Research Catalog

Title

Understanding the bigger energy picture : DESERTEC and beyond / Michael Düren.

Author

Düren, Michael, 1957-

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Description

xv, 110 pages : color illustrations, tables; 24 cm

Series Statement

Springer briefs in energy

Uniform Title

SpringerBriefs in energy

Subject

• DESERTEC Industrial Initiative
• Power resources
• Energy development
• Energy policy
• energy resources
• Energiepolitik
• Energieversorgung
• Energieverbrauch
• Klimaänderung

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- The Nexus of Energy, Carbon and Water ; The Challenge of the World Energy Supply ; Nuclear Energy ; The Era of Fossil Fuels ; The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming ; How to Stop Climate Change? ; The Carbon Cycle in a Sustainable Future ; Reversing Climate Change ; Water, the Elixir of Life ; Fossil Water and Desertification ; Technical Options of Fresh Water Supply ; The Water Cycle in a Sustainable Future ; Reversing Desertification and Soil Degeneration ; Conclusions -- Energy in Times After the Energy Transition. Overview of the Future Energy System ; Energy Production : Locally or at Best Sites? ; Technologies for Renewable Energy Production ; Entropy, Exergy, and Why Energy Cannot Be Produced ; Electrification of Mobility and Heat ; Energy Sharing : The Smart Grid ; Energy Transport : Reducing Local Volatility ; The Overlay Network : AC or DC? ; Gas or Electricity? ; The Dual Storage Concept ; Overview of Energy Storage Technologies ; A New Chance for DESERTEC ; Conclusions -- Political Implications. One World ; Capitalism in a Global Market ; Paradigm Change in Energy Economy ; The Global Union ; Conclusions -- Closing Remarks.

ISBN

• 3319579657
• 9783319579658

OCLC

• ocn981708969
• 981708969
• SCSB-9041152

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library