Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Jenkins, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198813929 ISBN 13: 9780198813927

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2019

Synopsis

Nick Jenkins explores our historic investment in the exploitation of fossil energy resources and their current importance, and discusses the implications of our increasing rate of energy use.

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About the Author

Nick Jenkins is Professor of Renewable Energy at Cardiff University. Before moving to academia in 1992, his career included 14 years of industrial experience, 5 years of which were spent in developing countries. In his current position, he has developed teaching and research activities in electrical power engineering and renewable energy. He is a Distinguished Member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE), and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Learned Society of Wales. He is also the co-author of a number of titles, including Wind Energy Handbook (Wiley, 2011), and Renewable Energy Engineering (Cambridge University Press, 2016). From 2009-2011 he was the Shimizu Visiting Professor to the Atmosphere and Energy Program at Stanford University.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198813929
• ISBN 13: 9780198813927
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160