Energy Technology and Policy Innovation / Marilyn A. Brown, Valerie M. Thomas

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Marilyn A.

Series:

Energy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy.

Power resources.

Renewable energy sources.

Sustainability.

Electric power production.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (732 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2026.

Summary:

This book examines the challenge of achieving a clean, secure, and prosperous energy transition effectively and equitably and explains how society's reliance on fossil fuels contributes to climate change. To tackle this challenge, the authors address tough questions and explore solutions for transitioning to cleaner energy sources, using energy more efficiently, and implementing nature-based solutions. This classroom-tested text provides students with a solid understanding of current energy markets and how they could evolve with the adoption of alternative technologies and policies. It covers the mechanisms that promote change, focusing on a polycentric governance approach and the roles of public policy, science, and innovation, as well as social, cultural, and business-based movements. Major topics include the science of climate change, the role of energy in the economy, environmental externalities, cost-benefit analysis, policy instrument choices, systems and frameworks, justice and equity, technology learning curves, and policy diffusion. An introduction to key frameworks, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and modeling enable students to engage in the debate around energy policy, technology issues, and data analytics. Energy Technology and Policy Innovation is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, energy industry professionals, policymakers, scientists, and concerned citizens interested in environmental and energy engineering, sustainability, or climate science who want an introduction to energy technologies, environmental science, public policies, and markets for sustainable products and services. Provides readers with an introduction to key concepts along with numerous figures, graphics, and case studies; Offers an illustration of cost-benefit analysis and descriptions of core scientific principles; Includes calculations and quizzes, essay questions, and qualitative assignments, along with an instructor's manual. "In Energy Technology and Policy Innovation, the reader will receive an expert, practical, and immediately applicable set of tools to analyze the decisions - technical, economic, political, and social - that arise every time an energy technology or energy system decision needs to be made." --Daniel M. Kammen, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Energy, Johns Hopkins University.

Contents:

Part I. Energy challenges and opportunities

1. Introduction

2. Physical fundamentals - earth, sun, people, and food

3. U.S. energy production and consumption

4. Global energy production and consumption

5. Energy in low-income countries

6. The science of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions

7. Market failures and policy solutions

8. Push and pull: energy markets and consumer choices - Part II. Energy fuels, services, and policies

9. Heat-based electricity production and supporting technologies

10. The electricity grid and its governance

11. Reliability, resilience, and security of the electric grid

12. Renewable electricity and storage

13. Policies to promote renewable energy

14. Shifting inventories of coal, petroleum, and natural gas

15. Fossil fuel subsidies and regulations

16. Oil and natural gas: technology innovation and the limits of policy

17. Nuclear power

18. Biofuels for transportation

19. Highway transportation efficiency and emissions

20. Electric vehicles

21. Energy-efficient buildings

22. Energy in industry

23. Policies to promote energy-efficient and demand-responsive buildings and industry

24. Life cycle assessment

25. Evaluating energy programs and policies and cost-benefit analysis

Part III. Energy resilience and the environment

26. Energy and climate resilience

27. Climate mitigation

28. Adapting to climate change

29. Role of the courts and the U.S. Clean Air Act

30. International accords and the Paris Agreement

31. Environmental, social, and governance framework for corporate sustainability

Part IV. Market and technology innovation

32. Carbon pricing, the social cost of carbon, credits, and offsets

33. Carbon capture and geoengineering

34. Aviation innovation

35. Hydrogen and ammonia

36. Combined heat and power - platform for clean and reliable energy

37. Critical materials

Part V. Energy futures

38. Some questions on the future of energy

39. Participatory energy and climate planning

40. Equitable policies, technologies, and pathways

41. Diffusion of clean technology and policy innovations

42. Artificial intelligence (AI) and energy

43. Affluence and sustainability: energy sufficiency

44. Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-032-07076-7

9783032070760

OCLC:

1586471954