave and tidal power / David Elliott
Solar power : using energy from the sun in buildings / Susan Roaf and Rajat Gupta
Saving energy : how to cut energy wastage / Bob Everett
The limits to energy efficiency : time to beat the rebound effect / Horace Herring
pt. 2. Making it happen.
Supporting renewables : local ownership, wind power and sustainable finance / Dave Toke
Supporting renewables : feed in tariffs and quota/trading systems / David Elliot
Carbon trading : opportunities and issues / Stephen Peake
pt. 3. The future.
Long-term, renewables-intensive world energy scenarios / Godfrey Boyle
Sustainable lifestyles of the future / Peter Harper
A sustainable future for energy / David Elliott.
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ISBN
9780230020023 ((hbk.))
023002002X ((hbk.))
9780230378384
0230378382
9780230241749
0230241743
OCLC
123797315
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