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Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction [#620]
Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction [#620]

Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction [#620]

Author: 
Nick Jenkins
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  • Offers an accessible overview of how we get the energy we use every day
  • Describes the main fuels used and how they are transported, converted into electricity, and distributed
  • Considers the environmental impact of our current reliance on fossil fuels
  • Examines the role of renewable energy systems today and looks to greener, low-carbon energy systems for the future

          
Modern societies require energy systems to provide energy for cooking, heating, transport, and materials processing, as well as for electricity generation. Energy systems include the primary fuel, its conversion, and transport to the point of use. In many cases this primary fuel is still a fossil fuel, a one-use resource derived from a finite supply within our planet, causing considerable damage to the environment. After 300 years of increasing reliance on fossil fuels, particularly coal, it is becoming ever clearer that the present energy systems need to change.
           
In this Very Short Introduction Nick Jenkins explores our historic investment in the exploitation of fossil energy resources and their current importance, and discusses the implications of our increasing rate of energy use. He considers the widespread acceptance by scientists and policy makers that our energy systems must reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, and looks forward to the radical changes in fuel technology that will be necessary to continue to provide energy supplies in a sustainable manner, and extend access across the developing world. Considering the impact of changing to an environmentally benign and low-carbon energy system, Jenkins also looks at future low-carbon energy systems which would use electricity from a variety of renewable energy sources, as well as the role of nuclear power in our energy use.

Index: 

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

Further reading
Index

About the author: 

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.

Product details

ISBN : 9780198813927

Author: 
Nick Jenkins
Pages
160 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Nov 2019
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction [#620]

Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction [#620]

Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction [#620]