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

• Main Authors: Guerrero-Lemus, Ricardo (Author), Shephard, Les E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 38
• Subjects: 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...

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.