Low-Carbon Energy in Africa and Latin America Renewable Technologies, Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Guerrero-Lemus, Ricardo (Συγγραφέας), Shephard, Les E. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Energy, 38
• Θέματα: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Environmental Economics.; Sustainable Development.; Physics of Energy Technology.

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 withi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.