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Full Description
This book explains the challenges related to global energy transition, focusing on decarbonization, renewable technologies, and sustainable mobility. It offers a comprehensive exploration of integrated socio-economic, environmental, and technological perspectives and provides actionable solutions and practical pathways for transitioning to sustainable energy systems. Designed to be used in short academic courses, this textbook is an excellent foundational text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and environmental sciences taking specialized courses in energy systems, renewable technologies, climate change mitigation, and environmental impacts. It is also a great resource for professionals and policy makers involved in energy projects.
Features:
Offers an interdisciplinary approach to energy transitions combining theoretical frameworks with practical applications.
Explores the full spectrum of energy systems, comparing conventional to renewable sources, energy vectors, and energy-storage technologies.
Incorporates real-world data from leading institutions and integrates key historical milestones like the Paris Agreement with forward-looking trends.
Highlights cutting-edge innovations, including solar and wind energy, hydrogen, energy-storage systems, synthetic fuels, and smart grids, and emphasizes their integration into energy systems and sustainable mobility solutions.
Bridges the gap between socio-economic, environmental, and technological perspectives.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Contents
Part I: Energy Transition: History, Issues, Policies and Pathways, KETs. I.1. Sustainable Development. I.2. Energy Systems. I.3. Energy Dependency. I.4. Energy Sources' Exhaustibility. I.5. Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming. I.6. Global Warming Effects and Related Issues. I.7. Decarbonization Policies Design - The Kaya Identity. I.8. Decarbonization Pathways. I.9. Small Space-Time Scale Environmental Impacts. I.10. Energy Transition to Sustainable Energy Systems. I.11. Key Enabling Technologies for Energy Sources Conversion. I.12. Sustainable Choice of Energy Carriers. I.13. Key Enabling Technologies for Final Energy Uses. Part II: Sustainable Energy Sources: Characteristics, Key Conversion Technologies. II.1. Sustainable Energy Sources' Characteristics. II.2. Solar Energy. II.3. Wind Energy. II.4. Hydro Energy. II.5. Geothermal Energy. II.6. Biomass, Biofuels, and e-Fuels. Part III: Sustainable Mobility: Section Evolution, Propulsion Systems. III.1. Sustainable Mobility Issues. III.2. Vehicular Energy Power Requirements. III.3. ICEs and Their Local and Global Impact. III.4. Alternative Fuels for ICEs. III.5. Vehicle Electrification. III.6. Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs). III.7. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). III.8. Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs).
