Nick Jenkins (Cardiff University Professor of Renewable Energy)

Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Energy supply is foundational to modern society, but damaging to the environment. This book takes a 'systems view', from extraction of primary fuel, through conversion to usable energy, and transportation to point of use. It explores initiatives to generate electricity in an environmentally benign manner, and decarbonise the supply of energy.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 173mm x 114mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 126g
• ISBN-13: 9780198813927
• ISBN-10: 0198813929
• Artikelnr.: 55749641

Autorenporträt

Nick Jenkins is Professor of Renewable Energy at Cardiff University. Before moving to academia in 1992, his career included 14 years of industrial experience, 5 years of which were spent in developing countries. In his current position, he has developed teaching and research activities in electrical power engineering and renewable energy. He is a Distinguished Member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE), and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Learned Society of Wales. He is also the co-author of a number of titles, including Wind Energy Handbook (Wiley, 2011), and Renewable Energy Engineering (Cambridge University Press, 2016). From 2009-2011 he was the Shimizu Visiting Professor to the Atmosphere and Energy Program at Stanford University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Energy systems
2: Fossil fuels
3: Electricity systems
4: Nuclear power
5: Renewable energy systems
6: Future energy systems
Further reading
Index