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This book provides an incisive and economic assessment of the global warming adaptation policy and programs carved out by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), by relying on the four scientific traditions that have been...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-06-04
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This book provides an up-to-date analysis of state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) generation. It focuses on the economic analysis of CSP generation technologies as well as the policies that have been and are being used around the globe to support it. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-05-31
Collection :
Green Energy and Technology
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This book provides readers with cutting-edge techniques that can be applied to energy and environmental economics. Further, it highlights the effects that both globalization and economic growth have on the environment. In addition to offering a broader perspective on...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-05-21
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Green Energy and Technology
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This book focuses on strategies to achieve economic diversification in Asian landlocked countries. It does so by analysing the impact of the Dutch disease, non-resource firm heterogeneity, trade logistics operations, trade facilitation, aid for trade, small and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-16
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This unique volume considers the emergence of “Industry 4.0” (i4.0) and the many ways the multifaceted field of Engineering is transforming our ideas and our options around sustainability. It points to emerging technological advances that are facilitating...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-04-23
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The US Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest and most prolific offshore hydrocarbon basins in the world with thousands of structures installed in the region and tens of thousands of wells drilled. Over the past decade, a significant number of structures in shallow water...
Editeur :
Gulf Professional Publishing
Parution :
2019-04-12
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This book addresses a question of importance for both theory and practice: Why are joint venture agreements preferred over other types of agreements such as concession agreements, service contracts, and production sharing agreements in the Qatari gas industry? On a...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-03-29
Collection :
Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
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?This book discusses applying vernacular strategies to modern architectural design to adhere to basic green principles of energy efficiency and materials utilization. Written from an international perspective, chapters present the perspectives and experiences of...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-03-29
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Eine zuverlässige und kostenoptimierte Versorgung mit elektrischer Energie ist eine der tragenden Säulen einer produktiven Industrielandschaft und eines erfolgreichen Wirtschaftssystems. Neben der Erzeugung bestimmt wesentlich die Übertragung der elektrischen Energie...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2019-03-20
Collection :
Edition KWV
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The liberalization process, tightening environmental standards and the need for replacing aged power plants force European utilities to optimize their future generation mix. Power plants are real assets and as a consequence the power plant park of a utility firm equals...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2019-03-12
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Edition KWV
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Consumers, Prosumers, Prosumagers: How Service Innovations will Disrupt the Utility Business Model examines customer stratification in the electric power sector, arguing that it is poised to become one of the fundamental drivers of the 21st century power network as...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2019-02-19
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This book addresses the interactions between Germany’s energy transition and the EU’s energy policy framework. It seeks to analyze the manifold connections between the prospects of the proclaimed “Energy Union” and the future of Germany’s energy transition, and...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-02-07
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This book presents methods for optimising the spatial and network configuration of solar radiation measuring stations. Various physical and mathematical models are demonstrated, which together with high quality measurements, provide the essential tools to generate and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-01-22
Collection :
Green Energy and Technology
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A real-world guide for adapting to the new energy era The Energy Disruption Triangle is a treatise on the energy revolution's real-world impacts, and a handbook for anyone looking to weather the storm. Three major technologies are already changing the energy paradigm:...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2019-01-22
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The concept of 'Natural Capital' has come to play a central role in current debates about biodiversity and nature conservation. It implies an approach to the natural world based on the valuation of places and species in terms of money. This is, in a variety of ways,...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-01-21
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This book explores the timely topic of energy security and international relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation. Pursuing a constructivist-discursive approach, it empirically analyses a corpus of energy discourses...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-12-30
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This book addresses energy footprints in the food and textile sectors. Each footprint case study presents essential background information and discusses the scientific consensus, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tools and techniques,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-12-12
Collection :
Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
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This book highlights the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) of the energy and textile sectors. It also presents a range of models, indices, impact categories, etc. for SLCA that are currently being developed for industrial applications. Though SLCA was introduced in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-12-08
Collection :
Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
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This edited volume gives an insight into climate and energy protection in China and the European Union (EU). By taking a closer look at the EU and China seperately, the book presents the current situation in terms of environmental policy and energy use/ consumption in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-11-04
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