Driven by demand
Subtitle: how energy gets its power
By: Jimmy Y. Jia and Jason Crabtree
Contributors: Crabtree, Jason, author
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9781107104662
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Electric power production; Power resources
Description: This book is structured as an explanation about why we consume energy to better understand how we supply it today and the implications for our collective future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-377) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Introduction: 1. You get what you ask for; title: Part II. Three Frameworks: 2. Energy: the product; title: 3. Energy: the delivery system; title: 4. Energy: the value proposition; title: Part III. Critical Decisions: 5. The international Niagara commission of 1891; title: 6. Trash as treasure; title: 7. Paying for pavement; title: 8. Heat, without the hot air; title: 9. The collision of two critical infrastructures; title: Part IV. Energy Futurism: 10. Towards better management of energy infrastructures; title: 11. Risk management in energy; title: 12. Resilience as a core value; title: 13. Exploring energy security; title: 14. Energy-as-a-service; title: Part V. Societal Advancement: 15. Bringing it all together.