Considering the increasing importance of renewable energy for climate change mitigation, this book provides an overview of how renewable energy sources are integrated into the grid to promote better understanding among students and business professionals in the utility sector and across industries.
The use of fracking is a tremendously important technology for the recovery of oil and gas, but the advantages and costs of fracking remain controversial.
The untold story of how Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Texaco teamed up with the CIA and Department of State to thwart the plans of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who almost managed to reshape the Middle East.
This energy sector assessment, strategy, and road map documents the status and strategic priorities of the Government of the Philippines in the energy sector.
A household energy consumption survey in 11 regions across Myanmar shows that firewood is mainly used for cooking (73%) and candles and torches for lighting (65%), followed by electricity for cooking (13%) and battery for lighting (17%) while the demand for modern energy sources is rapidly increasing.
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 handbook serves as a guide to deploying battery energy storage technologies, specifically for distributed energy resources and flexibility resources.
This smart metering road map summarizes the proposed activities and plans for the Nepal Electricity Authority on the implementation of a smart electricity grid.
El presente libro forma parte de una publicación de cuatro tomos en la cual se lleva al lector por un rápido recorrido por el sistema eléctrico colombiano desde sus inicios hasta el día de hoy, enmarcándolo con los elementos más representativos del sistema, su modelamiento, principales características dese la óptica del diseño, así como la consideración de aspectos fundamentales operativos.
In the post-9/11 world, the possibility of energy infrastructure-terrorism-the use of weapons to cause devastating damage to the energy industrial sector and cause cascading effects-is very real.
The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative is the global effort rallying action towards a transformation in the energy sector by the year 2030.
The energy policy of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) focuses on maximizing energy access, promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy, and promoting improved governance and capacity in the energy sector to strengthen the capacity of developing member countries to meet critical energy needs.
Drawing on the Asian Development Bank's experience installing the rooftop solar photovoltaic system at its headquarters, the Handbook for Rooftop Solar Development in Asia hopes to demystify the process of developing solar photovoltaic projects in urban areas.
This publication by the Asian Development Bank's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity shares lessons from reviews of 12 projects in the water sector.
This guidebook analyzes India's plans to use rooftop solar power to boost its renewable energy, explains the benefits it offers, and details why new business models and market mechanisms would drive greater adoption.
This guidebook shows how India plans to meet its ambitious rooftop solar energy targets and why identifying new business models, engaging utilities better, and developing new market mechanisms will speed up its adoption.
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "ELEE0109 - MONTAJE Y MANTENIMIENTO DE INSTALACIONES ELÉCTRICAS DE BAJA TENSIÓN".
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "ELEE0109 - MONTAJE Y MANTENIMIENTO DE INSTALACONES ELÉCTRICAS DE BAJA TENSIÓN".
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "ELEE0109 - MONTAJE Y MANTENIMIENTO DE INSTALACIONES ELÉCTRICAS DE BAJA TENSIÓN".
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "ELEE0109 - MONTAJE Y MANTENIMIENTOI DE INSTALACIONES ELÉCTRICAS DE BAJA TENSIÓN".
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "ELEE0109 - MONTAJE Y MANTENIMIENTO DE INSTALACIONES ELÉCTRICAS DE BAJA TENSIÓN".
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "ELEE0109 - MONTAJE Y MANTENIMIENTO DE INSTALACIONES ELÉCTRICAS DE BAJA TENSIÓN".
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "ELEE0109 - MONTAJE Y MANTENIMIENTO DE INSTALACIONS ELÉCTRICAS DE BAJA TENSIÓN".
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.
Russia is one of the world's largest hydrocarbon resource holders, producers, and exporters, but it is undergoing an uncertain economic and energy transition.
We know that the people of Mesopotamia were using crude oil as a tar for building ships and houses as early as 3000 BC, so it is not by any means a new industry-but it is a volatile one.
Na obra "Alimentação por energia solar e universal: imperativo num futuro próximo", o arquiteto Francisco Cunha Leão defende a alimentação através de fontes de energia: não somente a alimentação humana, mas também a alimentação, ou abastecimento, de uma série de atividades intrínsecas ao comportamento humano, nomeadamente transportes, indústria e exploração espacial.
¿Es la minería un elemento dinamizador de la economía de las naciones, o solamente una actividad guiada por la necesidad del lucro inmediato aun a costa de la salud de la población y de la destrucción del medio ambiente?
De la conjugación entre el planeta y el mundo —aspecto físico versus aspecto social— es que nace este trabajo, que combina, de un lado, los elementos básicos del movimiento de electrones a través de un medio con-ductor y, por otro, la interacción de los mercados de energía dentro de un modelo regido por la libertad y la competencia, a la vez reglado por completo y centralmente controlado.
This publication proposes a new independent regulatory body for Indonesia's electricity sector, in particular for investment planning, procurement, tariff setting, and electrification.
