Energy Economics: Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance

Energy Economics: Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance

Since its modest beginning in the 1970s, the academic and research focus on energy has grown substantially and energy has established itself as an independent, interdisciplinary subject area. It attracts attention from people in a range of different fields including engineers, scientists, geologists, environmentalists, bankers, investors, policy makers and politicians. Energy Economics introduces the basic concepts of energy economics and explains how simple economic tools can be used to analyse contemporary energy issues. Energy Economics is organised into six parts that give the reader a thorough grounding in various key aspects of the subject:basic demand-related concepts and ideas used in energy economics; supply-side economics;energy markets, with specific emphasis on oil, gas and coal;the application of simple economic principles in analysing contemporary energy issues;environmental aspects of energy use; andregulatory and governance issues. Energy Economics is an easily accessible reference book for students of energy economics at the postgraduate level, as well as for a wider interdisciplinary audience. It provides readers with the skills required to understand and analyse complex energy issues from an economic perspective.

  • ASIN: 0857292676
  • ISBN: 0857292676
  • Brand: Brand: Springer London
  • Manufacturer: Springer

Herm Sprenger Black Stainless Steel Prong Collar with Pawmark Quick-Snap Buckle - Large

Herm Sprenger Black Stainless Steel Prong Collar with Pawmark Quick-Snap Buckle - Large

We have taken a standard, factory new, Herm Sprenger Black Stainless Steel martingale collar and removed the Ultra-Plus fastener plate and replaced it with an integrated all metal black matte and chrome side release buckle (quick-snap) held in place using latigo leather and black rivets. If you have difficulty opening and closing objects, our Slide Release Buckle Quick-Snap may be your solution. Instead of opening and closing the individual links of the collar, just unclip the Side Release Buckle and place the collar around your dogs neck and re-clip the Side Release Buckle. You will love the convenience. PLEASE REVIEW THE SIZE OF THIS COLLAR AND MEASURE YOUR DOG'S NECK BEFORE PURCHASING.

  • UPC: 689043306111
  • ASIN: B01CB5K8K8
  • Brand: Pawmark Products
  • Size: 3.25mm L
  • Manufacturer: Pawmark

Herm SPRENGER Ultra-Plus Prong Dog Training Collar, 3.25 mm x 18", Steel Chrome Plated Dog Prong Collar, Pinch Collar for Dogs, Dog Correction Collar, Dog Prong Training Collar, Dog Supplies

Herm SPRENGER Ultra-Plus Prong Dog Training Collar, 3.25 mm x 18", Steel Chrome Plated Dog Prong Collar, Pinch Collar for Dogs, Dog Correction Collar, Dog Prong Training Collar, Dog Supplies

Our HERM SPRENGER Ultra-Plus Prong Dog Training Collar is safe, practical and easy to use. This training collar features a solid fastener plate that provides a more secure connection making fastening the collar around your dog's neck easier and safer. To adjust size, add or remove individual links. The patented center plate construction and symmetrical prong placement provide natural contact for optimal communication. Available in Small (2.25 mm x 12"), Medium (3.0 mm x 16"), Heavy (3.25 mm x 18") and X-Heavy (3.8 mm x 20") sizes. HERM SPRENGER offers a variety of high-quality, specialty chain products.

  • UPC: 076484525001
  • ASIN: B0006L2N2G
  • Brand: HS HERM. SPRENGER GERMANY
  • Size: N/A
  • Manufacturer: Coastal Pet Products

Sustainability on University Campuses: Learning, Skills Building and Best Practices (World Sustainability Series)

Sustainability on University Campuses: Learning, Skills Building and Best Practices (World Sustainability Series)

The implementation of sustainability initiatives on campuses is an essential component of promoting sustainability in the higher education context. In addition to reflecting an awareness of environmental issues, campus programmes demonstrate how seriously universities take sustainability at the institutional level.There is a lack of truly interdisciplinary publications that comprehensively address the issue of campus greening, and there is an even greater need for publications that do so at a truly international level. This book meets these needs. It is one of the outcomes of the “Second Symposium on Sustainability in University Campuses” (SSUC-2018), which was jointly organised by the University of Florence (Italy), Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” and the “European School of Sustainability Science and Research” at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), in cooperation with the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP).The book showcases examples of campus-based research and teaching projects, regenerative campus design, low-carbon and zero-carbon buildings, waste prevention, and resilient transport, among others. Ultimately, it demonstrates the role of campuses as platforms for transformative social learning and research, and explores the means by which university campuses can be made more sustainable.The aims of this publication are as follows:• to provide universities with essential information on campus greening and sustainable campus development initiatives from around the world;• to share ideas and lessons learned in the course of research, teaching and projects on campus greening and design, especially successful initiatives and good practice; and• to introduce methodological approaches and projects intended to integrate the topic of sustainable development in campus design and operations.This book gather... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 3030158632
  • ISBN: 3030158632
  • Manufacturer: Springer

