Energy

Throughout the 1970s and the 1980s, energy policy has been a hotly debated topic. Governments around the world have struggled to respond to a changing energy market. Yet the policy-making process is all too often distorted by self-interest groups who are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899300122Author Professor Mary Ann TetreaultFormat HardbackPage Count 271Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Examines the economics of an industry that has become a critical component of modern life - the electric utility industry. The public nature of electricity has affected the development of the industry, both private and public. While this book focuses on...

This text provides updated coverage of key topics involved in integrated resource planning (IRP), also called least-cost planning. IRP in comparison with conventional power can provide the same energy services at a lower societal cost and with reduced...

Electricity has penetrated deeply into virtually every aspect of American life, be it in industry, the home, or in the rapidly growing commercial and service sectors. This book documents and analyzes the existence of a strong, and growing, synergy...

The 1970s saw unprecedented change in the laws governing the activities of the Forest Service. This study focuses on the legislative process and the circumstances surrounding forest policy-making during the 1970s. Dennis C. Le Master draws on his Capitol...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313234040Author David L. WeimerFormat HardbackPage Count 229Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorescott /f Martha /i MooreBook InformationISBN 9780313207662Author Martha TrescottFormat HardbackPage Count 391Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury...

The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is tremendous (although it can be overstated). Taking a well-balanced and objective approach to the complicated...

In the natural gas industry, competition and contracting are gradually replacing monopoly and regulation. In this volume, many leading economists who follow the gas industry present their views on current and future industry trends. To help regulators...

This veteran analyst offers an appraisal of investment opportunities in a wide array of space-related activities. NASA will no longer be a major factor in the commercialization of space. . . . There are a few futuristic projections, such as mining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275922009Author John CairnsFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275921583Author Sidney SaltzmanFormat HardbackPage Count 396Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

In the international political economy of the last two millennia, there tends to be one state leading the world as the foremost producer of energy and new technology. In Racing to the Top, William R. Thompson and Leila Zakhirova argue that the US and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036559155Author William AmpomahFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 866g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036557137Author Farhad Taghizadeh- HesaryFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 962g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981973197Author Michael J. OsborneFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Plain View PressPublisher Plain View PressWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681749723Author William H. KlinkFormat HardbackPage Count 107Imprint Morgan & Claypool PublishersPublisher Morgan & Claypool PublishersWeight(grams) 825g

An invaluable resource for both graduate-level engineering students and practising nuclear engineers who want to expand their knowledge of fast nuclear reactors, the reactors of the future. This book is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768217820Author Raymond M WrightFormat PaperbackImprint Raymond M. WrightPublisher Raymond M. WrightWeight(grams) 508g

PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SYSTEM DELIVERY AS RELIABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE A practical guide to improving photovoltaic power plant lifecycle performance and output Photovoltaic (PV) System Delivery as Reliable Energy Infrastructure introduces a Preemptive...

SDG7 aims to 'ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.' Meeting the demands of the 2030 agenda will be a unique challenge. National priorities and policy action need to be strengthened in order to fulfil the ambitious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811461743Author Moubarek BsisaFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Bentham Science PublishersPublisher Bentham Science PublishersWeight(grams) 178g

This book focuses on the processes and materials behind energy technologies. The author details the underlying chemistry of renewable sources, such as biofuels and wind power, as well as the traditionally used coal and gas. Chapters on energy storage...

Two of the most powerful tools used to study magnetic materials are inelastic neutron scattering and THz spectroscopy. Because the measured spectra provide a dynamical fingerprint of a magnetic material, those tools enable scientists to unravel the...

In today's automated world, the need for economic generation of power is of vital importance. However, the industry is commonly perceived as being responsible for pollution of the atmosphere and contamination of land and water. The wide-ranging subjects...

It is widely recognised that global warming is occurring due to increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Methods of capturing and then storing CO2 from major sources such as fossil-fuel-burning power plants are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986485140Author Daisy OzimFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 86g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788187710790Author Ravi Prakash AryaFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Indian Foundation for Vedic SciencePublisher Indian Foundation for Vedic...

This book provides a brief exposition of the principles of beam physics and particle accelerators with an emphasis on numerical examples employing readily available computer tools. However, it avoids detailed derivations, instead inviting the reader to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922617286Author Ayan BanikFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint Central West PublishingPublisher Central West PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

This book provides a brief exposition of the principles of beam physics and particle accelerators with an emphasis on numerical examples employing readily available computer tools. However, it avoids detailed derivations, instead inviting the reader to...

Wind Energy: Societal and Human Impacts presents the theoretical basis for the various impacts of wind turbines on humans. These impacts include noise (in the audible, low-frequency and infrasound ranges), visual effects (shadow flicker and light...

Transnational perspectives on the relationship between nuclear energy and society.With the aim of overcoming the disciplinary and national fragmentation that characterizes much research on nuclear energy, Engaging the Atom brings together specialists...

This book is an ideal reference text for teaching renewable energy to engineering and science students, as well as a reference book for scientists and professionals doing self study on the subject. The book has twelve chapters and starts with the...

In this edited volume for researchers and students, experts in thermal plasmonics and metamaterials technologies introduce cutting-edge energy and resource conservation techniques and environmentally friendly solutions in areas including energy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681085432Author Mohammad A S MasoumFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Bentham Science PublishersPublisher Bentham Science PublishersWeight(grams) 178g

This book outlines the principles of thermoelectric generation and refrigeration from the discovery of the Seebeck and Peltier effects in the nineteenth century through the introduction of semiconductor thermoelements in the mid-twentieth century to the...

Creating Materials with a Desired Refraction Coefficient provides a recipe for creating materials with a desired refraction coefficient, and the many-body wave scattering problem for many small impedance bodies is solved. The physical assumptions make...

Clean Energy presents a broad survey of the energy problems facing society over the coming decades and the prospects for their solution. The book emphasizes the importance of developing a strategy for the world's future energy supply. The strategy must...