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Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean : the current and future role of renewable and nuclear energy sources in the regional electricity generation / Jorge Morales Pedraza.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morales Pedraza, Jorge, author.
- Series:
- Latin American political, economic, and security issues.
- Latin American political, economic, and security issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy policy--Latin America.
- Energy policy.
- Energy policy--Caribbean Area.
- Renewable energy sources--Latin America.
- Renewable energy sources.
- Renewable energy sources--Caribbean Area.
- Nuclear energy--Latin America.
- Nuclear energy.
- Nuclear energy--Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It is certain that energy production and, particularly, the generation and sustained growth of electricity constitute indispensable elements for the economic and social progress of any country. Energy, undoubtedly, constitutes the motive force of civilisation and it determines, to a high degree, the level of the future economic and social development of that country. This book examines energy power in Latin America and the Caribbean and the future role of renewable and nuclear energy sources in the region's electricity generation.
- Contents:
- The current and future role of renewables and nuclear energy in the regional electricity generation
- The current and future role of hydro power in the regional electricity generation
- The current and future role of wind energy in the regional electricity generation
- The current and future role of solar energy in the regional electricity generation
- The current and future role of geothermal energy in the regional electricity generation
- The current and future role of biomass in the regional electricity generation
- The current and future role of hydrogen in the regional electricity generation
- The current and future role of nuclear energy in the regional electricity generation
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-306) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62257-991-7
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