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Book SynopsisIn the first and only book to explore Scotland's part in the green revolution and what the future may hold, Westbrook refutes common arguments against wind power with hard facts and a wry sense of humour.Trade Review'We are so far beyond arguments about whether or not people like wind. Do people like having a washing machine, do they like driving a car? That's the way they need to start thinking about it. Those are the sort of choices you have to make in a war, and climate is now a war.' – Alec Finlay, Artist and Poet

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the energy policies in the European Union and Japan in terms of electricity markets and climate action, including energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, and the reduction of emissions. The book evaluates and compares the regulatory frameworks for achieving energy transitions by answering a number of questions focused on the essence and range of the regulatory models used by leading global economies which herald carbon neutrality by 2050. The book provides a useful framework that systematises Japanese and European energy policies and legislation including electricity-related policies, plans, and programmes. Discussing these issues in relation to the European and Japanese 2050 energy transition the author delves into the four pillars of the transition: market reform, reduction of emissions, promotion of renewables, and enhancing energy efficiency. Each chapter demonstrates the timing of the actions undertaken both in Europe and Japan; analyses the character of the conducted actions, evaluates the stakeholders of the realised agenda; and presents the technologies involved in the energy transition.Table of Contents1: Introduction.- 2: Making the Electricity Market Work.- 3: Making the Electricity Sector Clean.- 4: Making Energy Sources Renewable.- 5: Making Energy Efficient.- 6: Making Energy Transition Just.- 7: Remaking: Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisEnergy Overlays provides a glimpse into our post - carbon future where energy infrastructure is seamlessly woven into the fabric of our cities as works of public art. Fifty designs use a variety of renewable energy technologies to arrive at innovative site - specific solutions. Power plants of the future will be the perfect place to have a picnic! On the foreshore of St Kilda with the skyline of Melbourne as a backdrop rises a new kind of power plant – one that merges renewable energy production with leisure , recreation, and education. Energy Overlays provides a roadmap to our sustainable future with essays about the energy transition and beautiful renderings and diagrams of more than fifty designs. The result is a city where the infrastructures that power our world are designed to be reflections of culture, where public parks provide clean electricity to the city grid, and where the art that makes our lives more vibrant and interesting is also part of the solution to climate change.

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Book SynopsisOver the past century and a half, no two nations have exchanged natural resources, produced transborder environmental agreements, or cooperatively altered ecosystems on the same scale as Canada and the United States. Natural Allies offers a reinterpretation of the history of US-Canada relations by focusing on the role of environment and energy.Trade Review“Natural Allies is a sweeping book that redefines our understanding of Canada-US relations since 1867 as well as environmental diplomacy more broadly. There is no other book like it, and it will provide a useful new perspective to anyone studying or interested in foreign policy or environmental issues in North America.” Kurk Dorsey, University of New Hampshire and author of The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy: US-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era

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Book SynopsisOver the past century and a half, no two nations have exchanged natural resources, produced transborder environmental agreements, or cooperatively altered ecosystems on the same scale as Canada and the United States. Natural Allies offers a reinterpretation of the history of US-Canada relations by focusing on the role of environment and energy.Trade Review“Natural Allies is a sweeping book that redefines our understanding of Canada-US relations since 1867 as well as environmental diplomacy more broadly. There is no other book like it, and it will provide a useful new perspective to anyone studying or interested in foreign policy or environmental issues in North America.” Kurk Dorsey, University of New Hampshire and author of The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy: US-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon provide a broad, informative introduction to the science that underlies our understanding of the climate system and the effects of human activity on the warming of our planet.Trade ReviewThis text should have great appeal for teaching an introductory undergraduate course on climate change science as well as a broad survey for graduate students. The book is well written with concepts adequately explained. Mathez and Smerdon have done a great job at hitting many of the very important concepts for understanding past, present, and future climate change as well as what we can and should do about it. I particularly liked the “back of the envelope” sections that let students confront some quantitative thinking without getting bogged down in mathematical details. The many illustrations and beautiful photos should make the book appealing to students as well as the general public. -- Lonnie G. Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State UniversityMathez and Smerdon present a concise, accurate description of the workings of our climate system that is rich with historical context, vivid graphics, and concrete examples. The beauty and wonder of our atmosphere and oceans are on full display, even as many of their mysteries are revealed for the nonspecialist. Readers will not only understand the fundamental causes and implications of climate change, but they also will understand the diverse set of tools and approaches that scientists use to study the climate system in all its complexity. This book is a treasure trove of insights for anyone with an affinity for science and an interest in the future of our planet and its inhabitants. -- Kim M. Cobb, Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of TechnologyA superb textbook, easily one of the best currently available. Very few texts are written as thoughtfully as this one. Mathez and Smerdon hit a home run! -- Scott Mandia, cofounder and chairman of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, Professor of Physical Sciences at Suffolk County Community CollegeThis book has great coverage of all the salient issues—the history of climate science, the climate science of (pre)-history, the scientists' own histories, and, most importantly, what this means going forward. The writing is clear while also comprehensive and the look and feel of the book make it a text you want to dive in to at random, confident that you'd find something interesting. -- Gavin Schmidt, climate scientistInformative and insightful, this textbook clearly explains the basic science of the Earth's climate system and the human influence on it. Superb illustrations bring the science to life, and the historical stories that accompany the key concepts paint a vivid picture of not only what we know, but how and why we learned it. -- Katharine Hayhoe, Co-Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech UniversityThis excellent updated text on climate change was written by scientists in geophysics and climate change....Recommended. All readers. * Choice *Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, this new second edition. . . is ideal and highly recommended as a climate change curriculum textbook. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceProloguePart I. The Climate System1. The Atmosphere2. The World Ocean3. Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions4. The Carbon Cycle and How It Influences Climate Part II. Climate Change and Its Drivers5. The Concept of Radiation Balance, a Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change6. Radiative Forcing, Feedbacks, and Some Other Characteristics of the Climate System7. Learning from the Climate of the Distant PastPart III. Consequences of Climate Change8. The Climate of the Recent Past and Impacts on Human History9. Observing the Change10. Greenland, Antarctica, and Sea-Level RisePart IV. The Future11. Climate Models and the Future12. Climate Change Risk in an Unknowable Future13. Energy and the FutureEpilogueNotesGlossary BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book is a primer for readers of all levels on the coming energy transition and its global consequences. Bruce Usher provides a concise yet comprehensive explanation for the growth in wind and solar energy; the trajectory of the transition from fossil fuels to renewables; and the implications for industries, countries, and the climate.Trade ReviewBalanced, articulate, and informative. * Kirkus Reviews *A short, handy new guide from the Earth Institute cuts through the noise about renewable energy to lay out the facts about this politically charged subject. -- Kevin Krajick * State of the Planet | Earth Institute | Columbia University *[A] superb corrective. -- Barbara Kiser * Nature *Anecdotes and facts packed into the book will surely leave you with the feeling that you have actually learned something new. And it will surely leave you with some new questions to ponder. -- Vitaliy Soloviy * Sustainability Times *Highly recommended for personal, public, academic, and special subject libraries. -- Byron Anderson * Electronic Green Journal *Usher's clear, precise, and concise prose debunks common misconceptions. . . . Renewable Energy provides a convincing argument to help all of us force the changes in political will needed to accelerate the changeover to renewable energy sources. -- Ray Bert * Civil Engineering *A concise yet comprehensive account of the extraordinary growth in wind and solar energy; the trajectory of the transition from fossil fuels to renewables; and the implications for industries, countries, and the climate. -- Ian Angus * Green Left Weekly *There’s a lot of talk about renewable energy these days. But few really understand it—the basic science, the limits, and the great promise it holds. Read Bruce Usher’s Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century to better understand the great technological and economic revolution of this century. -- Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University, and coauthor of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us CrazyPolicy makers, utilities, investors, and incumbent industries would be well served to read Bruce Usher’s Renewable Energy. Buttressed by history and fact, Usher makes the compelling case that the transition to renewable energy is underway. Government policy can slow or accelerate the transition but transition is inexorable. There will be lots of winners on the transition, but woe to the losers. -- Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finance for New YorkBruce Usher brings the important and under-explained rise of renewable energy out of his business school classroom to a captivating read for business and policy audiences. Part history, part forecasting, this important book sets out the winners and losers—individuals, businesses, and nations—in the dynamic energy transition underway. -- Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, and former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.Usher explains in clear and intelligible language the primary technical and economic characteristics of renewable energy. The book documents the rapid rise of renewables within the history of modern energy, providing a thoughtful and balanced point of view that makes this book stand out from more advocacy-focused works. -- Charles Donovan, director of the Centre for Climate Science and Investment, Imperial College Business SchoolClimate change is arguably the greatest challenge of our times and the move towards renewable energy provides part of the solution. This easily readable book provides a straightforward account of the issues and opportunities of this great transition, framed in the context of historical precedents, economic and environmental drivers, and future horizons. Usher explains the financial factors and focuses on intermittency of wind and solar power as the greatest barrier, but one for which there may be exciting and innovative solutions. -- Alex Halliday, Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia UniversityUsher provides a clear and well documented description of the energy transition accessible both to the lay person but also of interest to energy professors and enthusiasts alike. This book ties together the convergence of low cost solar and wind with energy storage with electric vehicles in a clear and concise manner. -- David Kirkpatrick, managing director and cofounder, SJF VenturesTable of ContentsPreface: Setting the Record Straight1. Renewable Energy in the Twenty-First Century2. Energy Transitions: Fire to Electricity3. The Rise of Renewables4. Renewable Wind Energy5. Renewable Solar Energy6. Financing Renewable Energy7. Energy Transitions: Oats to Oil8. The Rise of Electric Vehicles9. Parity10. Convergence11. Consequences12. No Time to LoseAppendix A. Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE)Appendix B. The Transition to Renewable EnergyGlossaryNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPower Struggles is a thoughtful and exciting book. * American Ethnologist *Power Struggles, Jaume Franquesa's detailed historiography of energy generation in southern Catalonia, offers valuable insight into why people might protest against wind turbines. * American Anthropologits *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsWhere the World Ends1. Dependence and Autonomy2. Nuclear Transaction3. Nuclear Peasants4. Southern Revolt5. Wind Bubble6. Accessing Wind7. Waste and DignityBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPower Struggles is a thoughtful and exciting book. * American Ethnologist *Power Struggles, Jaume Franquesa's detailed historiography of energy generation in southern Catalonia, offers valuable insight into why people might protest against wind turbines. * American Anthropologits *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsWhere the World Ends1. Dependence and Autonomy2. Nuclear Transaction3. Nuclear Peasants4. Southern Revolt5. Wind Bubble6. Accessing Wind7. Waste and DignityBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA biography of Marion King Hubbert, one of the twentieth century's most influential energy experts, who was dubbed the father of peak oil.Trade Review"... well written, deeply researched and rich in anecdote – Hubbert’s character and his intellectual achievements sing out." -- New Scientist

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Book SynopsisExplores the creation and history of fossil fuels, their impact on the environment, and how they have become critical to our society. This title shows how adopting sustainable biofuels will be key to the future of energy stability and discuss a renewable energy options and biofuel feedstocks that are replacements for petroleum-based products.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE 1 OVERVIEW OF ENERGY USAGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD 2 WHY FOSSIL FUELS ENERGIZE OUR SOCIETY 3 THE IMPACT OF ENERGY USAGE ON CLIMATE 4 METHODS FOR REDUCING OUR FOSSIL FUEL USAGE: RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND USES 5 LINKING FOOD AND FUEL: THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE 6 THE PAST AND PRESENT OF BIOETHANOL: CORN, SUGARCANE, AND CELLULOSICS 7 BIOFUELS FROM FATS AND OILS: BIODIESEL 8 GASEOUS BIOFUELS: BIOGAS AND BIOHYDROGEN 9 AQUATIC VERSATILITY FOR BIOFUELS: CYANOBACTERIA, DIATOMS, AND ALGAE 10 BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENT 11 THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES 12 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF BIOFUELS: WATER, LAND, AND NUTRIENTS BIOFUELS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 13 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS FOR EVALUATING BIOFUELS PRODUCTION 14 ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF BIOFUELS 15 OUR ENERGY FUTURE: THE PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPING AND USING SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS VOCABULARY REFERENCES INDEX

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Book SynopsisRobert D. Lifset offers an original case history of a major event in environmental history—when a small group of local residents initiated a landmark case of ecology versus energy production and challenged the construction of the Storm King pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant on the Hudson River in the 1960s.

