文档介绍：including new text, diagrams and tables, with entire new sections that refl ect the signifi cant
technologies, using relevant case studies and providing a vital link between technology and
the developed and developing worlds; an outline of developments in the built environment
economy. The result is a unique introduction and guide to all the vital issues within energy
provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental
related policy issues. The new edition has prehensively developed and updated,
‘An essential and salutary read for those who want an informed energy debate.’
University, UK. Dr Geoff O’Brien is a senior lecturer at Northumbria University. Professor
Nicola Pearsall is the Director of Northumbria Photovoltaics Applications Centre (NPAC)
Following the ess of its predecessor, this second edition of The Future of Energy Use
New material includes: a stronger focus on climate change policy and energy security; a
discussion of the long run marginal costs of oil; coverage of the biofuels debate in both
Publishing for a sustainable future
Earthscan strives to minimize its impact on the environment Energy / Economics
and group leader for the Energy Systems and Materials research group in the School of
of nuclear waste, storage and proliferation, and new material on microgeneration and
‘This is prehensive global overview of the immediate and medium-term
Professor of economic development and environmental management at Northumbria
It reviews policy shifts with relation to energy effi ciency, carbon capture and storage,
(including transport issues); and the relationship between behaviour and energy use.
combined heat and power, bined cycle gas turbines. There is new coverage
Phil O’Keefe is Director of ETC UK, a not-for-profi t anization, and
biofuels, as well as essential new information on carbon markets and the hydrogen
and social impacts. It examines convention