Fundamentals of Power Electronics

Fundamentals of Power Electronics

Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Second Edition, is an up-to-date and authoritative text and reference book on power electronics. This new edition retains the original objective and philosophy of focusing on the fundamental principles, models, and technical requirements needed for designing practical power electronic systems while adding a wealth of new material. Improved features of this new edition include: A new chapter on input filters, showing how to design single and multiple section filters; Major revisions of material on averaged switch modeling, low-harmonic rectifiers, and the chapter on AC modeling of the discontinuous conduction mode; New material on soft switching, active-clamp snubbers, zero-voltage transition full-bridge converter, and auxiliary resonant commutated pole. Also, new sections on design of multiple-winding magnetic and resonant inverter design; Additional appendices on Computer Simulation of Converters using averaged switch modeling, and Middlebrook's Extra Element Theorem, including four tutorial examples; and Expanded treatment of current programmed control with complete results for basic converters, and much more. This edition includes many new examples, illustrations, and exercises to guide students and professionals through the intricacies of power electronics design. Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Second Edition, is intended for use in introductory power electronics courses and related fields for both senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students interested in converter circuits and electronics, control systems, and magnetic and power systems. It will also be an invaluable reference for professionals working in power electronics, power conversion, and analogue and digital electronics.

  • ASIN: 0792372700
  • ISBN: 0792372700
  • Brand: imusti
  • Manufacturer: Springer

Handbook of Physics

Handbook of Physics

Handbook of Physics is a veritable toolbox for rapid access to a wealth of physics information for everyday use in problem solving, homework, and examinations. This complete reference includes not only the fundamental formulas of physics but also experimental methods used in practice.

  • ASIN: 0387952691
  • ISBN: 0387952691
  • Manufacturer: Springer

Airborne Wind Energy: Advances in Technology Development and Research (Green Energy and Technology)

Airborne Wind Energy: Advances in Technology Development and Research (Green Energy and Technology)

This book provides in-depth coverage of the latest research and development activities concerning innovative wind energy technologies intended to replace fossil fuels on an economical basis. A characteristic feature of the various conversion concepts discussed is the use of tethered flying devices to substantially reduce the material consumption per installed unit and to access wind energy at higher altitudes, where the wind is more consistent.The introductory chapter describes the emergence and economic dimension of airborne wind energy. Focusing on “Fundamentals, Modeling & Simulation”, Part I includes six contributions that describe quasi-steady as well as dynamic models and simulations of airborne wind energy systems or individual components. Shifting the spotlight to “Control, Optimization & Flight State Measurement”, Part II combines one chapter on measurement techniques with five chapters on control of kite and ground stations, and two chapters on optimization. Part III on “Concept Design & Analysis” includes three chapters that present and analyze novel harvesting concepts as well as two chapters on system component design. Part IV, which centers on “Implemented Concepts”, presents five chapters on established system concepts and one chapter about a subsystem for automatic launching and landing of kites. In closing, Part V focuses with four chapters on “Technology Deployment” related to market and financing strategies, as well as on regulation and the environment.The book builds on the success of the first volume “Airborne Wind Energy” (Springer, 2013), and offers a self-contained reference guide for researchers, scientists, professionals and students. The respective chapters were contributed by a broad variety of authors: academics, practicing engineers and inventors, all of whom are experts in their respective fields.