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Book SynopsisThe nexus between water and energy raises a set of public policy questions that go far beyond water and energy. Economic vitality and management of scarce and precious resources are at stake. This book contributes to the body of knowledge and understanding regarding water, energy, and the links between the two in the American West and beyond.Trade Review... the book should prove to be a helpful reference for those evaluating the energy implications of water supply alternatives in the western USA ad beyond. - --Water Desalination ReportTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. The Water–Energy Nexus: Methodologies, Challenges and Opportunities Robert Wilkinson 2. Energy, Water and the Natural Environment Melinda Kassen and Jack E. Williams PART IIa: WATER FOR ENERGY Fossil Fuels 3. The Coal Conundrum Kristen Averyt 4. Oil Shale and Water Bart Miller 5. Managing Produced Water from Coalbed Methane Production Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Katherine L. Guerra PART IIb: WATER FOR ENERGY Water-Intensive Renewables 6. Concentrated Thermal Solar Power and the Value of Water for Electricity Cynthia L. Schwartz 7. The New Generation of Biofuels Ronald C. Pate PART IIIc: ENERGY FOR WATER Big Projects 8. Water–Energy Interdependencies and the Central Arizona Project Susanna Eden, Christopher A. Scott, Melissa L. Lamberton and Sharon B. Megdal 9. Energy-Intensive Water Supplies Stacy Tellinghuisen 10. The Energy Implications of Desalination Heather Cooley PART IIIb: ENERGY FOR WATER Select State Case Studies 11. Energy Requirements for Water Supply in Utah Sarah G. Larsen and Steven J. Burian 12. The Vital Role of Electrical Energy for Arizona Water Services Joseph H. Hoover PART IV: SOLUTIONS: EXAMPLES OF WAYS FORWARD 13. Adaptive Management as a Tool for Negotiating the Water–Energy Nexus Melinda Harm Benson 14. Decision-Support for the Water–Energy Nexus: Examining Decision-making in the American West Steve A. Conrad 15. Integrated Planning: Transmission, Generation and Water in the Western States Tom Iseman and Alex Schroeder 16. The Water Bargain of Solar and Wind Energy Martin J. Pasqualetti 17. Water–Energy Integration in California Frances Spivy-Weber Index

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Book SynopsisDoes the Earth contain enough oil to provide energy for the human race indefinitely? If not, how long will the oil last? What about renewable energy technologies like wind and solar? Will they be able to supply an indefinite supply of energy for the human race? If not, how long will it last? And what role does overpopulation play in our world''s energy supply? Even with multiple forms of energy available, how long will it last as long as more and more humans, and therefore more industries and energy consumption, are added? Taking a long-held theory called Peak Oil Theory the authors of this groundbreaking new text examine the theory of Peak Energy to examine all of these questions. Crude oil and natural gas are the major sources of fuel used to supply energy for various needs. Users of crude oil and natural gas must take into account that these energy sources are, without doubt, non-renewable depleting resources, and the cost of extraction depends not only on the current rateTable of ContentsPreface xi About the Authors xiii 1 History and Terminology of Energy Sources 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Fossil Fuel Resources 10 1.2.1 Petroleum 11 1.2.2 High-Acid Crude Oils and Opportunity Crudes 14 1.2.3 Oil from Tight Formations and from Shale Formations 16 1.2.4 Natural Gas 17 1.2.5 Heavy Oil 19 1.2.6 Tar Sand Bitumen 20 1.2.7 Coal 23 1.2.7.1 Lignite 24 1.2.7.2 Subbituminous Coal 25 1.2.7.3 Bituminous Coal 25 1.2.7.4 Anthracite 27 1.2.8 Oil Shale 27 1.2.9 Gas Hydrates 30 1.3 Non-Fossil Fuel Resources 32 1.3.1 Biomass 32 1.3.2 Wind Energy 37 1.3.3 Solar Energy 37 1.3.4 Geothermal Energy 38 1.3.5 Ocean Energy 39 1.3.6 Nuclear Energy 40 1.3.7 Hydrogen Energy 41 1.3.8 Hydropower 42 References 43 2 Energy Sources and Supply 49 2.1 Introduction 49 2.2 Fossil Fuel Sources 56 2.2.1 Petroleum, Heavy Oil, and Tar Sand Bitumen 57 2.2.2 Natural Gas 65 2.2.3 Coal 67 2.3 Oil Shale 68 2.4 Gas Hydrates 71 2.5 Non-Fossil Fuel Energy Sources 72 2.5.1 Biomass 73 2.5.2 The Wind 75 2.5.3 The Sun 75 2.5.4 Geothermal Sources 76 2.5.5 The Tides 76 2.6 Nuclear Energy 77 2.7 Hydrogen Energy 77 2.8 Energy Supply 78 2.8.1 Physical Factors 78 2.8.2 Technological Factors 80 2.9 Economic and Geopolitical Factors 82 2.10 Peak Oil 83 2.10.1 Peak Oil Theory 83 2.10.2 Effects and Consequences 87 2.11 Energy Independence 87 2.12 Energy Security 92 References 96 3 Future Energy from Fossil Fuels 103 3.1 Introduction 103 3.2 The Role of Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery 106 3.3 Heavy Oil, Extra Heavy Oil, and Tar Sand Bitumen 123 3.4 Natural Gas and Gas Hydrates 125 3.5 Tight Oil and Gas 127 3.5.1 Tight Oil 128 3.5.2 Tight Gas 129 3.6 Undiscovered Oil 129 3.7 Oil Shale 132 3.8 Synthetic Fuels 133 3.9 The Future Refinery 135 3.9.1 The Refinery and Peak Oil Theory 137 3.9.2 Refinery Configurations 138 3.9.2.1 Petroleum Refinery 138 3.9.2.2 BioRefinery 141 3.9.2.3 Coal Liquids Refinery 143 3.9.2.4 Shale Oil Refinery 144 3.9.2.5 Gasification Refinery 146 3.9.3 The Integrated Refinery 147 References 151 4 Future Energy from Unconventional Sources 157 4.1 Introduction 157 4.2 Unconventional Oil and Gas 159 4.3 Tar Sand Bitumen 162 4.3.1 Mining and Bitumen Conversion 164 4.3.2 Other Processes Related to Mining 167 4.3.3 Non-Mining Methods 169 4.3.3.1 Steam-Based Processes 170 4.3.3.2 Combustion Processes 171 4.3.3.3 Other Processes 172 4.4 Coal 173 4.4.1 Coal Liquefaction 174 4.4.2 Gasification 175 4.4.3 Gaseous Fuels from Coal 178 4.4.3.1 Low Heat-Content (Low-Btu) Gas 178 4.4.3.2 Medium Heat-Content (Medium-Btu) Gas 179 4.4.3.3 High Heat-Content (High-Btu) Gas 180 4.4.4 Liquid Fuels 180 4.4.5 Solid Fuels 181 4.5 Oil Shale 182 4.5.1 Production of Shale Oil 184 4.5.2 Refining Shale Oil 185 4.6 Gas Hydrates 188 4.7 Synthetic Fuels 192 4.8 Other Energy Sources 196 4.8.1 Geothermal Energy 197 4.8.2 Hydrogen Energy 199 4.8.3 Nuclear Energy 201 4.8.4 Wind Energy 203 References 205 5 Future Energy from Biomass 209 5.1 Introduction 209 5.2 Biomass Feedstocks 212 5.2.1 Energy from Crops 215 5.2.2 Energy from Wood 216 5.2.3 Energy from Waste 217 5.3 The Chemistry of Biomass 217 5.4 A BioRefinery 218 5.5 Biofuels 220 5.5.1 Ethanol 220 5.5.2 Biodiesel 221 5.5.3 Bio-oil 222 5.5.4 Biofuels from Synthesis Gas 223 5.6 Biofuels: A Replacement for Petroleum and Natural Gas 226 5.6.1 Gaseous Fuels 226 5.6.1.1 Fermentation 227 5.6.1.2 Gasification 227 5.6.1.3 Biophotolysis 228 5.6.2 Liquid Fuels 229 5.6.3 Solid Fuels 230 5.7 Processes 231 References 232 6 Peak Energy 237 6.1 Introduction 237 6.2 History of the Peak Oil Theory 240 6.2.1 Relation to Population and Lifestyle 241 6.2.2 Evidence in Favor of the Peak Oil Theory 245 6.2.3 Social Theories and the Peak Oil Theory 249 6.3 Petroleum in the Big Picture 250 6.4 World Petroleum Reserves 252 6.5 Unconventional Oil and Gas 259 6.5.1 Petroleum and Natural Gas 260 6.5.2 Shale Gas 262 6.5.3 Coalbed Methane 263 6.5.4 Tight Gas Reserves 264 References 267 7 The Reality of the Peak Oil Theory 271 7.1 Introduction 271 7.2 The Petroleum Industry 272 7.2.1 Background 272 7.2.2 Jevons Paradox 275 7.2.3 Equity Shoulder Debt 286 7.2.4 The Finite-Infinite Conundrum 288 7.2.5 Renewable and Non-Renewable: Energy without Boundaries 288 7.3 Scientific Characterization of Energy Resources 292 7.3.1 Solar Energy 294 7.3.2 Hydropower 297 7.3.3 Ocean Thermal, Wave, and Tidal Energy 298 7.3.4 Bioenergy 299 7.3.4.1 Fuelwood 300 7.3.4.2 Bioethanol 302 7.3.4.3 Biodiesel 303 7.3.5 Nuclear Power 304 7.3.6 Geothermal Energy 307 7.3.7 Hydrogen Energy 308 7.4 Conclusions 310 References 310 8 Global Climate Change 315 8.1 Introduction 315 8.2 Interglacial Periods 320 8.3 The Role of Human Activity 322 8.4 Climate Change 324 8.5 Conclusions 325 References 327 9 Energy Sustainability 331 9.1 Introduction 331 9.2 Sustainable Energy 333 9.3 Real Reserve Potential 336 9.4 Biomass Sustainability 341 9.5 Conclusions 343 References 344 Common Conversion Factors 345 Glossary 349 Index 371

