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Energy & climate how to achieve a successful energy transition /

The book describes these different options and proposes a roadmap for achieving a successful transition, avoiding any economic breakdown or ecological disaster. A comprehensive range of technologies and R & D requirements are described for reducing energy consumption and improving fossil fuels,...

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Main Authors: Rojey, Alexandre
Corporate Authors: Society of Chemical Industry Great Britain; Wiley InterScience Online service
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
French
Subjects:
Energy development > Environmental aspects
Power resources > Environmental aspects
Climatic changes
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy
SCIENCE > Energy
Klimawandel > Energiewirtschaft
Energiewirtschaft > Klimawandel
Power resources
Energy development
Electronic books
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470746318
Summary: The book describes these different options and proposes a roadmap for achieving a successful transition, avoiding any economic breakdown or ecological disaster. A comprehensive range of technologies and R & D requirements are described for reducing energy consumption and improving fossil fuels, nuclear energy, hydrogen as an energy vector plus renewable energy sources such as biofuels, wind, solar and geothermal. This is the first book in a range to be published by the SCI, an established member-led organisation linking science and business, and its publishing partner, John Wiley and Sons. T
Item Description: "This work is a co-publication between the Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd."
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xviii, 153 p.) : ill., maps.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-141) and index.
Includes web resources.
ISBN: 9780470746318
0470746319
9780470746301 (electronic bk.)
0470746300 (electronic bk.)
0470744278 (paper)
9780470744277 (paper)
1282123726
9781282123724
Index Number: TD195
CLC: X24
Contents: Energy in a globalised world -- Growing risks ahead -- The threat of climate change -- The essential energy transition -- Reducing energy consumption, while protecting the environment -- Reducing the energy carbon content -- Securing the supplies of fossil fuels -- CO₂ capture and storage -- How to ensure the energy transition? -- Conclusion.

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