100% clean, renewable energy and storage for everything / Mark Z. Jacobson.
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TextPublication details: New Delhi: Cambridge, 2022Description: xv, 427 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN: 9781108790833; 1108790836Other title: One hundred percent clean, renewable energy and storage for everything | Hundred percent clean, renewable energy and storage for everythingSubject(s): Renewable energy sources | Clean energyDDC classification: 333.794 Summary: "Numerous laws - including the Green New Deal - have been proposed or passed in cities, states, and countries to transition from fossil fuels to 100% clean, renewable energy in order to address climate change, air pollution, and energy insecurity. This textbook lays out the science, technology, economics, policy, and social aspects of such transitions. It discusses the renewable electricity and heat generating technologies needed; the electricity, heat, cold, and hydrogen storage technologies required; how to keep the electric power grid stable; and how to address non-energy sources of emissions. It discusses the history of the 100% Movement, which evolved from a collaboration among scientists, cultural leaders, business people, and community leaders. Finally, it discusses current progress in transitioning to 100% renewables, and the new policies needed to complete the transition. Online course supplements include lecture slides, answers to the end-of-chapter student exercises, and a list of extra resources."
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| 333.79 SMI-E 2007 4239 Energy / | 333.7932 USA-W 2009 2427 Wind energy in electricity markets with high wind penetration : | 333.79320954 SRE-P 2011 2765 Power Theft / | 333.794 JAC-H 2022 13697 100% clean, renewable energy and storage for everything / | 333.794 KOT-R 2014 8566 Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging Technologies | 333.794 MOR-A 2003 13392 Alternative energy sources / | 333.794 TES-S 2009 803 Sustainable energy : |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-407) and index.
"Numerous laws - including the Green New Deal - have been proposed or passed in cities, states, and countries to transition from fossil fuels to 100% clean, renewable energy in order to address climate change, air pollution, and energy insecurity. This textbook lays out the science, technology, economics, policy, and social aspects of such transitions. It discusses the renewable electricity and heat generating technologies needed; the electricity, heat, cold, and hydrogen storage technologies required; how to keep the electric power grid stable; and how to address non-energy sources of emissions. It discusses the history of the 100% Movement, which evolved from a collaboration among scientists, cultural leaders, business people, and community leaders. Finally, it discusses current progress in transitioning to 100% renewables, and the new policies needed to complete the transition. Online course supplements include lecture slides, answers to the end-of-chapter student exercises, and a list of extra resources."
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