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Book SynopsisINTEGRATED GREEN ENERGY SOLUTIONS This first volume in a two-volume set presents the state of the art for the concepts, practical applications, and future of renewable energy and how to move closer to true sustainability. Renewable energy supplies are of ever-increasing environmental and economic importance in every country worldwide. A wide range of renewable energy technologies has been established commercially and recognized as an important set of growth industries for most governments. World agencies, including the United Nations, have extensive programs to encourage these emerging technologies. This book will bridge the gap between descriptive reviews and specialized engineering technologies. It centers on demonstrating how fundamental physical processes govern renewable energy resources and their applications. Although the applications are updated continually, the fundamental principles remain the same, and this book will provide a useful platform for those advancing the subject Table of ContentsPreface xvii 1 Green Economy and the Future in a Post-Pandemic World 1 Luke Gerard Christie and Deepa Cherian 1.1 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2 1.2 The Need to Question How we Do Business and the Evolution of Green Policies 3 1.3 The Shift from Fossil Fuels to Nuclear Energy for a Cleaner, Sustainable Environment 4 1.4 Significance of Emergent Technologies in the Reduction of Global Warming and Climate Change 6 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 2 Home Automation System Using Internet of Things for Real-Time Power Analysis and Control of Devices 11 Richik Ray, Rishita Shanker, V. Anantha Krishnan, O.V. Gnana Swathika and C. Vaithilingam 2.1 Introduction 12 2.2 Methodology 14 2.3 Design Specifications 15 2.3.1 Components Required 15 2.3.2 Circuit Diagram and Working 18 2.3.3 Blynk GUI (Graphical User Interface) for Smartphone 19 2.3.4 PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Design 20 2.4 Results and Discussion 20 2.4.1 Prototype Design Completion 20 2.4.2 Testing and Observations 22 2.4.3 Future Prospects 23 2.5 Conclusion 24 References 25 3 Energy Generation from Secondary Li-Ion Batteries to Economical Na-Ion Batteries 27 R. Rajapriya and Milind Shrinivas Dangate 3.1 Introduction 28 3.2 Li-Ion Battery 29 3.3 Sodium-Ion Batteries 33 3.4 Conclusion 40 References 41 4 Hydrogen as a Fuel Cell 45 R. Rajapriya and Milind Shrinivas Dangate 4.1 Introduction 45 4.2 Operating Principle 48 4.2.1 Types of Fuel Cells 49 4.3 Why Hydrogen as a Fuel Cell? 50 4.3.1 Electrolyte 52 4.3.2 Catalyst Layer (At the Cathode & Anode) 52 4.3.3 Bipolar Plate (Cathode & Anode) 52 4.4 Hydrogen as an Energy-Vector in a Long-Term Fuel Cell 53 4.5 Application 55 4.6 Conclusion 56 References 57 5 IoT and Machine Learning–Based Energy-Efficient Smart Buildings 61 Aaron Biju, Gautum Subhash V.P., Menon Adarsh Sivadas, Thejus R. Krishnan, Abhijith R. Nair, Anantha Krishnan V. and O.V. Gnana Swathika 5.1 Introduction 61 5.2 Methodology 63 5.3 Design Specifications 65 5.3.1 NodeMCU 65 5.3.2 Relay 65 5.3.3 Firebase 66 5.3.4 Raspberry Pi 66 5.3.5 Camera 66 5.4 Results 66 5.5 Conclusion 69 References 69 6 IOT-Based Smart Metering 71 Parth Bhargav, Umar Ansari, Fahad Nishat and O.V. Gnana Swathika Abbreviations and Nomenclature 72 6.1 Introduction 72 6.1.1 Motivation 72 6.1.2 Objectives 73 6.2 Methodology 73 6.2.1 Advent of Smart Meter 73 6.2.2 Modules 77 6.2.3 Energy Meter 77 6.2.4 Wi-Fi Module 78 6.2.5 Arduino UNO 78 6.2.6 Back End 78 6.3 Design of IOT-Based Smart Meter 81 6.3.1 Energy Meter 81 6.3.2 Arduino UNO 82 6.3.3 Wi-Fi Module 83 6.3.4 Calculations 84 6.3.5 Units 84 6.4 Results and Discussion 84 6.4.1 Working 84 6.4.2 Readings Captured in the Excel Sheet 85 6.4.3 Predication Using Statistical Analytics 86 6.4.4 Quantitative Analytics 86 6.4.5 Predication of Missing Data 87 6.4.6 Hardware Output 87 6.5 Conclusion 88 References 89 7 IoT-Based Home Automation and Power Consumption Analysis 93 K. Trinath Raja, Challa Ravi Teja, K. Madhu Priya and Berlin Hency V. 7.1 Introduction 94 7.2 Literature Review 94 7.3 IoT (Internet of Things) 96 7.4 Architecture 96 7.5 Software 97 7.5.1 IFTTT 97 7.5.2 ThingSpeak 97 7.5.3 Google Assistant 98 7.6 Hardware 98 7.6.1 DHT Sensor 98 7.6.2 Motor 98 7.6.3 NodeMCU 99 7.6.4 Gas Sensor 99 7.7 Implementation, Testing and Results 99 7.8 Conclusion 102 References 103 8 Advanced Technologies in Integrated Energy Systems 105 Maheedhar and Deepa T. 8.1 Introduction 106 8.2 Combined Heat and Power 107 8.2.1 Stirling Engines 107 8.2.2 Turbines 108 8.2.3 Fuel Cell 110 8.2.4 Chillers 112 8.2.5 PV/T System 113 8.3 Economic Aspects 114 8.4 Conclusion 115 References 116 9 A Study to Enhance the Alkaline Surfactant Polymer (ASP) Process Using Organic Base 119 M.J.A. Prince and Adhithiya Venkatachalapati Thulasiraman 9.1 Introduction 119 9.2 Materials and Methods 121 9.3 Similarity Study of NA in the Saline Water Containing Cations Having a Valency of 2 122 9.4 Results and Discussion 123 9.4.1 Alkalinity Contributed by NA for Intensifying the IFT Characteristics 123 9.4.2 Interfacial Tension Properties 124 9.4.3 The Similarity of NA + Polymer 124 9.4.4 Traits of Adsorption 125 9.4.5 Economics 125 9.4.6 Regular NA Injection Recommendation 125 9.5 Conclusions 126 References 126 10 Flexible Metamaterials for Energy Harvesting Applications 129 K.A. Karthigeyan, E. Manikandan, E. Papanasam and S. Radha 10.1 Introduction 130 10.2 Metamaterials 131 10.2.1 Energy Harvesting Using Metamaterials 132 10.2.2 Solar Energy Harvesting 132 10.2.2.1 Numerical Setup 133 10.2.3 Acoustic Energy Harvesting 135 10.2.4 RF Energy Harvesting 137 10.3 Summary and Challenges 138 References 138 11 Smart Robotic Arm 141 Rangit Ray, Koustav Das, Akash Adhikary, Akash Pandey, Ananthakrishnan V. and O.V. Gnana Swathika Abbreviations and Nomenclature 141 11.1 Introduction 142 11.1.1 Motivation 142 11.1.2 Objectives 143 11.1.3 Scope of the Work 143 11.1.4 Organization 143 11.2 Design of Robotic Arm with a Bot 144 11.2.1 Design Approach 144 11.2.1.1 Codes and Standards 144 11.2.1.2 Realistic Constraints 144 11.2.2 Design Specifications 149 11.3 Project Demonstration 152 11.3.1 Introduction 152 11.3.2 Analytical Results 153 11.3.3 Simulation Results 153 11.3.4 Hardware Results 154 11.4 Conclusion 155 11.4.1 Cost Analysis 155 11.4.2 Scope of Work 155 11.4.3 Summary 155 References 156 12 Energy Technologies and Pricing Policies: Case Study 157 Shanmugha S. and Milind Shrinivas Dangate 12.1 Introduction 157 12.2 Literature Review 159 12.3 Non-Linear Pricing 161 12.4 Agricultural Water Demand 162 12.5 Priced Inputs and Unpriced Resources 163 12.6 Proposed Set Up on Paper 164 12.7 Empirical Model 167 12.8 Identification Strategy 168 12.9 Data 170 12.10 Empirical Results 171 12.11 Counterfactual Simulation A 173 12.12 Counterfactual Simulation B 174 12.13 Counterfactual Simulation: Costs of Reduced Groundwater Demand 176 12.14 Conclusion 180 References 181 13 Energy Availability and Resource Management: Case Study 185 Shanmugha S. and Milind Shrinivas Dangate 13.1 Introduction 185 13.2 Literature Review 187 13.3 Study Area 189 13.3.1 Producer Survey 192 13.4 Empirical Model of Adoption 193 13.5 Material and Methods 196 13.6 Results 198 13.7 Conclusion 203 References 204 14 Energy-Efficient Dough Rolling Machine 207 Nerella Venkata Sai Charan, Abhishek Antony Mathew, Adnan Ahamad Syed, Nallavelli Preetham Reddy, Anantha Krishnan V. and O.V. Gnana Swathika 14.1 Introduction 208 14.2 Methodology 208 14.3 Specifications 210 14.3.1 Motor 210 14.3.2 Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) 210 14.3.3 Speed Reduction 211 14.3.4 Coupler 212 14.3.5 Main Base Structure 212 14.3.6 Rotating Platform and Rollers 212 14.3.7 Rotating Platform 213 14.3.8 Rollers 213 14.4 Result and Discussion 215 14.5 Conclusion 215 References 215 15 Peak Load Management System Using Node-Red Software Considering Peak Load Analysis 217 Mohit Sharan, Prantika Das, Harsh Gupta, S. Angalaeswari, T. Deepa, P. Balamurugan and D. Subbulekshmi 15.1 Introduction 218 15.2 Methodology 219 15.2.1 Peak Demand and Load Profile 219 15.2.2 Need of Peak Load Management (PLM) 220 15.2.3 Data Analysis 220 15.2.4 Need to Flatten the Load Curve 221 15.2.5 Current Observations 221 15.2.6 Equations 221 15.3 Model Specifications 221 15.4 Features of UI Interface 225 15.4.1 App Prototype 225 15.5 Conclusions 227 Bibliography 227 16 An Overview on the Energy Economics Associated with the Energy Industry 229 Adhithiya Venkatachalapati Thulasiraman and M.J.A. Prince 16.1 Time Value of Money 230 16.1.1 Present Value of an Asset 230 16.1.2 Future Value of an Investment 230 16.1.3 Rule of 72 231 16.2 Classification of Cost 232 16.2.1 Fixed Cost of an Asset (FCA) 232 16.2.2 Variable Cost of a Plant (VCP) 232 16.2.3 Total Cost of a Plant (TCP) 232 16.2.4 Break-Even Location (BEL) 232 16.3 Economic Specification 233 16.3.1 Return on Cost (ROC) 233 16.3.2 Payback Span 233 16.3.3 Net Present Worth 233 16.3.4 Discounted Money Flow (DMF) 234 16.3.5 Internal Charge of Returns (ICR) 234 16.4 Analysis 234 16.4.1 Incremental Analysis (IA) 234 16.4.1.1 Pertinent Cost (PC) 234 16.4.1.2 Non-Pertinent Cost (NPC) 235 16.4.2 Sensitivity Analysis (SA) 235 16.4.3 Replacement Analysis (RA) 237 16.5 Conclusion 239 Bibliography 240 17 IoT-Based Unified Child Monitoring and Security System 241 A.R. Mirunalini, Shwetha. S., R. Priyanka and Berlin Hency V. 17.1 Introduction 242 17.2 Literature Review 243 17.3 Proposed System 247 17.3.1 Block Diagram 247 17.3.2 Design Approach 249 17.3.3 Software Analysis 249 17.3.4 Hardware Analysis 252 17.3.4.1 Experimental Setup 253 17.4 Result and Analysis 256 17.5 Conclusion and Future Enhancement 259 17.5.1 Conclusion and Inference 259 17.5.2 Future Enhancement 260 References 260 18 IoT-Based Plant Health Monitoring System Using CNN and Image Processing 263 Anindita Banerjee, Ekta Lal and Berlin Hency V. 18.1 Introduction 264 18.2 Literature Survey 265 18.3 Data Analysis 268 18.3.1 Convolutional Neural Network 268 18.3.2 Phases of the Model 269 18.3.3 Proposed Architecture 269 18.4 Proposed Methodology 271 18.4.1 System Module and Structure 271 18.4.2 System Design and Methods 272 18.4.3 Plant Disease Detection and Classification 272 18.4.3.1 Dataset Used 272 18.4.3.2 Preprocessing and Labelling Methods 273 18.4.3.3 Procedure of Augmentation 273 18.4.3.4 Training Using CNN 273 18.4.3.5 Analysis 275 18.4.3.6 Final Polishing of Results 275 18.4.4 Hardware and Software Instruments 275 18.5 Results and Discussion 275 18.6 Conclusion 286 References 286 19 IoT-Based Self-Checkout Stores Using Face Mask Detection 291 Shreya M., R. Nandita, Seshan Rajaraman and Berlin Hency V. 19.1 Introduction 292 19.2 Literature Review 292 19.2.1 Self-Checkout Stores 292 19.2.2 Face Mask Detection 293 19.3 Convolution Neural Network 295 19.4 Architecture 298 19.5 Hardware Requirements 299 19.5.1 PIR Sensor 299 19.5.2 LCD 299 19.5.3 Arduino UNO 299 19.5.4 Piezo Sensor 299 19.5.5 Potentiometer 300 19.5.6 Led 300 19.5.7 Raspberry Pi 300 19.6 Software 300 19.6.1 Jupyter Notebook 300 19.6.2 TinkerCAD 300 19.7 Implementation 300 19.7.1 Building and Training the Model 301 19.7.2 Testing The Model 302 19.8 Results and Discussions 303 19.9 Conclusion 306 References 306 20 IoT-Based Color Fault Detection Using TCS 3200 in Textile Industry 309 T. Kalavathidevi, S. Umadevi, S. Ramesh, D. Renukadevi and S. Revathi 20.1 Introduction 310 20.2 Literature Survey 311 20.3 Methodology 313 20.3.1 Sensor 314 20.3.2 Microcontroller 315 20.3.3 NodeMCU and Wi-Fi Module 317 20.3.4 Servomotor 317 20.3.5 IoT-Based Data Monitoring 318 20.3.6 IR Sensor 318 20.3.7 Proximity Sensor 319 20.3.8 Blynk 319 20.4 Experimental Setup 321 20.5 Results and Discussion 322 20.6 Conclusion 324 References 324 21 Energy Management System for Smart Buildings 327 Shivangi Shukla, V. Jayashree Nivedhitha, Akshitha Shankar, P. Tejaswi and O.V. Gnana Swathika 21.1 Introduction 328 21.2 Literature Survey 328 21.3 Modules of the Project 331 21.3.1 Data Collection for Accurate Energy Prediction 331 21.3.2 ML Prediction 332 21.3.3 Web Server 332 21.3.4 Hardware Description and Implementation 332 21.4 Design of Smart Energy Management System 334 21.4.1 Design Approach 334 21.4.1.1 ML Algorithm 334 21.4.1.2 EMS Algorithm 334 21.4.2 Design Specifications 336 21.5 Result & Analysis 337 21.5.1 Introduction 337 21.5.2 ML Model Results 337 21.5.3 Web Page Results 337 21.5.4 Hardware Results 339 21.6 Conclusion 346 References 346 22 Mobile EV Charging Stations for Scalability of EV in the Indian Automobile Sector 349 Mohit Sharan, Ameesh K. Singh, Harsh Gupta, Apurv Malhotra, Muskan Karira, O.V. Gnana Swathika and Anantha Krishnan V. 22.1 Introduction 350 22.2 Methodology 350 22.2.1 Design Specifications 351 22.2.2 Block Diagrams 356 22.3 Result 357 22.4 Conclusions 358 Bibliography 358 About the Editors 361 Index 363

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the challenges and opportunities associated with the freshwater needs in oil and gas operations and the beneficial use of produced water. Practical solutions are offered to support evidence-based policy making for an integrated and sustainable approach to water management.

