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Future Energy: Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet, Third Edition provides scientists and decision-makers with the knowledge they need to understand the relative importance and magnitude of various energy production methods in order to make the energy decisions necessary for sustaining development and dealing with climate change. The third edition of Future Energy looks at the present energy situation and extrapolates to future scenarios related to global warming and the increase of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition contains over 40 chapters on all aspects of future energy, with each chapter updated and expanded by expert scientists and engineers in their respective fields.
Contents
Part I Introduction
1. Introduction with a Focus on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
Part II FOSSIL FUELS (ENERGY SOURCES)
2. Coal: Past, Present and Future Sustainable Use
3. Unconventional Oil and Gas: Oilsands
4. Shale Gas, Tight Oil, Shale Oil and Hydraulic Fracturing
5. Coal bed Methane: Reserves, Production, and Future Outlook
6. Natural Gas Hydrates: Status of Potential as an Energy Resource
Part III NUCLEAR POWER (ENERGY SOURCES)
7. Nuclear Fission- new Generation Reactors
8. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Part IV TRANSPORT ENERGY (ENERGY SOURCES)
9. Biofuels for Transport
10. Transport Fuel: Biomass-, coal-, gas- and waste-to-liquids processes
11. The Electric Vehicle Revolution
Part V ENERGY STORAGE
12. The use of Batteries in Storing Electricity
13. The use of Flow Batteries in Storing Electricity for National Grids
14. Compressed Air Energy Storage
Part VI RENEWABLES (ENERGY SOURCES)
15. Hydroelectric Power
16. Wind Energy
17. Tidal Current Energy: Origins and challenges
18. Solar Energy - Photovoltaics, including new technologies (thin film) and a discussion on panel efficiency
19. Concentrating Solar Power
20. Geothermal Energy
21. Energy from Biomass
Part VII NEW POSSIBLE ENERGY OPTIONS
22. Hydrogen: An Energy Carrier
23. Fuel Cells: Energy Conversion Technology
24. Space Solar
25. Nuclear Fusion
26. Synthetic Fuel Development
Part VIII ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED ISSUES
27. Energy and the Environment
28. Sustainable Energy and Energy Efficient Technologies
Part IX THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE TRANSITION TO THE FUTURE
29. The Life Cycle Assessment of various Energy Technologies
30. Integration of high penetrations of intermittent renewable generation in future electricity networks, using storage
31. Carbon Capture and Storage
32. Energy Options and Predictions for China
33. Metals and Elements needed to support Future Energy
34. A Global Overview of Future Energy



