Electricity Generation and the Environment is a very concise, up-to-date, and accessible guide to the evolution of environmental awareness, what that environmental awareness has taught the industry, and how technologies can be used to test and improve power performance. There is a strong emphasis on the related social impacts and economic factors involved in the various methods of generating electricity which Breeze explores, making this a valuable and insightful read for those involved in the planning and delivery of energy, such as energy engineers, power generation planners, policy makers, managers, and academics.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Electricity and the Environment - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. The Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Warming - p. 13 3. Chapter 3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Power Generation - p. 23 4. Chapter 4. Combustion Plant Emissions: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, and Acid Rain - p. 33 5. Chapter 5. The Nuclear Question - p. 49 6. Chapter 6. Renewable Energy and the Environment - p. 57 7. Chapter 7. The Hydrogen Economy - p. 71 8. Chapter 8. Low-Level Environmental Intrusion - p. 77 9. Chapter 9. Life-Cycle Assessment - p. 81 10. Chapter 10. Externalities: Putting a Price on Environmental Damage - p. 91 11. Chapter 11. The Bottom Line - p. 97 12. Index - p. 99
Electricity Generation and the Environment is a very concise, up-to-date, and accessible guide to the evolution of environmental awareness, what that environmental awareness has taught the industry, and how technologies can be used to test and improve power performance. There is a strong emphasis on the related social impacts and economic factors involved in the various methods of generating electricity which Breeze explores, making this a valuable and insightful read for those involved in the planning and delivery of energy, such as energy engineers, power generation planners, policy makers, managers, and academics.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Electricity and the Environment - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. The Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Warming - p. 13 3. Chapter 3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Power Generation - p. 23 4. Chapter 4. Combustion Plant Emissions: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, and Acid Rain - p. 33 5. Chapter 5. The Nuclear Question - p. 49 6. Chapter 6. Renewable Energy and the Environment - p. 57 7. Chapter 7. The Hydrogen Economy - p. 71 8. Chapter 8. Low-Level Environmental Intrusion - p. 77 9. Chapter 9. Life-Cycle Assessment - p. 81 10. Chapter 10. Externalities: Putting a Price on Environmental Damage - p. 91 11. Chapter 11. The Bottom Line - p. 97 12. Index - p. 99
