The Power Makers' Challenge And the Need for Fission Energy /

• Main Author: Nicholson, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Power electronics.; Energy industries.; Nuclear engineering.; Economic history.; Energy Economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Nuclear Engineering.

The Power Makers - the producers of our electricity - must meet the demands of their customers while also addressing the threat of climate change. There are widely differing views about solutions to electricity generation in an emission constrained world. Some see the problem as relatively straight...

Table of Contents:

• What is Electricity?
• Faraday’s Miracle
• Poles and Wires
• The Balancing Act
• Dollars and Cents
• The Carbon Challenge.-  Many Options
• Nature’s Curse
• Nature’s Saviours
• Storing Electricity
• Smoke and Mirrors
• Why Clean Coal?
• Baseload Alternatives
• Fission Not Combustion
• Safety First
• More Smoke and Mirrors
• Is Fission Really Necessary?
• The Next Generation of Fission
• Variable Loads Are Here to Stay
• Cost Matters
• Distributed Generation and Storage
• Smart Grids
• Electric Transport
• Summing It All Up.