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“malcolm grimston”

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  • The Paralysis in Energy Decision Making

    European Energy Policy in Crisis

    by Malcolm Grimston ...
    This analysis of decision-making in the energy field, especially electricity in the UK and Western Europe, provides a critique of the various claims that are made for different ways of approaching the critical need for vast amounts of new investment. It explores reasons for the paralysis in decision-making, which is contrasted with past periods of rapid change, including the growth of electricity ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

    by Daniel Yergin ...
    **“A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . .” —Wall Street Journal“It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century. The Quest is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Energy and the Wealth of Nations

    Understanding the Biophysical Economy

    by Charles A. S. Hall, Kent A. Klitgaard ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    For the past 150 years, economics has been treated as a social science in which economies are modeled as a circular flow of income between producers and consumers. In this “perpetual motion” of interactions between firms that produce and households that consume, little or no accounting is given of the flow of energy and materials from the environment and back again. In the standard economic model, ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Modern Solid Waste Management in Practice

    The City of Malmö Experience

    by Anna Bernstad Saraiva Schott, Henrik Aspegren, Mimmi Bissmont, Jes la Cour Jansen ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book focuses on sustainable solid waste management in an urban context and gives an example of how a modern city can work with waste management for increased sustainability in close cooperation with the academy. The book describes challenges which the city is facing and presents a case on how these can be tackled based on several research and development projects performed in the City of ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region

    Assessing Development Strategies Considering Cross-Sectoral and Transboundary Impacts

    by Alexander Smajgl, John Ward ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This Brief provides a cross-sectional analysis of development-directed investments in the wider Mekong region. The wider Mekong region includes Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Chinese province of Yunnan. Evidence highlights that a few critical dynamics, including human migration, natural resource flows, and financial investments, generate a high level of connectivity between ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • World Sustainable Energy Days Next 2014

    Conference Proceedings

    Edited by Gerhard Dell, Christiane Egger ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    These conference proceedings contain contributions to one of Europe’s largest annual conferences on energy efficiency and renewable energy. From two main fields - biomass and energy efficiency in buildings - contributions offer an insight into the research work and the scientific findings and developments of young researchers from all over the world. The papers were selected by a high-level ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Power Politics in Asia’s Contested Waters

    Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea

    Edited by Enrico Fels, Truong-Minh Vu ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume offers a comprehensive and empirically rich analysis of regional maritime disputes in the South China Sea (SCS). By discussing important aspects of the rise of China’s maritime power, such as territorial disputes, altered perceptions of geo-politics and challenges to the US-led regional order, the authors demonstrate that a regional power shift is taking place in Asia-Pacific. The ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Smart Grid Applications and Developments

    Edited by Daphne Mah, Peter Hills, Victor O.K. Li, Richard Balme ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Meeting today’s energy and climate challenges require not only technological advancement but also a good understanding of stakeholders’ perceptions, political sensitivity, well-informed policy analyses and innovative interdisciplinary solutions. This book will fill this gap. This is an interdisciplinary informative book to provide a holistic and integrated understanding of the technology ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Energy Policy Making in the EU

    Building the Agenda

    Edited by Jale Tosun, Sophie Biesenbender, Kai Schulze ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The book adopts an innovative analytical approach to agenda setting by not only presenting successful cases in which energy issues were addressed by means of public policy, but by also analyzing failed attempts to make issues part of the European policy agenda. Another outstanding feature of the book is its use of the latest empirical data on a broad range of energy issues.When are energy issues ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Forest BioEnergy Production

    Management, Carbon sequestration and Adaptation

    Edited by Antti Kilpeläinen, Ashraful Alam, Seppo Kellomäki ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    For thousands of years, forest biomass or wood has been among the main energy sources of humans around the world. Since the industrial revolution, fossil fuels have replaced wood and become the dominant source of energy. The use of fossil fuels has the disadvantage of increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2), with the consequent warming of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Atomic Information Technology

    Safety and Economy of Nuclear Power Plants

    by Taeho Woo ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Atomic Information Technology revaluates current conceptions of the information technology aspects of the nuclear industry. Economic and safety research in the nuclear energy sector are explored, considering statistical methods which incorporate Monte-Carlo simulations for practical applications. Divided into three sections, Atomic Information Technology covers: Atomic economics and management, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Handbook of Risk Management in Energy Production and Trading

    Edited by Georg Ch. Pflug, Raimund M. Kovacevic, Maria Teresa Vespucci ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book presents an overview of the risks involved in modern electricity production, delivery and trading, including technical risk in production, transportation and delivery, operational risk for the system operators, market risks for traders, and political and other long term risks in strategic management. Using decision making under uncertainty as a methodological background, the book is ... Read more

    $215.09 USD