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This book provides a rough entry into the interdisciplinary field of Infranomics. It enables better decision making in an increasing ambiguous, complex, emergent, interdependent, and uncertain world where we attempt to anticipate modern society trends and patterns in...
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Springer
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2013-12-03
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This book focuses on Renewable Energy (RE) governance - the institutions, plans, policies and stakeholders that are involved in RE implementation - and the complexities and challenges associated with this much discussed energy area. Whilst RE technologies have advanced...
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Springer
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2013-11-29
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The book analyzes energy technologies, business models and policies to promote sustainable development. It proposes a set of recommendations for further activities and networking on access to energy and renewable energies and promotes an integrated approach to...
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Springer
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2013-11-26
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Electricity Economics: Production Functions withElectricity studies the production output from analyzing patterns of electricity consumption. Since electricity data can be used to measure scenarios of economic performance due to its accuracy and reliability, it could...
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Springer
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2013-11-22
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This book contributes to debates on current sustainability practices, with a focus on assessment tools as applied in higher education institutions. These institutions are challenged to carry out management, research, and teaching, and to create settings that allow...
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Springer
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2013-11-19
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This book aims to provide a rigorous yet pragmatic approach to the valuation and management of investments in the energy sector. Time and uncertainty pervade most if not all issues relevant to energy assets. They run from the early stage of prototype and demonstration...
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Springer
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2013-11-11
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The Frackers by Gregory Zuckerman, bestselling author ofThe Greatest Trade Ever, tells the untold story of the tycoons behind the US fracking controversy.Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to...
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Penguin
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2013-11-05
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ThAccelerating the diffusion of energy-efficient renovations is a key policy lever in order to reduce the environmental impact of buildings. This book provides a broad, systemic perspective on the causes of the diffusion of energy-efficient renovations in Switzerland...
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Springer
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2013-11-01
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This book discusses the history of thermal heat generators and focuses on the potential for these processes using micro-electrical mechanical systems (MEMS) technology for this application. The main focus is on the capture of waste thermal energy for example from...
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Springer
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2013-10-10
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Despite efforts to increase renewables, the global energy mix is still likely to be dominated by fossil-fuels in the foreseeable future, particularly gas for electricity and oil for land, air and sea transport. The reliance on depleting conventional oil and natural gas...
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Springer
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2013-09-03
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Lecture Notes in Energy
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Das vorliegende Buch quantifiziert die Potenziale für mehr Energieeffizienz in der Industrie anhand technologie- und branchenbezogener Analysen. Ausgehend von den methodischen Grundlagen werden im ersten Teil die strom- und wärmebasierten Querschnittstechnologien und...
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Springer Vieweg
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2013-07-23
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Integrated Resource Strategic Planning and Power Demand-Side Management elaborates two important methods -Integrated Resource Strategic Planning (IRSP) and Demand Side Management (DSM) - in terms of methodology modeling, case studies and lessons learned. This book...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-05-20
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Power Systems
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?Given rising electricity consumption, coupled with finite resources, and a growing awareness surrounding sustainable energy, ICT-enabled electrical networks such as smart grids are increasingly being deployed by energy companies. One aspect of smart grids is smart...
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Springer
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2013-04-18
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Whilst financial rights have appeared as a successful ingredient in North-American power markets, they have their shortcomings both theoretically and in practice. Financial Transmission Rights: Analysis, Experiences and Prospects present a systematic and comprehensive...
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Springer
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2013-03-15
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Lecture Notes in Energy
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The opportunity of repowering the existing condensing power stations by means of gas turbogenerators offers an important opportunity to considerably improvement of their energy efficiency.The Modernization Potential of Gas turbines in the Coal-Fired Power Industry...
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Springer
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2013-01-11
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Energy efficiency plays and will continue to play an important role in the world to save energy and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, little is known on how much additional capital should be invested to ensure using energy efficiently as it should be,...
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Springer
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2012-10-08
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Providing up-to-date numerical data across a range of topics related to renewable energy technologies, Renewable Energies and CO2 offers a one-stop source of key information to engineers, economists and all other professionals working in the energy and climate change...
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Springer
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2012-09-14
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Lecture Notes in Energy
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Advanced Thermal Management Materials provides a comprehensive and hands-on treatise on the importance of thermal packaging in high performance systems. These systems, ranging from active electronically-scanned radar arrays to web servers, require components that can...
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Springer
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2012-09-13
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Industrial energy efficiency is one of the most important means of reducing the threat of increased global warming. Research however states that despite the existence of numerous technical energy efficiency measures, its deployment is hindered by the existence of...
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Springer
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2012-08-10
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Mitigating climate change is one of the most profound challenges facing humankind. In industrialized countries, the residential housing sector produces roughly one-fourth of the greenhouse gas emissions. One solution to reduce these emissions is the availability of...
Editeur :
Physica
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2012-07-27
Collection :
Contributions to Management Science
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