Towards a Cleaner Planet Energy for the Future /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Klapp, Jaime (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Cervantes-Cota, Jorge L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Chávez Alcalá, José Federico (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Σειρά: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Science,
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Mineral resources.; Economic geography.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy industries.; Environmental management.; Energy Economics.; Environmental Management.; Mineral Resources.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Economic Geography.

The world has entered a period of significant changes regarding the future of energy generation, mainly caused by the apparent exhaustion of hyd- carbons in the near future, and the Greenhouse gases (GHG) effect of alt- ing the climate worldwide. Mexico, as a developing country, and as the eleventh-...

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• General Overview and Energy Efficiency
• Energy for the Present and Future: A World Energy Overview
• Energy, Present and Future
• Advanced Energy Conversion
• Energy efficiency in Mexico — a bird’s eye view
• Energy efficiency and conservation in Mexico
• Traditional Energy Resources
• Status of the Mexican Electricity Generation
• Thermoeconomic Study of CCGT Plants
• CO2 Capture for Atmosphere Pollution Reduction
• Fossil Fuels Pollution and Air Quality Modeling
• Fundamentals of Boiling Water Reactor Safety Design and Operation
• General Overview of the Current Situation of Nuclear Energy
• The Clean and Safe Nuclear Reactors of the Future
• Transition Strategies for a Hydrogen Economy in Mexico
• Nuclear Energy Economical Viability
• Natural Safety Storage of Radioactive Waste
• The Reinassance of Nuclear Power
• Alternative Energy Resources
• Renewable Energy in Mexico: Current Status and Future Prospects
• The Development of Thermal Solar Cooling Systems
• Converting Solar Radiation to Electric Power in Mexico
• Some Recent Research on Solar Energy Technology
• Wind Energy: an opportunity for diversifying electricity generation in Mexico
• Development of geothermal energy in México and its energetic potential for the future
• Energy and Activated Carbon Production from Crop Biomass Byproducts
• Hydrogen: The Ecological Fuel for Mexican Future
• Nuclear Fusion as an Energy Option for the 21st Century.