Energy and Climate: How to Achieve a Successful Energy Transition - Softcover

Alexandre Rojey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470744278 ISBN 13: 9780470744277

Publisher: WileyBlackwell, 2009

Synopsis

The book describes these different options and proposes a roadmap for achieving a successful transition, avoiding any economic breakdown or ecological disaster. A comprehensive range of technologies and R&D requirements are described for reducing energy consumption and improving fossil fuels, nuclear energy, hydrogen as an energy vector plus renewable energy sources such as biofuels, wind, solar and geothermal.

This is the first book in a range to be published by the SCI, an established member led organisation linking science and business, and its publishing partner, John Wiley and Sons. The range is designed to stimulate the knowledge exchange that is critical to success whilst this book examines why we need a sustainable energy system and looks at the spread of technologies that must be harnessed if we are to move successfully away from our current dependence on fossil fuels. Dr Rojey s experience as director for sustainable development at IFP (formerly L Institut Français du Pétrole) informs a concise and knowledgeable approach to one of the world s most pressing challenges.

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Review:

"This is an interesting concise re´sume´ of the current situation but I am not clear why the (British) Society for Chemical Industry has decided to support it. The references are up-to-date but over half are in French, a fact not likely to appeal to monoglot Anglophones." (Chromatographia, July 2010)

"One of the biggest problems faced when trying to communicate the scale of the issues facing global energy supply in the coming years is that there are so many of them. ... That this book manages to cover all these issues in just over 150 pages, and remain[s] accessible and interesting is a great compliment to Rojey's skill as a writer." (Enagri, November 2009)

From the Back Cover:

Despite global concerns over dwindling resources, climate change and carbon dioxide emissions, fossil fuels still account for more than 80% of the world’s energy demands. As resources diminish and demand increases from rapidly developing nations such as China and India, the threat to both our environment and the security of our energy supply continues to grow. There is an immediate need to move towards a clean and more sustainable energy model, and this transition will require unprecedented innovation.

Energy & Climate: How to achieve a successful energy transition covers all the technology options available and summarises key information from the International Energy Agency and other leading organisations, providing a detailed technological roadmap for this transition which aims to avoid both ecological and economic disaster.  Topics that are analysed and discussed in this edition are:

• More energy efficient technologies
• New developments in fossil fuels
• Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy and biofuels
• Hydrogen as an energy vector
• New energy storage systems
• Hybrid vehicles
• Capture and long–term storage of carbon dioxide

Written and translated by the former Director for Sustainable Development at IFP, Energy & Climate: How to achieve a successful energy transition is an essential introductory book for scientists and researchers working in energy and climate–related topics as well as all those interested in how to manage a sustainable energy supply while still reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions.

About this edition

• Publisher: WileyBlackwell
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470744278
• ISBN 13: 9780470744277
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176