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Book SynopsisIn 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world’s first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In Spaceship in the Desert Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City''s renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures, providing an illuminating portrait of an international group of engineers, designers, and students who attempted to build a post-oil future in Abu Dhabi. While many of Masdar''s initiatives—such as developing a new energy currency and a driverless rapid transit network—have stalled or not met expectations, Günel analyzes how these initiatives contributed to rendering the future a thinly disguised version of the fossil-fueled present. Spaceship in the Desert tells the story of Masdar, at once a “utopia” sponsored by the Emirati government, and a well-resourced company involving different actors who participated in the project, each with their own agendas andTrade Review"Spaceship in the Desert is the fascinating story of a 'zero-carbon eco-city' that demonstrates the stark difference between vision and reality. . . . Günel’s first-hand reportage is insightful and objective." -- Barry Silverstein * Foreword Reviews *"The book is not only a rich ethnographic description of Masdar in all of its intricacies, but also a larger reflection on how global risks are framed according to the beliefs and situated actions of various interest groups." -- Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *"The global climate crisis is serious, but Günel shows that our attempts to tackle it are less so. . . . Our contemporary moral mess, from the GCC to Massachusetts, can be seen all too clearly through the pages of Günel’s account." -- Deen Sharp * Public Books *"Günel’s deft ethnographic sensibilities and creatively designed fieldwork further distinguish her contributions to anthropological studies of climate change, governance, knowledge production, infrastructure, materialism, and futurity more broadly. . . . Through fascinating and critical ethnographic descriptions, Günel offers a piercing glimpse into the front-lines of global climate change action." -- Gebhard Keny * Ethnos *"Spaceship in the Desert is a timely contribution to a growing field of anthropological scholarship on energy. . . . This book has the potential to attract readers from across the social sciences, not just within anthropology. The richness of ethnographic detail drawn in connection with the work of key thinkers may satisfy some readers." -- Idalina Baptista * Anthropological Quarterly *"Compelling and thought-provoking. . . . Günel encourages us as academics and as persons to rethink, renegotiate, and recreate our imaginations of the future through climate change technologies that do not preserve the status quo, but rather, alter it in the present." -- Hai Ri (Sophia) Jeon * Anthropology Book Forum *“[Günel’s] brilliant ethnography of Masdar reminds us of the limits of the third pilot of Spaceship Earth—the market.... Günel’s study also shows how the scope of climate change demands administrative bodies beyond corporations and states.” -- Troy Vettese * Viewpoint Magazine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. The Soul of Carbon Dioxide 1 Part I. Knowledge 1. Inhabiting the Spaceship 37 2. Beautiful Buildings and Research Contracts 65 Part II. Technology 3. Ergos: A New Energy Currency 101 4. An Expensive Toy 127 Part III. Governance 5. Subsurface Workings 157 Epilogue. The Potential Futures of Abu Dhabi's Masdar 183 Notes 199 References 237 Index 249

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Book SynopsisDominic Boyer examines the politics of wind power and how it is shaped by myriad factors—from the legacies of settler colonialism and indigenous resistance to state bureaucracy and corporate investment—while outlining the fundamental impact of energy and fuel on political power.Trade Review"Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals." -- L. L. Johnson * Choice *"Howe and Boyer look back on the past with fresh eyes. . . . Howe and Boyer’s project has many virtues. For one, it articulates the perils of corporate wind economies. For another, it positions Indigenous communities (like the Zapotec) not as outmoded objects for anthropological inquiry, but (á la Gayatri Spivak) as 'active [producers] of culture.' Most importantly, perhaps, is how Wind and Power in the Anthropocene documents alternatives to corporate wind ventures like Mareña. The book highlights, for example, community-based initiatives that also seek to harness the awesome power of istmeño wind—projects that promote communal welfare and environmental justice." -- Stacey Balkan * Public Books *"The duograph is an interesting and novel way to approach collaborative writing, which I enjoyed engaging with. . . . Energopolitics elegantly brings together political theory and ethnography. -- Anna G. Sveinsdóttir * Journal of Latin American Geography *“In Wind and Power in the Anthropocene, a two-volume ‘duograph,’ Cymene Howe, in Ecologics, and Dominic Boyer, in Energopolitics, explore the development of wind parks during the early twenty-first century on the isthmus of Tehuantepec…. One of the most refreshing components of their collaborative and individual writing is the clarity of their position as researchers in this project as they circulated among politicians, indigenous peoples, and corporate officials. It is a necessary exercise, as they argue, for appreciating the entrenchment of the wind in local political and social relations.” -- Nathan Kapoor * Technology and Culture *“Boyer’s book seeks ways around human-centered notions of politics.... More important than his theoretical discussion is his contention that in order to understand aeolian politics in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, one must attend to situated, historical processes with which transitions to renewable energy become intimately entangled.” -- Chakad Ojani * Anthropology Book Forum *“[Ecologics and Energopolitics] make strong arguments on political processes in the field of wind energy in Mexico...[and] are important contributions to an anthropology of energy, a still growing field within the discipline.” -- Oliver D. Liebig * Anthropos *Table of ContentsJoint Preface to Wind and Power in the Anthropocene / Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer ix Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 1. Ixtepec 27 2. La Ventosa 60 3. Oaxaca de Juaréz 95 4. Distrito Federal 127 5. Guidxiguie' (Juchitán de Zaragoza) 158 Joint Conclusion to Wind and Power in the Anthropocene / Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer 194 Notes 199 References 225 Index 251

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Book SynopsisCymene Howe traces the complex relationships between humans, nonhuman beings and objects, and geophysical forces that shaped the Mareña Renovables project in Oaxaca, Mexico, which had it been completed, would have been Latin America's largest wind power installation.Trade Review"Research included interviews carried out with key representatives of international, national, regional, and local interests, supporting a richly nuanced account of often emotionally charged encounters. Howe balances multiple viewpoints, ranging from those gained though formal appointments and official press conferences in Mexico City to those observed in restaurant meetings and confrontations between protesters and police on the Isthmus. The chapters oscillate between chronological telling of events—from wind power anticipated, to the project interrupted and ultimately suspended—and consideration of three other-than-human forces that played key roles in the unfolding of events: wind, trucks, and species. Recommended. All readers." -- C. Hendrickson * Choice *"Howe and Boyer look back on the past with fresh eyes. . . . Howe and Boyer’s project has many virtues. For one, it articulates the perils of corporate wind economies. For another, it positions Indigenous communities (like the Zapotec) not as outmoded objects for anthropological inquiry, but (á la Gayatri Spivak) as 'active [producers] of culture.' Most importantly, perhaps, is how Wind and Power in the Anthropocene documents alternatives to corporate wind ventures like Mareña. The book highlights, for example, community-based initiatives that also seek to harness the awesome power of istmeño wind—projects that promote communal welfare and environmental justice." -- Stacey Balkan * Public Books *"The duograph is an interesting and novel way to approach collaborative writing, which I enjoyed engaging with. . . . Howe discusses, through her vivid writing style, what happens when distinct imaginaries of environmental care and environmental harm come into conflict, examining how wind energy—an antidote to the Anthropocene—became both failure and success." -- Anna G. Sveinsdóttir * Journal of Latin American Geography *“In Wind and Power in the Anthropocene, a two-volume ‘duograph,’ Cymene Howe, in Ecologics, and Dominic Boyer, in Energopolitics, explore the development of wind parks during the early twenty-first century on the isthmus of Tehuantepec…. One of the most refreshing components of their collaborative and individual writing is the clarity of their position as researchers in this project as they circulated among politicians, indigenous peoples, and corporate officials. It is a necessary exercise, as they argue, for appreciating the entrenchment of the wind in local political and social relations.” -- Nathan Kapoor * Technology and Culture *“Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer have crafted two eloquent accounts of the turbulent, aeolian politics that unfolded during their 16-month-long field research in Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec, between 2009 and 2013.... Ecologics...is perhaps the most evocative half of the duograph.” -- Chakad Ojani * Anthropology Book Forum *“[Ecologics and Energopolitics] make strong arguments on political processes in the field of wind energy in Mexico...[and] are important contributions to an anthropology of energy, a still growing field within the discipline.” -- Oliver D. Liebig * Anthropos *Table of ContentsJoint Preface to Wind and Power in the Anthropocene / Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer ix Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 1. Wind 23 2. Wind Power, Anticipated 43 3. Trucks 73 4. Wind Power, Interrupted 103 5. Species 137 6. Wind Power, in Suspension 170 Joint Conclusion to Wind and Power in the Anthropocene / Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer 191 Notes 197 References 223 Index 243

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Book SynopsisCymene Howe traces the complex relationships between humans, nonhuman beings and objects, and geophysical forces that shaped the Mareña Renovables project in Oaxaca, Mexico, which had it been completed, would have been Latin America's largest wind power installation.Trade Review"Research included interviews carried out with key representatives of international, national, regional, and local interests, supporting a richly nuanced account of often emotionally charged encounters. Howe balances multiple viewpoints, ranging from those gained though formal appointments and official press conferences in Mexico City to those observed in restaurant meetings and confrontations between protesters and police on the Isthmus. The chapters oscillate between chronological telling of events—from wind power anticipated, to the project interrupted and ultimately suspended—and consideration of three other-than-human forces that played key roles in the unfolding of events: wind, trucks, and species. Recommended. All readers." -- C. Hendrickson * Choice *"Howe and Boyer look back on the past with fresh eyes. . . . Howe and Boyer’s project has many virtues. For one, it articulates the perils of corporate wind economies. For another, it positions Indigenous communities (like the Zapotec) not as outmoded objects for anthropological inquiry, but (á la Gayatri Spivak) as 'active [producers] of culture.' Most importantly, perhaps, is how Wind and Power in the Anthropocene documents alternatives to corporate wind ventures like Mareña. The book highlights, for example, community-based initiatives that also seek to harness the awesome power of istmeño wind—projects that promote communal welfare and environmental justice." -- Stacey Balkan * Public Books *"The duograph is an interesting and novel way to approach collaborative writing, which I enjoyed engaging with. . . . Howe discusses, through her vivid writing style, what happens when distinct imaginaries of environmental care and environmental harm come into conflict, examining how wind energy—an antidote to the Anthropocene—became both failure and success." -- Anna G. Sveinsdóttir * Journal of Latin American Geography *“In Wind and Power in the Anthropocene, a two-volume ‘duograph,’ Cymene Howe, in Ecologics, and Dominic Boyer, in Energopolitics, explore the development of wind parks during the early twenty-first century on the isthmus of Tehuantepec…. One of the most refreshing components of their collaborative and individual writing is the clarity of their position as researchers in this project as they circulated among politicians, indigenous peoples, and corporate officials. It is a necessary exercise, as they argue, for appreciating the entrenchment of the wind in local political and social relations.” -- Nathan Kapoor * Technology and Culture *“Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer have crafted two eloquent accounts of the turbulent, aeolian politics that unfolded during their 16-month-long field research in Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec, between 2009 and 2013.... Ecologics...is perhaps the most evocative half of the duograph.” -- Chakad Ojani * Anthropology Book Forum *“[Ecologics and Energopolitics] make strong arguments on political processes in the field of wind energy in Mexico...[and] are important contributions to an anthropology of energy, a still growing field within the discipline.” -- Oliver D. Liebig * Anthropos *Table of ContentsJoint Preface to Wind and Power in the Anthropocene / Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer ix Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 1. Wind 23 2. Wind Power, Anticipated 43 3. Trucks 73 4. Wind Power, Interrupted 103 5. Species 137 6. Wind Power, in Suspension 170 Joint Conclusion to Wind and Power in the Anthropocene / Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer 191 Notes 197 References 223 Index 243

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Book SynopsisJacob Blanc examines the creation of the Itaipu Dam—the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world—on the Brazil–Paraguay border during the 1970s and 1980s to explore the long-standing conflicts around land, rights, indigeneity, and identity in rural Brazil.Trade Review"The colossal Itaipu Dam at the Brazil-Paraguay border may well be the most enduring monument to the ambitions of Brazil's twenty-one-year military dictatorship. And, as Jacob Blanc incisively argues in Before the Flood, its construction also formed part of a longer history of predation, with the spectacular visibility of Itaipu being premised on the invisibility of the region's agrarian population. This remarkable study not only rescues the displaced rural people from oblivion but reveals how their political struggles contributed to the ongoing efforts for a more equitable and dignified way of life in the Brazilian countryside.” -- Barbara Weinstein, author of * The Color of Modernity: São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil *“During the waning years of military rule, tens of thousands of rural Brazilians were permanently displaced from their homes near the Paraguayan border by the Itaipu hydroelectric dam in the name of energy development and binational cooperation. Jacob Blanc's illuminating study traces the diverse historical paths of the affected communities to hierarchies of landholding patterns, cultural capital, and political visibility. In the process, he deftly explores the political dividends and divides that marked rural social movements' struggles for democratic inclusion in the Brazilian countryside.” -- Seth Garfield, author of * In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region *“… Before the Flood makes a welcome and timely contribution to our understanding of large dam politics and of rural empowerment. Blanc’s arguments are interesting, intricate, and convincing.” -- Peter Brewitt * Environmental History *“A pleasure to read, this book illuminates forces of power and protest mobilized against a useful but predatory, and thus unsustainable, form of green-energy infrastructure—the hydroelectric dam…. Blanc’s fascinating and illuminating book is itself a form of protest, a scholarly performance that makes the hinterlands visible and the complications of history readable.” -- Stephanie C. Kane * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *“[Blanc’s] source base is impressive, drawing from oral history interviews, state archives in Brazil and Paraguay, and—most innovatively—the records of the Itaipú Binational itself.... The result is a fine piece of scholarship with demonstrated value for classroom use.” -- Michael Huner * The Americas *"Blanc’s compelling social history of the rural experiences of Itaipu’s flooding also makes a very important contribution to energy studies. … By situating these peoples as actors and not just collateral costs of development, Before the Flood expands the limits of a growing field in an exciting way." -- Jennifer Eaglin * Ethnohistory *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ix Note on Terminology and Orthography xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. History as Seen from the Countryside 1 1. Borders, Geopolitics, and the Forgotten Roots of Itaipu 20 2. The Project of the Century and the Battle for Public Opinion 53 3. The Double Reality of Abertura: Rural Experiences of Dictatorship and Democracy 82 4. Sem Tekoha não há Tekó: Avá Guarani Lands and the Construction of Indigeneity 125 5. The Last Political Prisoner: Borderland Elites and the Twilight of Military Rule 154 6. "Men without a Country": Agrarian Resettlement and the Strategies of Frontier Colonization 170 7. Land for Those Who Work It: Mastro and a New Era of Agrarian Reform in Brazil 197 Conclusion. After the Flood 228 Notes 235 Bibliography 277 Index 291