  • ASIN: 9811019460
  • ISBN: 9789811019463
  • Manufacturer: Springer

Energy from Microalgae (Green Energy and Technology)

Energy from Microalgae (Green Energy and Technology)

This book presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the production and use of microalgal biomass and bioproducts for energy generation. It also offers extensive information on engineering approaches to energy production, such as process integration and process intensification in harnessing energy from microalgae. Issues related to the environment, food, chemicals and energy supply pose serious threats to nations’ success and stability. The challenge to provide for a rapidly growing global population has made it imperative to find new technological routes to increase the production of consumables while also bearing in mind the biosphere’s ability to regenerate resources. Microbial biomass is a bioresource that provides effective solutions to these challenges.Divided into eight parts, the book explores microalgal production systems, life cycle assessment and the bio-economy of biofuels from microalgae, process integration and process intensification applied to microalgal biofuels production. In addition, it discusses the main fuel products obtained from microalgae, summarizing a range of useful energy products derived from algae-based systems, and outlines future developments. Given the book’s breadth of coverage and extensive bibliography, it offers an essential resource for researchers and industry professionals working in renewable energy.

  • ASIN: 3319690922
  • ISBN: 3319690922
  • Manufacturer: Springer

Convergence of Food Security, Energy Security and Sustainable Agriculture (Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry)

Convergence of Food Security, Energy Security and Sustainable Agriculture (Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry)

This volume examines the interrelated fields of food security, energy security and sustainable agriculture as the key to a stable global agricultural platform and is arranged in six parts.  The first part is focused on policy considerations relating to food and energy security and sustainable agriculture.  The authors from this part include Former Under Secretary of Agriculture Gale Buchanan, Former Under Secretary of Energy Raymond Orbach (Chapter 1), Stephen Hughes, Bryan Moser and William Gibbons (Chapter 2) and Thomas Redick (Chapter 3).  Part II addresses soil and water, which are two of the key components in secure and sustainable food production.  Authors from this part are Jerry Hatfield (Chapter 4) and Mahbub Alam, Sharon Megdal et al. (Chapter 5).  The third part covers sustainable and secure food production specifically addressing genetically modified traits in Chapter 6 (James McWilliams) and omega-3 fatty acids in Chapter 7 (Jay Whelan et al.).  Agronomic implications relative to food security and sustainable agriculture are described in Part IV.  Authors include Ravi Sripada, Pradip Das et al. (Chapter 8), Duska Stojsin, Kevin Matson and Richard Leitz (Chapter 9) and S.H. Lee, David Clay and Sharon Clay (Chapter 10).  International sustainable agriculture and food security is addressed in Part V with authors Jeff Vitale and John Greenplate (Chapter 11), Julie Borlaug et al. (Chapter 12) and Sylvester Oikeh et al. (Chapter 13).  The final part covers the use of chemicals in sustainable agriculture and food/energy security with Leonard Gianessi and Ashley Williams communicating the role of herbicides and Harold Reetz emphasizing the importance of fertilizers both in maximizing crop yields to maintain a sustainable secure source for food production.

  • ASIN: 3642552617
  • ISBN: 3642552617
  • Manufacturer: Springer

Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements (Green Energy and Technology)

Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements (Green Energy and Technology)

Climate change, energy production and consumption, and the need to improve the sustainability of all aspects of human activity are key inter-related issues for which solutions must be found and implemented quickly and efficiently.  To be successfully implemented, solutions must recognize the rapidly changing socio-techno-political environment and multi-dimensional constraints presented by today’s interconnected world.  As part of this global effort, considerations of climate change impacts, energy demands, and incorporation of sustainability concepts have increasing importance in the design, construction, and maintenance of highway and airport pavement systems.  To prepare the human capacity to develop and implement these solutions, many educators, policy-makers and practitioners have stressed the paramount importance of formally incorporating sustainability concepts in the civil engineering curriculum to educate and train future civil engineers well-equipped to address our current and future sustainability challenges.This book will prove a valuable resource in the hands of researchers, educators and future engineering leaders, most of whom will be working in multidisciplinary environments to address a host of next-generation sustainable transportation infrastructure challenges."This book proposes a broad detailed overview of the actual scientific knowledge about pavements linked to climate change, energy and sustainability at the international level in an original multidimensional/multi-effects way. By the end, the reader will be aware of the whole global issues to care about for various pavement technical features around the world, among which the implications of modelling including data collection, challenging resources saving and infrastructures services optimisation. This is a complete and varied work, rare in the domain."Dr. Agnes JullienResearch DirectorDirector of Environmental, Development, Safety and Eco-Design Laboratory (EASE)Department of Developme... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 3662447185
  • ISBN: 9783662447185
  • Manufacturer: Springer