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  title info:
    title: Low-Carbon Energy in Africa and Latin America
    sub title: Renewable Technologies, Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy
  name:
    name part: Guerrero-Lemus, Ricardo.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Shephard, Les E.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXVI, 369 p. 182 illus., 178 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book offers a comprehensive overview of energy sectors in emerging African and Latin American nations, providing a one-stop source of information and analysis of energy sectors that differ radically from those of developed countries. It focuses on how indigenous energy sources can be used within a systems framework to enhance each nation’s economic prosperity, secure their energy future and reduce global carbon emissions. It begins by examining the current energy trends in Africa and Latin America, and the constraints that current practices place on meeting future energy needs. Further chapters present a deeper analyses of each technology adapted to these regions and a description of 94 selected case examples recently published in the scientific literature (2014-2016) and covering almost all countries to highlight energy experiences that could serve as engines for developing low-carbon energy technologies across the two regions. These issues are elucidated by a large number of illustrations and tables to offer valuable insights into the topics and technologies discussed. The book enables students, researchers and professionals in energy to better understand the energy context in Africa and Latin America, and helps define strategies for supporting these regions in introducing low-carbon energy technologies that supplement indigenous sources in a manner that enhances long-term economic prosperity. It is also intended for consulting companies and government agencies involved in the energy sector, as well as environmental science and energy management students. .
  table of contents: Executive summary -- General description -- Current energy context in Africa and Latin America -- Power grids -- Biomass for heating and power production -- Photovoltaics on-grid and off-grid -- Large and small solar thermal energy for producing heat-cool-power -- Hydropower and concerns -- Geothermal energy -- Wind energy -- Biofuels -- Waste-to-energy -- Natural gas -- Nuclear energy.
  note: by Ricardo Guerrero-Lemus, Les E. Shephard.
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy resources
  subject:
    topic: Energy policy
  subject:
    topic: Energy and state
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Alternate energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Green energy industries
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable development
  subject:
    topic: Environmental economics
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Energy Policy, Economics and Management
  subject:
    topic: Renewable and Green Energy
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Economics
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable Development
  subject:
    topic: Physics of Energy Technology
  classification: HD9502-9502.5
  classification: 333.79
  classification: 338.926
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Lecture Notes in Energy, 38
  identifier: 9783319523118
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52311-8
  record info:
    record creation date: 170308
    record change date: 20170308172627.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-52311-8