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Book SynopsisJacob Blanc examines the creation of the Itaipu Dam—the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world—on the Brazil–Paraguay border during the 1970s and 1980s to explore the long-standing conflicts around land, rights, indigeneity, and identity in rural Brazil.Trade Review"The colossal Itaipu Dam at the Brazil-Paraguay border may well be the most enduring monument to the ambitions of Brazil's twenty-one-year military dictatorship. And, as Jacob Blanc incisively argues in Before the Flood, its construction also formed part of a longer history of predation, with the spectacular visibility of Itaipu being premised on the invisibility of the region's agrarian population. This remarkable study not only rescues the displaced rural people from oblivion but reveals how their political struggles contributed to the ongoing efforts for a more equitable and dignified way of life in the Brazilian countryside.” -- Barbara Weinstein, author of * The Color of Modernity: São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil *“During the waning years of military rule, tens of thousands of rural Brazilians were permanently displaced from their homes near the Paraguayan border by the Itaipu hydroelectric dam in the name of energy development and binational cooperation. Jacob Blanc's illuminating study traces the diverse historical paths of the affected communities to hierarchies of landholding patterns, cultural capital, and political visibility. In the process, he deftly explores the political dividends and divides that marked rural social movements' struggles for democratic inclusion in the Brazilian countryside.” -- Seth Garfield, author of * In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region *“… Before the Flood makes a welcome and timely contribution to our understanding of large dam politics and of rural empowerment. Blanc’s arguments are interesting, intricate, and convincing.” -- Peter Brewitt * Environmental History *“A pleasure to read, this book illuminates forces of power and protest mobilized against a useful but predatory, and thus unsustainable, form of green-energy infrastructure—the hydroelectric dam…. Blanc’s fascinating and illuminating book is itself a form of protest, a scholarly performance that makes the hinterlands visible and the complications of history readable.” -- Stephanie C. Kane * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *“[Blanc’s] source base is impressive, drawing from oral history interviews, state archives in Brazil and Paraguay, and—most innovatively—the records of the Itaipú Binational itself.... The result is a fine piece of scholarship with demonstrated value for classroom use.” -- Michael Huner * The Americas *"Blanc’s compelling social history of the rural experiences of Itaipu’s flooding also makes a very important contribution to energy studies. … By situating these peoples as actors and not just collateral costs of development, Before the Flood expands the limits of a growing field in an exciting way." -- Jennifer Eaglin * Ethnohistory *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ix Note on Terminology and Orthography xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. History as Seen from the Countryside 1 1. Borders, Geopolitics, and the Forgotten Roots of Itaipu 20 2. The Project of the Century and the Battle for Public Opinion 53 3. The Double Reality of Abertura: Rural Experiences of Dictatorship and Democracy 82 4. Sem Tekoha não há Tekó: Avá Guarani Lands and the Construction of Indigeneity 125 5. The Last Political Prisoner: Borderland Elites and the Twilight of Military Rule 154 6. "Men without a Country": Agrarian Resettlement and the Strategies of Frontier Colonization 170 7. Land for Those Who Work It: Mastro and a New Era of Agrarian Reform in Brazil 197 Conclusion. After the Flood 228 Notes 235 Bibliography 277 Index 291

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Book SynopsisIn The Birth of Energy Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of contemporary notions of energy back to the nineteenth-century science of thermodynamics to challenge the underlying logic that informs today''s uses of energy. These early resource-based concepts of power first emerged during the Industrial Revolution and were tightly bound to Western capitalist domination and the politics of industrialized work. As Daggett shows, thermodynamics was deployed as an imperial science to govern fossil fuel use, labor, and colonial expansion, in part through a hierarchical ordering of humans and nonhumans. By systematically excavating the historical connection between energy and work, Daggett argues that only by transforming the politics of work—most notably, the veneration of waged work—will we be able to confront the Anthropocene''s energy problem. Substituting one source of energy for another will not ensure a habitable planet; rather, the concepts of energy and work themsTrade Review“Cara New Daggett's The Birth of Energy is a landmark work in the emergent field of energy humanities. In it, Daggett offers a brilliant genealogy of our modern conception of energy, explaining how Victorian empire, evolutionary theory, Presbyterianism, and thermodynamics helped to refashion the Aristotelian idea of energy as ‘dynamic virtue’ into a phenomenon having to do with the movement of matter and, above all, labor. Now facing a world warmed by burning fossil fuels, Daggett gives us a roadmap to thinking energy beyond the Protestant ethic of perpetual work.” -- Dominic Boyer, author of * Energopolitics: Wind and Power in the Anthropocene *“This complex, ambitious book represents a significant contribution to energy studies, offering an innovative history that situates the scientific discovery of energy within nineteenth-century cultures of imperialism, industrialization, and the governance of work. Cara New Daggett helps reframe the Anthropocene as the most recent realization of our profoundly misguided understanding of energy.” -- Stephanie LeMenager, author of * Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century *"The Birth of Energy is without doubt a landmark contribution to energy humanities and political theory, and one that greatly enriches and advances conceptual debates about energy and work in the Anthropocene." -- James Palmer * Antipode *“The Birth of Energy is a major contribution to the environmental humanities that speaks to the notion of ‘political ecology’ in the most literal sense.” -- Gustav Cederlöf * Journal of Political Ecology *“The book is at its strongest when diagnosing the reverberations of the past in the current moment…. The Birth of Energy has much to offer to scholars engaged in questions of fossil fuels, imperialism, labor, and environmental politics.” -- Jennifer Thomson * Environmental History *“Daggett’s The Birth of Energy is an impressive book, timely in our political and ecological climate and thorough in its systematic narration of energy in the Victorian period.... The book will appeal to a range of scholars, including those interested in the history of science, the energy humanities, global nineteenth-century studies, and post-colonial studies.” -- Kameron Sanzo * Victorian Review *“The Birth of Energy is packed with fascinating details, and Daggett provides an impressive synthesis of a wide range of scholarship on energy.... Daggett argues for interrogating our received concepts and ways of knowing.” -- Alyssa Battistoni * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Putting the World to Work 1 Part I. The Birth of Energy 1. The Novelty of Energy 15 2. A Steampunk Production 33 3. A Geo-Theology of Energy 51 4. Work Becomes Energetic 83 Part II. Energy, Race, and Empire 5. Energopolitics 107 6. The Imperial Organism at Work 132 7. Education for Empire 162 Conclusion. A Post-Work Energy Politics 187 Notes 207 Bibliography 239 Index 255

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Book SynopsisIn a speech delivered in Japanese at Cornell University, Naoto Kan describes the harrowing days after a cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami led to the meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. In vivid language, he tells how he struggled with the possibility that tens of millions of people would need to be evacuated.Cornell Global Perspectives is an imprint of Cornell University's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The works examine critical global challenges, often from an interdisciplinary perspective, and are intended for a non-specialist audience. The Distinguished Speaker series presents edited transcripts of talks delivered at Cornell, both in the original language and in translation.

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Book SynopsisBy making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than any other energy source, helping to drive economic growth in major emerging markets. And yet, continued reliance on this ancient rock carries a high price in smog and greenhouse gases. We use coal because it is cheap: cheap to scrape from the ground, cheap to move, cheap to burn in power plants with inadequate environmental controls. In this book, Mark Thurber explains how coal producers, users, financiers, and technology exporters drive this supply chain, while fragmented environmental movements battle for full incorporation of environmental costs into the global calculus of coal. Delving into the politics of energy versus the environment at local, national, and international levels, Thurber paints a vivid picture of the multi-faceted challenges associated with continued coal production and use in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“Coal pushed the industrial era into existence. Today, with global warming, coal is among the biggest threats. Mark Thurber applies his sharp analytical mind, the balance of an historian, and an elegant pen to this vital subject. Everyone will learn something important from this lovely little book.”David Victor, University of California, San Diego “Thurber presents an overview of coal's role in past and present energy systems as well as key factors affecting its future in both developed and developing countries, offering a clear non-polemical analysis of coal's economic, environmental, and energy security attributes.”Howard Gruenspecht, former Deputy Administrator, US Energy Information AdministrationTable of Contents CHAPTER 1: THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF COAL CHAPTER 2: THE QUEST FOR ENERGY SECURITY CHAPTER 3: TENSIONS ALONG THE COAL VALUE CHAIN CHAPTER 4: ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICYMAKING CHAPTER 5: ALTERNATIVES TO COAL CHAPTER 6: POLICY, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FUTURE OF COAL

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Book SynopsisBy making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than any other energy source, helping to drive economic growth in major emerging markets. And yet, continued reliance on this ancient rock carries a high price in smog and greenhouse gases. We use coal because it is cheap: cheap to scrape from the ground, cheap to move, cheap to burn in power plants with inadequate environmental controls. In this book, Mark Thurber explains how coal producers, users, financiers, and technology exporters drive this supply chain, while fragmented environmental movements battle for full incorporation of environmental costs into the global calculus of coal. Delving into the politics of energy versus the environment at local, national, and international levels, Thurber paints a vivid picture of the multi-faceted challenges associated with continued coal production and use in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“Coal pushed the industrial era into existence. Today, with global warming, coal is among the biggest threats. Mark Thurber applies his sharp analytical mind, the balance of an historian, and an elegant pen to this vital subject. Everyone will learn something important from this lovely little book.”David Victor, University of California, San Diego “Thurber presents an overview of coal's role in past and present energy systems as well as key factors affecting its future in both developed and developing countries, offering a clear non-polemical analysis of coal's economic, environmental, and energy security attributes.”Howard Gruenspecht, former Deputy Administrator, US Energy Information Administration

