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Clean energy / Ronald M. Dell, David A.J. Rand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dell, Ronald.
- Series:
- RSC Clean Technology Monographs
- RSC clean technology monographs
- ISSN
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy policy.
- Renewable energy sources.
- Energy consumption--Forecasting.
- Energy consumption.
- Power resources--Environmental aspects.
- Power resources.
- Pollution prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 take into account: the finite supplies of natural gas and petroleum; the increased consumption of fuel by developing economies; the concern over greenhouse gas emissions; the pollution caused by burning coal (especially coal with a high sulphur content); the difficulties and costs of extracting unconventional fossil fuels; and the technical, soc
- Contents:
- Energy production and use
- Clean fuels
- Electricity generation
- Renewable energy, thermal
- Renewable energy, electrical
- Why store electricity?
- Physical techniques for storing energy
- Hydrogen energy
- Battery storage
- Electric propulsion
- Towards 2020.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847550552
- 184755055X
- OCLC:
- 232637817
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