Introduction to Energy Analysis - Hardcover

Blok, K.

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9789085940166: Introduction to Energy Analysis

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ISBN 10: 9085940168 ISBN 13: 9789085940166

Publisher: Techne Press, 2007

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Introduction to Energy Analysis is a thorough introduction into the analysis of energy systems and energy technologies. This textbook helps students understand energy systems by giving a balanced treatment of both energy supply and energy demand systems. It provides a range of methodologies and tools for analyzing real world energy systems, including energy management, life-cycle energy analysis, energy efficiency indicators, energy technology analysis, energy scenario analysis, and energy policy analysis.

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"Introduction to Energy Analysis provides a wonderful combination of technical detail and broad accessibility to the physical science and economics principles of energy systems design, operation, and impacts. With the exciting evolution of the energy field this is the sort of roadmap to the principles underlying the field that so many experts and non-experts will need." – Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy, University of California, Berkeley, USA

"Given the rapid developments in the energy sector, this 2nd edition of Introduction to Energy Analysis by Blok and Nieuwlaar is most welcome. The book is suitable for students, engineers and researchers and is hugely useful in my class on Energy System Analysis at ETH Zurich." – G�ran Andersson, Full Professor of the Power Systems Group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

"[In this updated edition] Blok and Nieuwlaar provide an excellent, clear and concise overview and introduction to the key aspects of energy analysis. It is the ultimate and unparalleled textbook for engineering students and others who look for a broad understanding of energy systems, their development, and the methods and tools for their analysis." – Lars J. Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University, Sweden

About the Author:

Kornelis Blok has twenty-five years of experience in energy analysis. He is a professor at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University and co-founder and Managing Director of Ecofys, an influential consultancy on energy and climate change.

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