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Book SynopsisEver since the Industrial Revolution energy has been a key driver of world politics. From the oil crises of the 1970s to today’s rapid expansion of renewable energy sources, every shift in global energy patterns has important repercussions for international relations. In this new book, Thijs Van de Graaf and Benjamin Sovacool uncover the intricate ways in which our energy systems have shaped global outcomes in four key areas of world politics: security, the economy, the environment and global justice. Moving beyond the narrow geopolitical focus that has dominated much of the discussion on global energy politics, they also deftly trace the connections between energy, environmental politics, and community activism.The authors argue that we are on the cusp of a global energy shift that promises to be no less transformative for the pursuit of wealth and power in world politics than the historical shifts from wood to coal and from coal to oil. This ongoing energy transformation will not only upend the global balance of power; it could also fundamentally transfer political authority away from the nation state, empowering citizens, regions and local communities. Global Energy Politics will be an essential resource for students of the social sciences grappling with the major energy issues of our times.Trade Review"In a complex and rapidly changing energy landscape, this comprehensive overview of the global politics of energy is particularly welcome. It skillfully connects the dots between energy markets, geopolitics, the environment, and local activism across a range of energy technologies and sectors. For anyone who wants to understand the complexities and depth of the global energy challenge, Global Energy Politics is essential reading." —Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General Emeritus of the International Renewable Energy Agency "An important contribution to thinking through the current energy era and the future transition." —Morgan Bazilian, Executive Director of the Payne Institute for Earth Resources and Research Professor of Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines "a well-informed, empirically rich systematic analysis of different parts of the energy sector that builds directly on the latest research." —Gavin Bridge, Durham University "Global Energy Politics is a comprehensive, well-researched, and valuable guide to the energy challenges of our time. Thijs Van de Graaf and Benjamin Sovacool deploy a variety of analytical perspectives: geopolitics, economics, sustainability, and justice, discussing promising technological innovations and the institutional and political challenges to decarbonization." —Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University "We are in the middle of a global energy transformation. Van De Graaf and Sovacool’s comprehensive text provides students with an essential guide to this changing global energy landscape." —Johannes Urpelainen, John Hopkins University "Keeping pace with the changing global energy landscape and its influence on political, economic and social issues has become exponentially more difficult in a world where unprecedented risks and technological advances are upending the norms of the last century. Global Energy Politics is a valuable resource for those seeking to understand and navigate the shifting relationships between energy markets, geopolitics, climate, equity, and emerging technologies at this critical energy crossroad." —Jason Bordoff, Columbia University "[Global Energy Politics] is very welcome… This book provides a wide-ranging panorama of global energy politics … and would be an excellent read for undergraduate and post-graduate students tackling the subject." —Asian Century Institute "The most important contribution of this book comes through employing systems thinking to deal with energy issues. Van De Graaf and Sovacool have opened up a technical and difficult topic to social scientists while at the same time broadening traditional IR approaches." —International Affairs "The book is well-researched, up to date, and it presents complex and interrelated energy topics in an easily accessible and impressively pedagogical way... Their multidisciplinary socio-technical approach offers a deeper understanding than could be attained through the lens of any single discipline in isolation." —International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics "An excellent survey and overview of various elements of global energy politics. The writing is clear and accessible, yet covers impressive ground and accommodates the infinite complexity of the subject at hand. This book serves as a comprehensive introductory text and will be a useful read to students of energy politics across a variety of disciplines, and particularly students attempting to find a point of entry into the rapidly growing subfield of energy geographies." —The American Association of Geographers (AAG) Review of Books "Sovacool and Van de Graaf bring us closer to the broader research agenda we need to map the different pathways of global transformation that may emerge from the transition…Their chapter on “energy justice”, which investigates the detrimental impacts of renewable energy supply chains on communities when social justice concerns are side-lined, is particularly welcome." —Michel J. Albert, Alternatives Table of ContentsForeword by Adnan Z. Amin 1. Introduction: Systems, frames, and transitions 2. The history and functioning of key energy markets Part I: World Politics Through an Energy Prism 3. Energy and security 4. Energy and the economy 5. Energy and the environment 6. Energy and justice Part II: Governing the Energy Transition 7. Energy technologies and innovation 8. National and regional energy policy 9. Global energy governance 10. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis academic, multi-author reference work serves as a general and non-technical resource for students and teachers to understand the importance of energy; to appreciate the influence of energy on societies around the world; to learn the history of energy; and to initiate educational discussion brought forth by the specific social and topical articles presented in the work. SCOPE AND COVERAGE From Alaska to China to Brazil and around the world, energy is the fuel of modern civilization. The United States alone, which constitutes 5 percent of the world's population, consumes 24 percent of the world's energy. Tracing the routes and roots of energy through history, especially since the Industrial Revolution, and explaining the current levels of energy use and production across the globe, this four-volume encyclopaedia will be the definitive reference to essential energy and power information. From ""clean coal"" to oil to windpower, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, the Encyclopedia of Energy is a world round-up of energy-related curricular disciplines, including: history, sociology, environmentalism, public policy, science, engineering, and business. Especially targeted toward high-school students, this outstanding reference work is edited to tie into the high-school curriculum, making the content readily accessible as well to patrons of public, academic, and university libraries. Pedagogical elements include a Topic Finder, Chronology, Resource Guide, Glossary, Appendix, and thorough index. Presented in four volumes in an A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of Energy is richly illustrated with photos, charts, and tables, all comprising a unique resource.

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Book SynopsisRapidly rising carbon emissions from the intense development of Western Canada's fossil fuels continue to aggravate the global climate emergency and destabilize democratic structures. The urgency of the situation demands not only scholarly understanding, but effective action. Regime of Obstruction aims to make visible the complex connections between corporate power and the extraction and use of carbon energy. Edited by William Carroll, this rigorous collection presents research findings from the first three years of the seven-year, SSHRC-funded partnership, the Corporate Mapping Project. Anchored in sociological and political theory, this comprehensive volume provides hard data and empirical research that traces the power and influence of the fossil fuel industry through economics, politics, media, and higher education. Contributors demonstrate how corporations secure popular consent, and coopt, disorganize, or marginalize dissenting perspectives to position the fossil fuel industry as a national public good. They also investigate the difficult position of Indigenous communities who, while suffering the worst environmental and health impacts from carbon extraction, must fight for their land or participate in fossil capitalism to secure income and jobs. The volume concludes with a look at emergent forms of activism and resistance, spurred by the fact that a just energy transition is still feasible. This book provides essential context to the climate crisis and will transform discussions of energy democracy.Contributions by Laurie Adkin, Angele Alook, Clifford Atleo, Emilia Belliveau-Thompson, John Bermingham, Paul Bowles, Gwendolyn Blue, Shannon Daub, Jessica Dempsey, Emily Eaton, Chuka Ejeckam, Simon Enoch, Nick Graham, Shane Gunster, Mark Hudson, Jouke Huizer, Ian Hussey, Emma Jackson, Michael Lang, James Lawson, Marc Lee, Fiona MacPhail, Alicia Massie, Kevin McCartney, Bob Neubauer, Eric Pineault, Lise Margaux Rajewicz, James Rowe, JP Sapinsky, Karena Shaw, and Zoe Yunker.

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Book SynopsisRenewable Resources and Global Challenges brings to focus of the readers the various challenges that are being faced by the resources of energy and other important things in the current world and how even the use of renewable resources is experiencing some difficulties. It gives a deep insight to the readers on the various aspects related to renewable energy resources and how they can be used to produce energy in the future. This book also discusses about the meaning of renewable resources, the various biotic and abiotic resources, the sources instrumental in renewable energy, generation of electricity from renewable energy resources, the issues related to non-renewable energy resources and the technical innovations in renewable resources sector.

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Book SynopsisBenjamin Sovacool and Christopher Jon Cooper have produced an astonishing and well-written book, based on extensive original research in twelve countries. They explore the technical, social, political and economic dimensions of four energy megaprojects. The large scale of megaprojects always appears to complicate the decision-making process and often causes failures. Megaprojects may even reinforce corruption and erode democracy. It highlights that today's experiences can be explained by statements by Aristotle and Einstein who argue, both in their own way, that is always wise to take the limits of size into account and to reduce the size of projects, wherever this is possible. For everybody involved in megaprojects, this book must be read!'- Hugo Priemus, Delft University of Technology, The NetherlandsBased on extensive original research, this book explores the technical, social, political, and economic dimensions of four Asian energy megaprojects: a regional natural gas pipeline network in Southeast Asia, a series of hydroelectric dams on the island of Borneo, an oil pipeline linking Europe with the Caspian Sea, and a very large solar energy array in the Gobi desert.This book investigates why energy megaprojects fail to deliver their promised benefits. It offers the first comprehensive assessment of the complicated dynamics driving - and constraining - megaprojects initiated in the rapid scramble for energy resources and efforts to improve energy security. The authors approach the assessment of megaprojects from a socio-technical angle, emphasizing broad issues of political leadership, regulation, financing, interest group opposition and environmental impact, as well as conventional technological factors such as engineering design and project management.The Governance of Energy Megaprojects will prove insightful for academics concerned about energy policy, energy security, environmental impact and technology assessment. But the book should prove equally compelling to those engaged in the practical management and implementation of large-scale energy projects anywhere in the world.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Understanding Why Energy Megaprojects Fail 3. The Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline Network (TAGP) 4. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Oil Pipeline 5. The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) 6. The Gobitec Solar Array 7. Conclusions Bigger is Blunder IndexTrade ReviewThis is an absorbing read and I found it enlightening. The book delivers a valuable warning against the hubris that may inform large infrastruc-ture projects, and is thus a welcome addition to the growing literature on the varied implications of large infrastructure projects. . . This work will prove of greatest value to governments engaged in large public works projects, large project contractors, and students of regulation. --Christopher L. Atkinson, Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Understanding Why Energy Megaprojects Fail 3. The Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline Network (TAGP) 4. The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) Oil Pipeline 5. The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) 6. The Gobitec Solar Array 7. Conclusions – Bigger is Blunder Index

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Book SynopsisStabilization of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases to safe levels will require, at least in the longer term, some kind of technological revolution. This, in turn, can only be achieved through investments in the research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of carbon-free energy technologies. Innovation under Uncertainty presents original research and insights on the uncertain future of carbon-free energy technologies. The authors, by means of structured interviews with technology experts, portray a probabilistic landscape of future technologies' costs, potentials and limits to diffusion.This book collates the results of interviews with more than a hundred and twenty energy technology experts on a wide range of topics, from the impact of public European RD&D investment on the future cost of different low-carbon energy technologies to issues such as technological and diffusion barriers. The results offer important and concrete insights and recommendations concerning the potential role for public expenditure in innovation to bring clean generation technologies to the market.This unprecedented collection of qualitative and quantitative estimates will be invaluable to academics and policy makers drafting future energy policies, and integrated assessment and energy modelers characterizing the future development of different technological options.Contributors: L. Aleluia, V. Bosetti, M. Bunn, M. Catenacci, L.A. Diaz, G. Fiorese, A. Lee, E. Verdolini,Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Valentina Bosetti, Michela Catenacci, Giulia Fiorese, Elena Verdolini and Laura Aleluia 1. Expert Judgment Elicitation Protocols Michela Catenacci, Valentina Bosetti, Giulia Fiorese and Elena Verdolini 2. The Future Prospect of PV and CSP Solar Technologies Valentina Bosetti, Michela Catenacci, Giulia Fiorese and Elena Verdolini 3. The Power of Biomass: Experts Disclose the Potential for Success of Bioenergy Technologies Giulia Fiorese, Michela Catenacci, Valentina Bosetti and Elena Verdolini 4. Expert Judgments about RD&D and the Future of Nuclear Energy Laura Anadon Diaz, Valentina Bosetti, Matthew Bunn, Michela Catenacci and Audrey Lee 5. Advanced Biofuels: Future Perspectives from an Expert Elicitation Survey Giulia Fiorese, Michela Catenacci, Elena Verdolini and Valentina Bosetti 6. Going Electric: Expert Survey on the Future of Battery Technologies for Electric Vehicles Michela Catenacci, Giulia Fiorese, Elena Verdolini and Valentina Bosetti Index

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Book SynopsisThis extensive Handbook captures a range of expertise and perspectives on the changing geographies and landscapes of energy production, distribution, and use. Combining established and emerging scholarship from across disciplines, the expert contributions provide a broad overview of research frontiers for the changing geographies of energy worldwide. Interdisciplinary in nature and broad in scope, it serves to answer a range of questions and provide the reader with conceptual and methodological foundations. The conversation spans the gamut from smart grids to alternative fuels, discussed in a range of settings from India to Nigeria and from Brazil to North America, highlighting the ways in which new energy technologies and consumer dynamics are changing the way people, places, and the physical world are interconnected through energy systems. In addition to a compendium of regional case studies, the Handbook identifies emerging conceptual and methodological frameworks that help us better understand energy and energy transitions. Unique in scope and breadth, this Handbook's dual purpose as a capsule for existing and emerging geographical perspectives on energy will be of immense value to students and scholars in the social sciences, environmental sciences, and humanities. Policymakers and planners will also benefit from the novel perspectives and the illuminating exploration of geographic information systems, community energy planning, and energy landscapes.Contributors include: J.E. Baka, R.E. Baxter, K. Bickerstaff, M.J. Blair, S. Bouzarovski, G. Bridge, K. Burchell, L. Cabral, K.E. Calvert, V. Castán Broto, D. Chatti, P.M. Connor, E.B. Davis, N. Dusyk, K. Ellegard, C. Enaux, K.-H. Erb, M. Finley-Brook, D. Fitzpatrick, P. Gerber, J.K. Graybill, H. Haberl, J.H. Haggerty, H. Haniotou, C. Harrison, A. Hesse, P. Huang, P. Johnstone, F. Krausmann, P. Le Billon, H. Leck, A. Livino, K. Lo, E.P. Louie, W.E. Mabee, S.M. McCauley, B. Mitchell, D. Mulvaney, M. Niedertscheider, J. Palm, P. Parker, M.J. Pasqualetti, S. Petrova, P. Picchi, E.J. Popke, N. Simcock, H.C.M. Smith, B.D. Solomon, J.D. Stephen, J.C. Stephens, R. Stock, S. Stremke, M.J. Taylor, H. Thomson, M.T. Tolmasquim, D. van der Horst, M.J. Watts, E. Webb, M.D. Woodworth, K.S. ZimmererTrade Review'An intellectual cornucopia for geographers and indeed all others concerned about energy sustainability. Featuring an all-star roster of scholars and covering a mix of interdisciplinary topics spanning energy fuels, landscapes, justice, politics, and ecology, it belongs on the bookshelf of every energy analyst.' --Benjamin K. Sovacool, University of Sussex, UK and Aarhus University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: energy and the geographical traditions Barry D. Solomon and Kirby E. Calvert PART 1 FUELS 2. Energy for the world’s kitchens: biomass for survival in the past, present, and future Matthew J. Taylor 3. Bedrock of modernity: coal and its uses past and present Max D. Woodworth 4. The politics of oil in the Anthropocene Philippe Le Billon and Gavin Bridge 5. A horse that has left the barn: expanding geographies of natural gas Julia H. Haggerty 6. Exploring nuclear geographies: from uranium mine to waste facility Philip Johnstone 7. The changing geographies of biorefining Kirby E. Calvert, Jamie D. Stephen, M. Jean Blair, Laura Cabral, Ryan E. Baxter and Warren E. Mabee 8. Alternative transportation fuels: pathways to new geographies Ethan B. Davis and Kirby E. Calvert PART II ENERGIES 9. Hydropower’s fluid geographies Mary Finley-Brook 10. Geographical dimensions of wind power Martin J. Pasqualetti and Barry D. Solomon 11. Geographies of solar power Dustin Mulvaney 12. Geography of geothermal energy technologies Edward P. Louie and Barry D. Solomon 13. Geography of marine renewable energy technologies Peter M. Connor and Helen C.M. Smith PART III ENERGY CONSUMPTION: SECTORS AND END USE 14. Residential energy consumption from a time-geographic perspective Jenny Palm and Kajsa Ellegård 15. Energy efficiency programs in China Kevin Lo 16. Energy and transportation: the need for an energy transition Christophe Enaux, Philippe Gerber and Helene Haniotou 17. Changing human geographies of the electricity grid: shifts of power and control in the renewable energy transition Stephen M. McCauley and Jennie C. Stephens PART IV CHANGING LANDSCAPES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND USE 18. Energy landscapes of less than two degrees global warming Dan van der Horst 19. Europe’s energy geographies Harriet Thomson and Stefan Bouzarovski 20. Nodes, networks and inefficiency: understanding Russia’s energy landscapes Jessica K. Graybill 21. Changing geographies of energy in North America Warren E. Mabee, Laura Cabral and Emma Webb 22. Brazil’s energy outlook Mauricio T. Tolmasquim and Angela Livino 23. Energy disparities and (under)development in sub-Saharan Africa Robert Stock 24. Oil worlds: life and death in Nigeria’s petro-state Michael J. Watts 25. India’s energy geographies: a critical introduction Deepti Chatti 26. Co-designing energy landscapes: application of participatory mapping and geographic information systems in the exploration of low carbon futures Sven Stremke and Paolo Picchi 27. Urban energy transitions: spatial organization, political contestations and urban governance Ping Huang and Vanesa Castán Broto 28. Global energy transitions: a long-term socioeconomic metabolism perspective Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb, Fridolin Krausmann and Maria Niedertscheider PART V ENERGY AT THE NEXUS 29. Energy, water & food: towards a critical nexus approach Hayley Leck, Daniel Fitzpatrick and Kevin Burchell 30. Energy poverty and vulnerability: a geographic perspective Neil Simcock and Saska Petrova 31. Geographies of energy justice: concepts, challenges and an emerging agenda Karen Bickerstaff 32. Governance at the intersection of health and energy Arielle Hesse PART VI LOOKING FORWARD: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES IN ENERGY GEOGRAPHIES 33. The Political and social ecologies of energy Karl S. Zimmerer 34. Political-industrial ecologies of energy Jennifer E. Baka 35. Critical energy geographies Conor Harrison and E. Jeffrey Popke 36. Community energy: diverse, dynamic, political Nichole Dusyk 37. Energy geography: adopting and adapting resource management perspectives Bruce Mitchell and Paul Parker Index

