Energy industries and utilities

The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan.

The electric power delivery system that carries electricity from large central generators to customers could be severely damaged by a small number of well-informed attackers.

A "e;sustainable society,"e; according to one definition, "e;is one that can persist over generations; one that is far-seeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to undermine either its physical or its social system of support.

The scientific and technological progress in inertial confinement fusion has been substantial during the past decade.

The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership is a collaborative effort among the Department of Energy (DOE), the U.

The mission of Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change, the book published in December 2008, is to independently and scientifically review the methodology that led to the 2006 Department of Homeland Security report, Bioterrorism Risk Assessment (BTRA) and provide a foundation for future updates.

There is a growing sense of national urgency about the role of energy in long-term U.

In response to HUD's request, the NRC assembled a panel of experts, the Committee for Oversight and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, under the auspices of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment.

As national priorities have been focused both on reducing fuel consumption and improving air quality, attention has increased on reducing emissions from many types of vehicles, including light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicles.

In 1997, Congress, in the conference report, H.

The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership is a collaborative effort among the Department of Energy (DOE), the U.

With the end of the Cold War, the Department of Energy is engaged in a review of its policies regarding the classification of information.

The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP), a cooperative research and development partnership formed by four federal agencies with 15 industrial partners, was launched in the year 2000 with high hopes that it would dramatically advance the technologies used in trucks and buses, yielding a cleaner, safer, more efficient generation of vehicles.

The public-private partnership to develop vehicles that require less petroleum-based fuel and emit fewer greenhouse gases should continue to include fuel cells and other hydrogen technologies in its research and development portfolio.

Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment provides a surprising projection of a much greener planet, based on long-range analysis of trends in the efficient use of energy, materials, and land.

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There has been much polemic about affluence, consumption, and the global environment.

Considerable international concerns exist about global climate change and its relationship to the growing use of fossil fuels.

In legislation appropriating funds for DOE's fiscal year (FY) 2000 energy RD budget, the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee directed an evaluation of the benefits that have accrued to the nation from the RD conducted since 1978 in DOE's energy efficiency and fossil energy programs.

Today we recognize the importance of the pending transition in energy resource utilization in the coming century.

Vision 21 reviews the goals of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Vision 21 Program (DOE's vision for the future of coal-based power generation) and to recommend systems and approaches for moving from concept to reality.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is engaged in numerous multimillion- and even multibillion-dollar projects that are one of a kind or first of a kind and require cutting-edge technology.

The USGCRP's Carbon Cycle Working Group asked the National Research Council's Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change to hold a workshop on Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle.

In order to achieve the Army's envisioned Objective Force related to deployability, transportability, and mobility, the Committee on Lightweight Materials for the 21st Century Army Trucks was asked to identify research and technology development opportunities related to the introduction of new lightweight structural materials for light medium and heavy Army trucks.

The Vision 21 Program is a relatively new research and development (R&D) program.

Natural gas, composed mostly of methane, is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels, emitting 25-50% less carbon dioxide than either oil or coal for each unit of energy produced.

A component in the America's Energy Future study, Electricity from Renewable Resources examines the technical potential for electric power generation with alternative sources such as wind, solar-photovoltaic, geothermal, solar-thermal, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources.

The United States and China are the world's top two energy consumers and, as of 2010, the two largest economies.

Energy production and use touch our lives in countless ways.

Natural gas, composed mostly of methane, is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels, emitting 25-50% less carbon dioxide than either oil or coal for each unit of energy produced.

Energy production and use touch our lives in countless ways.

A component in the America's Energy Future study, Electricity from Renewable Resources examines the technical potential for electric power generation with alternative sources such as wind, solar-photovoltaic, geothermal, solar-thermal, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) could alleviate the nations dependence on oil and reduce U.

The generation of electricity by wind energy has the potential to reduce environmental impacts caused by the use of fossil fuels.

The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP), a cooperative research and development partnership formed by four federal agencies with 15 industrial partners, was launched in the year 2000 with high hopes that it would dramatically advance the technologies used in trucks and buses, yielding a cleaner, safer, more efficient generation of vehicles.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) could alleviate the nations dependence on oil and reduce U.

The mission of Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change, the book published in December 2008, is to independently and scientifically review the methodology that led to the 2006 Department of Homeland Security report, Bioterrorism Risk Assessment (BTRA) and provide a foundation for future updates.

The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership is a collaborative effort among the Department of Energy (DOE), the U.

The generation of electricity by wind energy has the potential to reduce environmental impacts caused by the use of fossil fuels.

An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of a coming energy revolution and how the fossil fuel age will come to an end.

Over the past six decades federal regulatory agencies have attempted different strategies to regulate the natural gas industry in the United States.

Nuclear Reactions explores the nuclear consensus that emerged in postWorld War II America, characterized by widespread support for a diplomatic and military strategy based on nuclear weapons and a vision of economic growth that welcomed nuclear energy both for the generation of electricity and for other peaceful and industrial uses.

Outstanding Title by Choice MagazineOn the banks of the Pacific Northwests greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert.

An examination of how post-9/11 security concerns have transformed the public view and governance of infrastructure.

A comprehensive textbook that integrates tools from technology, economics, markets, and policy to approach energy issues using a dynamic systems and capital-centric perspective.

The emergence of the international oil corporation as a political actor in the twentieth century, seen in BP''s infrastructure and information arrangements in Iran.

A comprehensive political analysis of the rapid growth in renewable wind and solar power, mapping an energy transition through theory, case studies, and policy.