Energy Resources: Examining the Facts provides an authoritative, comprehensive overview of economic, political, and environmental drivers of America's energy picture, from trends in the production and consumption of fossil fuels and renewables to the state of the national energy grid.
This volume addresses ten issues pertaining to energy and the environment, such as climate change, fossil fuels, endangered species, and renewable energy, and examines how these issues are affecting countries around the world.
How changing the way we think about water and energy can secure the long-term sustainability of both precious resources Although it is widely understood that energy and water are the world’s two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized.
The book includes six chapters in which represented integrated Smart Grid systems for coordination of production and consumption of the electric power on the basis of forecasting of change of parameters of technological processes are developed.
This 800-page premier book on energy focuses on energy sources, utilizations, legislations and sustainability as it relates to a state, a province, or a country, or a community within a state.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, China's energy diplomacy has been expanding rapidly and the country is searching for energy resources worldwide.
With South Asia's growing energy demand, governments in the region are facing the short-term pressures of facilitating energy access, while attempting to formulate long-term sustainable strategies.
This book presents a critical review of the status of energy security in Asia and suggests how a country or a region collectively can achieve energy security in two broad aspects.
This publication proposes a new independent regulatory body for Indonesia's electricity sector, in particular for investment planning, procurement, tariff setting, and electrification.
This publication explores the significant potential of solar district heating to accelerate the integration of renewable energy into heating systems in the People's Republic of China.
This smart metering road map summarizes the proposed activities and plans for the Nepal Electricity Authority on the implementation of a smart electricity grid.
This study was conducted by the Asian Development Bank to assess the impact of projects involving the construction of dams on aquatic biodiversity in Nepal.
This energy sector assessment, strategy, and road map documents the status and strategic priorities of the Government of the Philippines in the energy sector.
Hace poco el gobierno de Austria sorprendió al mundo con una extraña advertencia: antes o después se producirá un gran apagón eléctrico a nivel europeo, que puede generar el caos en el continente y cuyo alcance total es difícil de prever.
La pandemia de covid-19 es una tragedia de alcance aún incierto, pero sin duda significó un breve respiro en nuestra demencial tendencia a consumir cada vez más energía.
Das Erliegen der heimischen Erdgasproduktion, die Monopolisierung der Gasversorger und die Konzentration auf Russland als Erdgaslieferant haben Deutschland in eine fatale Abhängigkeit gebracht.
Begrenzte Ressourcen - das Ende des Wachstums: Versiegende Energievorräte und zunehmender Verbrauch von Ressourcen durch den Menschen auf dem räumlich und inhaltlich begrenzten Planeten Erde - ein schleichender, kaum spürbarer Prozess: Es gibt keinen unbegrenzten Zufluss von Öl, Gas, Kohle und Uran.
Die Klärung der Frage nach einer gemeinsamen Energieaußenpolitik der EU-Mitgliedsstaaten ist für die Europäische Union als Hochtechnologiestandort unerlässlich: Von der Warenproduktion bis hin zur alltäglichen Kommunikation ist jeder Bereich auf Elektrizität und damit auf den Import von Energieträgern wie Öl und Gas angewiesen.
Die Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima sowie die Wahlkämpfe in Deutschland und in der Schweiz sorgten 2011 für einen Stimmungswechsel bei der Energiepolitik.
Reduce energy costs and combat climate change with ISO 50001ISO 50001:2018, the international standard for energy management, provides a framework for organisations both large and small to manage and reduce their energy usage and associated costs.
Reduce energy costs and combat climate change with ISO 50001ISO 50001:2018, the international standard for energy management, provides a framework for organisations both large and small to manage and reduce their energy usage and associated costs.
In a fast-changing world, where the extraction of natural resources is key to development, whilst also creating environmental and social disasters, understanding how landscapes, people and politics are shaped by extraction is crucial.