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Book SynopsisRegulating Shale Gas discusses the regulatory context of shale gas in the European Union and draws conclusions on the EU's broader approach towards the regulation of new technologies. Providing the first dedicated examination of the overall regulatory context of shale gas in the EU, Leonie Reins reveals how the EU's new constitutional setup after the Lisbon Treaty has complicated rather than facilitated the EU's quest for a common energy policy. Shale gas has already transformed the energy outlook in the United States, but despite high expectations, exploration has failed to take off fully in the EU. This book investigates the reasons for this failure, as well as other related developments impacting both energy and environmental law, by highlighting the essential elements of coherent regulation of technologies. It further analyses other cross-cutting issues relating to the environmental and energy supply security challenges and offers insights into the regulation of the different sectors and the most topical developments. The regulation of shale gas is set to become an increasingly important issue, receiving attention of energy and environmental legal scholars, politicians and industry worldwide. This book will also appeal to legal practitioners seeking expertise in the law and policy of shale gas extraction in the EU.Trade Review'In this book, Dr. Leonie Reins skillfully analyzes EU shale gas regulation, and compares it to the regulation of carbon capture and storage and nanotechnology. In addition, she masterfully places shale gas regulation in the context of the EU energy policy. Rather than limiting herself to identifying deficiencies, Dr. Reins moves carefully through the regulatory and policy maze, with much eye for detail and nuance, to develop an insightful legal and policy account. Interestingly, she believes that a new regulatory 'principle of conservatism' may be in the making, which would provide the EU with 'an excuse for regulation.' Irrespective of whether that is true, there is no excuse for not reading her intriguing analysis.' --Lucas Bergkamp, Hunton & Williams LLPTable of ContentsContents: I: Introduction – A Research Agenda for Shale Gas in the European Union 2. In Search of the Legal Basis for Energy and Environmental Regulation at the EU Level: The Case of Unconventional Gas Extraction and its Impacts on a Common European Energy Policy 3. Regulation of Technology Versus Technology of Regulation – Risk and Regulatory Design of “New” Technologies in the European Union- Lessons for and from Shale Gas 4. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisResource security is a new battleground in the international politics of the Asia-Pacific. With demand for minerals and energy surging, disputes are emerging over access and control of scarce natural resource endowments. Drawing on critical insights from political economy, this book explains why resources have emerged as a source of inter-state conflict in the region. Jeffrey Wilson shows how resources have emerged as a new cause of tension between key regional powers, including China, Japan, Indonesia, Russia and the United States. He focuses on three in-depth case studies of contemporary resource conflicts in Asia; the regional scramble for oil and gas, the 'iron ore war' between Australia and China, and the threat of rare earth minerals to economic and military security. International Resource Politics in Asia-Pacific will appeal to students and academics of international political economy, international relations and Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policymakers, practitioners, managers and analysts of the Asia-Pacific region.Trade Review'Few topics will be of greater importance to countries in the Asia-Pacific region in the coming decades than resource security. In this meticulously researched book, Jeffrey Wilson provides a comprehensive investigation of resource politics in the region, arguing persuasively that these are best explained through understanding the domestic and international factors that lead to the securitisation of resource issues.' --John Ravenhill, University of Waterloo, Canada'Jeffrey Wilson's book masterfully explains how domestic interests and economic imperatives combine in securitizing resource politics in the Asia-Pacific. The book is theoretically intriguing, extremely rich in its empirical analysis, and an excellent read. A must-have for scholars of international security and anyone interested in the emerging epicenter of global resource politics.' --Andreas Goldthau, Royal Holloway University of London, UK'Jeffrey Wilson should be congratulated for having produced an extremely impressive manuscript on a timely topic that is garnering ever more attention. Academics have perhaps been less quick than political commentators to catch on to the significance of international resource politics in the Asia-Pacific region, but here Wilson blazes a trail for IPE scholars who hope to get to grips with the issue. His book provides a compelling account of what is at stake when insatiable wants meet finite resources.' --Matthew Watson, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Part I: International resource politics in the Asia-PacificChapter 1. Introduction: Asia-Pacific resource politics between boom and crisis?1 2. Natural resources in international politics? Part II: Governmental approaches to resource security in the Asia-Pacific 3. Consumer politics – resource mercantilism? 4. Producer politics – resource nationalism? 5. Regional politics – soft law cooperation? Part III: International resource conflicts in the Asia-PacificChapter 6. The Northeast Asian scramble for resource? 7. The Australia-China iron ore war? 8. Securitising rare earth minerals? Part IV: Regional resource futures 9. Conclusion: Asia-Pacific resource politics from boom to bust? Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Chen Gang examines the real-world effectiveness of China's approach to the promotion of green technologies and practices, and discusses the political landscape in which it is situated.Politics of Renewable Energy in China questions the wisdom of hailing China as a model for authoritarian environmental governance with an up-to-date examination of the subject. It provides readers with a thorough and timely account of recent developments in China's low-carbon energy industries. Disclosing how energy interest groups are lobbying members of central government, and shedding light on disputes between pro-development and pro-environmental groups, this book explores the ideological and bureaucratic inconsistency and confusion which surrounds China's environmental policies. Emphasizing China's renewable energy policies, related enforcement issues and local political concerns over wind and solar generation, this book examines the extent to which China's centralised, top down approach has been effective in ensuring local actors reach policy targets.This up-to-date account of recent developments in Chinese low-carbon industries will be useful for readers with an interest in China's model of renewable energy industries, in particular students of Chinese and international politics. It will also be a valuable tool for researchers and professors of public and environmental policy, Chinese and climate studies.Trade Review'This book presents a solid reflection on a range of core topics which not only relate to the processes of, and interactions with, politics in energy markets, but more fundamentally that it outlines key players and institutions as well as many major evolutions of recent Chinese energy policy. The book usefully draws together a core summary of key evolutions in Chinese energy policy, and reflects on issues pertaining to the political economy of energy markets - a subject area one might argue is due a renewal in the academic literature.' -- David C Broadstock, Economics of Energy & Environmental PolicyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. China’s Mercantile Strategy to Boost Renewable Sectors 3. Central Authorities’ Top-down Approach of Promoting Renewable Energy 4. Challenges from the Local: Geographic and Industrial Barriers 5. Interest Groups and the Bureaucracy 6. Disputes over How to Go Low-Carbon 7. Five-Year Plans and Energy Policy Priorities 8. Discussion: Energy Policy Priorities in a Fragmented Authoritarian State 9. Conclusion: Policy Priorities Reshaped by Central–Local Relationship and Interest Groups Index

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Book SynopsisThis crucial Handbook investigates an urgent area for policy-makers, academia and industries alike: the circular economy. International experts on the subject bring together the latest thinking on this critical global issue.Providing a comprehensive overview of the mechanisms and consequences of the circular economy, as well as its limitations, it raises important questions concerning how the world should proceed when non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels and minerals, are being depleted and the environment is struggling to cope with the waste and emissions of unsustainable production and consumption systems. Contributors explore a broad range of themes, such as new sustainable production and consumption systems, new design requirements, recycling systems, new business models and the social impacts of the circular economy, while also consolidating the many ways in which the topic has been dealt with in research, business and policy-making.Shedding light on a concept that has become increasingly relevant during the last decade, the Handbook of the Circular Economy is essential reading for students, academics and policy-makers trying to make sense of the plethora of ways in which the term has been applied and interpreted.Trade Review'In the present tsunami of new publications on the circular economy, this book sticks out through the broad analysis with regard to topics and regions covered by case studies. Let us hope that the book will motivate managers, policy-makers, educators, material scientists and economists to look at the present slowdown as a facilitator to change course towards a more sustainable and resilient society, towards a circular economy.' -- Walter R. Stahel, Product-Life Institute Geneva, Switzerland and University of Surrey, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Janez Potocnik and Julia Okatz xv 1 Introduction and overview 1 Miguel Brandão, David Lazarevic and Göran Finnveden PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 2 The circular economy: a strategy to reconcile economic and environmental objectives? 8 David Lazarevic and Miguel Brandão 3 The circular economy as a complex adaptive system 28 Jouni Korhonen 4 The role of design as a barrier to and enabler of the circular economy 39 Deborah Andrews 5 Industrial symbiosis networks: application of the circular economy for resource efficiency 50 Michael Martin 6 Product service systems: business models towards a circular economy 61 Sofia Lingegård 7 Consumers in the circular economy 74 Juana Camacho-Otero, Vivian S.C. Tunn, Lucy Chamberlin and Casper Boks PART II ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY 8 Material flow analysis of recycling systems 89 Sarah Schmidt and David Laner 9 An element flow analysis approach to support the circular economy 99 Rajib Sinha, Rafael Laurenti, Jagdeep Singh and Björn M. Frostell 10 Modelling material recycling in life cycle assessment: how sensitive are results to the available methods? 116 Tomas Ekvall and Miguel Brandão 11 Environmental economic assessment of novel circular economy and bioeconomy technologies 137 Mikael Skou Andersen and Louise Martinsen 12 Integrated sustainability assessment of a circular economy 147 Kristian Skånberg, Anders Wijkman, Mårten Berglund, Göran Finnveden and Miguel Brandão 13 Sex, drugs and the circular economy: the social impacts of the circular economy and how to measure them 162 Kati Pitkänen, Tiina Kaisa Maria Karppinen, Petrus Kautto, Sara Turunen, Jachym Judl and Tuuli Myllymaa 14 Why and how actors and organizations need to be integrated into a systems-level monitoring for a sustainable circular economy 176 Dominik Wiedenhofer, Stefan Pauliuk, Andreas Mayer, Doris Virág and Willi Haas 15 Circular economy rebound 194 Jason Maier, Roland Geyer and Trevor Zink PART III GOVERNING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 16 Between a policy mix and a policy mess: policy instruments and instrumentation for the circular economy 207 Petrus Kautto and David Lazarevic 17 The missing link: regulating waste-based materials in the circular economy 224 Topi Turunen 18 Building ecologies of circular intermediaries 235 Jack Barrie and Wisdom Kanda 19 Transforming business models: towards a sufficiency-based circular economy 250 Nancy M.P. Bocken and Samuel W. Short 20 Putting circular ambitions into action: the case of Accus, a small Swedish sign company 266 Hervé Corvellec, Maira Babri and Herman I. Stål 21 From waste management to natural capital management in the circular economy 278 Graham Aid and David Lazarevic 22 Refurbishing the ‘circular economy’ concept in Russia: from industrial policy towards innovation by co-creation 293 Darya Gerasimenko, Ekaterina Markelova and Raisa Momot 23 The circular economy at the heart of French sustainable public policies: what are the consequences? 307 Nicolas Buclet 24 How Portugal is applying the circular challenge 315 Carlos Borrego, Sandra Rafael, Sílvia Coelho, Bruno Augusto, Afonso Silva, Johnny Reis, Ana Isabel Miranda and Myriam Lopes PART IV SECTORAL AND BUSINESS CASE STUDIES 25 What circular economy measures fit what kind of product? 327 Anne-Marie Tillman, Siri Willskytt, Daniel Böckin, Hampus André and Maria Ljunggren Söderman 26 Circular manufacturing systems 343 Amir Rashid, Malvina Roci and Farazee M.A. Asif 27 The circular nutrient economy: needs and potentials of nutrient recycling 358 Helena Valve, Petri Ekholm and Sari Luostarinen 28 Understanding forest-based value creation in a regional context 369 Antje Klitkou 29 Bioenergy in the circular economy 382 Annette Cowie 30 Do bioenergy, bioeconomy and circular economy systems mitigate climate change? Insights from life cycle assessment 396 Miguel Brandão 31 Straw wars – a consequential saga: the life cycle climate change consequences of replacing plastic with paper 410 Simon Hoge and Miguel Brandão 32 Circularity in the built environment: a call for a paradigm shift 425 Tove Malmqvist, Alice Moncaster, Freja Rasmussen and Harpa Birgisdóttir 33 Implementation of a circular economy at universities 439 Joan Manuel F. Mendoza, Alejandro Gallego-Schmid and Adisa Azapagic 34 A life cycle perspective on the environmental aspects of complex, emerging resource recovery systems: the case of bauxite residue 452 P. James Joyce and Anna Björklund 35 Urban mining: on the potential and multifaceted challenges of facilitating recycling of wire-based city infrastructure 465 Joakim Krook, Björn Wallsten, Niclas Svensson and Stefan Anderberg PART V PROSPECTS 36 Beyond the consumer: enlarging the role of the citizen in the circular economy 479 Kersty Hobson 37 Managing the transition to the circular economy 491 Patrizia Ghisellini and Sergio Ulgiati 38 Prospects for the circular economy and conclusions 505 Miguel Brandão, David Lazarevic and Göran Finnveden Index 515

