Sustainable energy : opportunities and limitations / edited by David Elliott.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Description
xxii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

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    Series
    • Energy, climate, and the environment series [More in this series]
    • Energy, climate and the environment series
    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.
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780230020023 ((hbk.))
    • 023002002X ((hbk.))
    • 9780230378384
    • 0230378382
    • 9780230241749
    • 0230241743
    OCLC
    123797315
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