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Book SynopsisThis illuminating book analyses energy transitions, carbon dioxide emissions and the security of energy supply in Mediterranean countries. Unpacking the history of energy transitions, from coal to oil and natural gas, and from non-renewable to renewable energy sources, Silvana Bartoletto offers a comparative approach to the major trends in energy consumption, production, trade and security in Mediterranean countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Chapters illustrate the key similarities and differences between Mediterranean countries that have influenced energy supply and consumption patterns. Tracing economic convergence in the last century and highlighting its impact on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, this timely book offers critical insights into the problems of energy dependency and security in areas of political turmoil, as well as crucial insights into the future of the energy crisis. It concludes with a look to the future of energy consumption in the age of climate change and the slow but critical transition to renewable sources. Enlightening and provocative, this book is key reading for scholars of political science and economics engaged with energy production and consumption, as well as those studying climate change. Its historical insights and overview of significant energy trends will also be useful for policymakers and climate scientists.Trade Review'The Mediterranean region has been a crossroads for economic, political and cultural influences for centuries. This pivotal role intensified with the discovery of oil in the Middle East. Now, with the pressure for economies to decarbonise and the collapse in the cost of generating solar power, a new chapter in its history is emerging. Bartoletto draws on her deep knowledge of the history of energy markets and policies in Mediterranean countries to produce a stimulating, timely and important book. Focussing on issues of fuel production, supply security and energy transitions, Bartoletto identifies the key transformations, tensions and inequalities in the region's energy systems over the last two centuries, with a view to informing how they will play out in the next few decades. This book is essential reading for all analysts and scholars concerned about the history and geography of energy markets and policies, and about the evolving role of the Mediterranean region in the global economy.' --Roger Fouquet, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Economy and energy in Mediterranean countries 2. Price dynamics, production and trade 3. Past and present of energy security in Mediterranean countries 4. Energy transitions and energy efficiency 5. Renewables and CO2 emissions Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book analyses the status of hydrocarbon energy in Russia as both a saleable commodity and as a source of societal and political power. Through empirical studies in domestic and foreign policy contexts, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen explores the development of a hydrocarbon culture in Russia and the impact this has on its politics, identity and approach to climate change and renewable energy. Cogent and compelling, this book demonstrates how the Russian state leverages its oil and gas reserves in order to create and maintain power both domestically and internationally. Tynkkynen uses empirical studies of key topics such as the national gas programme Gazprom, the Arctic, climate discourse and anthropogenic climate change denial, and the Russia-Finland energy trade to critically examine the situation. The book concludes with a convincing argument for the potential of renewable energy to build a more resilient and sustainable future for Russia and how this might be achieved. This will prove crucial reading for scholars and students of Russian and Eastern European studies and energy and environmental studies, as well as geographers, anthropologists and political scientists. Those working in governments, international organizations and corporations with an interest in Russian energy will also find its insights useful.Trade Review'With a geographer's eye for the importance of space and an eclectic theoretical toolkit, Tynkkynen provides fresh insights into the workings of hydrocarbon culture in Russia. This book's analyses of the relationships between Russia s dependence on fossil fuels and the science of climate change is especially interesting, not least because Tynkkynen offers his own perspectives--and concrete recommendations--on what it will take for Russia to move beyond hydrocarbon culture and embrace a renewable energy future.' --Douglas Rogers, Yale University, US'This fascinating journey through Russia's energy politics is a great read for those interested in Russia's political developments and priorities. The book offers carefully documented insights into energy politics. At the same time, the broader picture - foreign policy consequences, challenges in the Arctic, prospects of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the country's future ''green economy'' - is always clearly and engagingly in view.' --Elana Wilson Rowe, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway'In this book, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen provides a well-informed perspective on Russia as an energy superpower. Russia presents a formidable obstacle to efforts to tackle climate change, since its dependence on fossil fuels has become deeply entrenched in its domestic political institutions and foreign policy. However, by pointing to Russia's forestry resources and potential as a ''green superpower'', Tynkkynen does show a possible way forward.' --Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction – hydrocarbon culture amidst a changing climate 2. Russia’s energy via a spatial prism – energy flows in a mycelium of power 3. Energy as domestic power – the case of Gazifikatsiya Rossii 4. Energy as international power – the case of Russian–Finnish energy trade 5. The national taboo of hydrocarbon culture – changing the Arctic environment 6. The global taboo of hydrocarbon culture – “There is no climate change” 7. The climate is changing Russia – from a hydrocarbon to an ecological culture References Index

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Book SynopsisThe energy transition is fundamentally transforming geopolitics, with renewable energy and other decarbonization options reshaping existing energy markets, trade flows, and energy security strategies. What new opportunities and challenges await us? Will it pacify global energy relations or bring a perilous transition?This comprehensive Handbook discusses the geopolitical implications of the energy transition. The first part summarizes established insights and delivers suitable notions and analytical frameworks to investigate the phenomenon. Subsequent parts then provide a detailed and comparative overview of the geopolitics of the energy transition from different perspectives: expectations, technologies, and countries. Combined, the chapters provide a quintessential starting point for scholars and practitioners and prepare them for changes to come.The Handbook of the Geopolitics on the Energy Transition is essential for students of politics, geography, environmental studies and international relations seeking to grasp the present circumstances of renewable energy geopolitics. It also benefits policy makers working in sectors such as energy and foreign policy.Trade Review‘This volume helps readers understand the complex and deeply interconnected aspects of the myriad global energy transitions taking place. The impressive contributions help us better grapple with the geopolitical aspects of global energy systems that are rapidly changing. An indispensable volume.’ -- Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines, US‘Daniel Scholten’s impressive edited volume has brought together a distinguished group of authors to consider how net zero policies will reshape geopolitics. The authors offer us theoretical and empirical insights into how a geopolitical world dominated by fossil fuels will be altered by serious climate policies. This is an important book for anyone who wants to understand the potential political consequences of the energy transition.’ -- Michael Pollitt, University of Cambridge, UK‘This Handbook is an important and original contribution to the geopolitics of energy at a critical juncture in global history. An international collection of researchers examines the longer-term implications of the rise of renewable energy and decline of fossil fuels from a wide array of lenses, addressing crucial questions on the energy system and its supply chain, energy security and energy justice in key global regions. This Handbook is an indispensable guide to this complex and necessary transformation.’ -- Roger Fouquet, National University of Singapore‘The world faces a climate emergency, and we find ourselves thrown into an energy security and affordability crisis. This volume provides an indispensable guide to the geopolitical challenges associated with transforming the global energy system. It brings together an impressive team of researchers from multiple disciplines from across the globe.’ -- Michael Bradshaw, University of Warwick, UK‘This impressive volume is the ideal starting point for anyone interested in the geopolitics of the energy transition. It brings together most of the top experts on this topic and covers every part of the globe, all renewable energy sources and both opportunities and challenges related to the energy transition.’BR> -- Indra Overland, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), NorwayTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: the geopolitics of the energy transition 1 Daniel Scholten PART I ENERGY GEOPOLITICS AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION 2 Geopolitics, geoeconomics and energy security in an age of transition towards renewables 20 David Criekemans 3 Energy systems – making energy services available 44 Aad Correljé 4 The political history of fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas in global perspective 67 Per Högselius 5 The facts and figures of the energy transition 84 Dolf Gielen and Francisco Boshell 6 US–China rivalry and its impact on the energy transformation: difficult cooperation fraught with dilemmas 107 Jacopo Maria Pepe, Julian Grinschgl, and Kirsten Westphal PART II TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK: THE GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION 7 Transition to renewable energy and the reshaping of consumer–producer power relations 125 Kamila Pronińska 8 The geopolitics of energy transportation and carriers: from fossil fuels to electricity and hydrogen 141 Karen Smith Stegen, Julia Kusznir, and Cäcilia Riederer 9 Industrial competition – who is winning the renewable energy race? 158 Thomas Sattich and Stella Huang 10 Barrels, booms, and busts: the future of petrostates in a decarbonizing world 183 Thijs Van de Graaf 11 Critical materials – new dependencies and resource curse? 197 Emmanuel Hache, Gondia Sokhna Seck, Fernanda Guedes, and Charlene Barnet 12 Changing energy systems and markets from the ground up – citizens, cooperatives and cities 217 Colin Nolden 13 Exploring the geopolitical impacts of energy justice: an interdisciplinary research agenda 232 Christine Milchram and Morena Skalamera 14 The politics of sustainability: energy efficiency, carbon pricing, and the circular economy 247 Michaël Aklin and Patrick Bayer PART III NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW INTERDEPENDENCIES 15 Solar powers – renewables and sustainable development around the world or geostrategic competition? 264 Thomas Sattich, Stephen Agyare, and Oluf Langhelle 16 Wind energy – experiences with onshore and offshore projects 282 Yaroslava Marusyk 17 A new life for old giants: hydropower and geothermal 300 Victor R. Vasquez 18 The potential of biomass 334 Joana Portugal-Pereira, Francielle Carvalho, Régis Rathmann, Alexandre Szklo, Pedro Rochedo, and Roberto Schaeffer 19 Hydrogen as carbon-free energy carrier and commodity 351 Ad van Wijk 20 A new hope for nuclear? 372 Elina Brutschin PART IV RECALIBRATING ENERGY, INDUSTRY, FOREIGN, AND SECURITY POLICY 21 US defense strategy: forging an industrial orientation towards energy security and foreign policy 388 Amy Myers Jaffe 22 The EU’s external energy governance in the age of the energy transition 404 Marco Giuli and Sebastian Oberthür 23 China and the geopolitics of the energy transition 420 Duncan Freeman 24 The India story: ensuring energy access, security, justice, and sustainability for a fifth of humanity 431 Shuva Raha, Nandini Harihar, and Tulika Gupta 25 Energy transition dynamics in Southeast Asia 449 Muhamad Izham Abd Shukor, Nurjuanis Zara Zainuddin, and Noor Miza Razali 26 A renewable power in waiting? Australia’s changing energy geopolitics 468 Christian Downie 27 The global energy transition and Russian structural power: scenarios and strategic options 483 Filippos Proedrou 28 Geopolitical challenges of renewable energy adoption in MENA 498 Emre Hatipoglu, Aisha Al-Sarihi, and Brian Efird 29 Energy transformation and energy challenges in sub-Saharan African countries: a new paradigm for the 21st century? 513 Gondia Sokhna Seck, Emmanuel Hache, Edi Assoumou, and Rebecca Martin 30 Renewable energies in Latin America: resources, public policies, and geopolitics 535 Gonzalo Escribano, Lara Lázaro, and Eva Pardo Index 551

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