Energy 2050 : making the transition to a secure low carbon energy system / / edited by Jim Skea, Paul Ekins and Mark Winskel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.790941 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EkinsPaul
SkeaJim WinskelMark |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy - Great Britain
Climatic changes - Government policy - Great Britain Environmental policy - Great Britain Power resources - Great Britain National security - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-57825-5
9786613890702 1-136-53999-9 1-84977-531-1 1-136-53998-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Energy 2050 Making the Transition to a Secure Low Carbon Energy System; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Conversion Matrix; 1 Introduction; The long-term challenge of secure low carbon energy; Thinking about energy futures; How the book was written; Structure of the book; 2 UK Energy in an Era of Globalization: Trends, Technologies and Environmental Impacts; Introduction; Long-term energy trends; Final energy demand; How energy is used; Future energy demand technologies; Primary energy demand
Trends in electricity generationFuture electricity generation technologies; Energy trade and self-sufficiency; Energy infrastructure; Environmental concerns; Conclusions; 3 UK Energy Policy and Institutions; Introduction; Ownership issues, late 1940s to mid-1990s; Managing and regulating the flow of electricity; Managing and regulating the flow of gas; New issues in energy policy; UK climate and energy policy development; UK policies for CO2 emissions reduction, 2000-2010; Policies for energy security; Conclusion; 4 Energy Futures: The Challenges of Decarbonization and Security of Supply IntroductionEnergy systems, decarbonization and resilience; The scenario framework; Scenario analysis and modelling tools; Key assumptions in the core scenarios; Reference scenario results; The gap between the Reference scenario and policy aspirations; 5 Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy; Introduction; Scenario design; Scenario results; Insights and conclusions; Annex 5.1: Data for calculation of carbon tax implied by UK Climate Change Levy (CCL); 6 A Resilient Energy System; Introduction; What can go wrong: shocks to the energy system; Indicators of resilience Quantifying resilience at the macro levelResilience: implications for energy markets and technologies; Reliability in the network industries; Hypothetical system shocks; Mitigating the shocks; Adding up the costs of resilience; Policy implications; 7 Accelerating the Development of Energy Supply Technologies: The Role of Research and Innovation; Introduction; Technological innovation and energy system change; The accelerated technology development scenarios; Scenarios, system modelling and the real world; Accelerated development scenarios and UK decarbonization pathways Implications and challengesSummary and conclusions; 8 A Change of Scale? Prospects for Distributed Energy Resources; Introduction; Challenges in the residential sector; Technology characteristics, performance and suitability; The human dimension: installers and householders; Policy challenges for distributed energy resources; Conclusions; 9 The Way We Live From Now On: Lifestyle and Energy Consumption; Introduction; Quantifying lifestyle; Lifestyle change at home; Lifestyle change in mobility and transport; Lifestyle change for a low carbon world; Public policy implications; Conclusions 10 Not Just Climate Change: Other Social and Environmental Perspectives |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453027203321 |
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Energy 2050 : making the transition to a secure low carbon energy system / / edited by Jim Skea, Paul Ekins and Mark Winskel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.790941 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EkinsPaul
SkeaJim WinskelMark |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy - Great Britain
Climatic changes - Government policy - Great Britain Environmental policy - Great Britain Power resources - Great Britain National security - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-283-57825-5
9786613890702 1-136-53999-9 1-84977-531-1 1-136-53998-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Energy 2050 Making the Transition to a Secure Low Carbon Energy System; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Conversion Matrix; 1 Introduction; The long-term challenge of secure low carbon energy; Thinking about energy futures; How the book was written; Structure of the book; 2 UK Energy in an Era of Globalization: Trends, Technologies and Environmental Impacts; Introduction; Long-term energy trends; Final energy demand; How energy is used; Future energy demand technologies; Primary energy demand
Trends in electricity generationFuture electricity generation technologies; Energy trade and self-sufficiency; Energy infrastructure; Environmental concerns; Conclusions; 3 UK Energy Policy and Institutions; Introduction; Ownership issues, late 1940s to mid-1990s; Managing and regulating the flow of electricity; Managing and regulating the flow of gas; New issues in energy policy; UK climate and energy policy development; UK policies for CO2 emissions reduction, 2000-2010; Policies for energy security; Conclusion; 4 Energy Futures: The Challenges of Decarbonization and Security of Supply IntroductionEnergy systems, decarbonization and resilience; The scenario framework; Scenario analysis and modelling tools; Key assumptions in the core scenarios; Reference scenario results; The gap between the Reference scenario and policy aspirations; 5 Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy; Introduction; Scenario design; Scenario results; Insights and conclusions; Annex 5.1: Data for calculation of carbon tax implied by UK Climate Change Levy (CCL); 6 A Resilient Energy System; Introduction; What can go wrong: shocks to the energy system; Indicators of resilience Quantifying resilience at the macro levelResilience: implications for energy markets and technologies; Reliability in the network industries; Hypothetical system shocks; Mitigating the shocks; Adding up the costs of resilience; Policy implications; 7 Accelerating the Development of Energy Supply Technologies: The Role of Research and Innovation; Introduction; Technological innovation and energy system change; The accelerated technology development scenarios; Scenarios, system modelling and the real world; Accelerated development scenarios and UK decarbonization pathways Implications and challengesSummary and conclusions; 8 A Change of Scale? Prospects for Distributed Energy Resources; Introduction; Challenges in the residential sector; Technology characteristics, performance and suitability; The human dimension: installers and householders; Policy challenges for distributed energy resources; Conclusions; 9 The Way We Live From Now On: Lifestyle and Energy Consumption; Introduction; Quantifying lifestyle; Lifestyle change at home; Lifestyle change in mobility and transport; Lifestyle change for a low carbon world; Public policy implications; Conclusions 10 Not Just Climate Change: Other Social and Environmental Perspectives |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779107903321 |
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Energy 2050 : making the transition to a secure low carbon energy system / / edited by Jim Skea, Paul Ekins, and Mark Winskel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Earthscan, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.790941 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SkeaJim
EkinsPaul WinskelMark |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy - Great Britain
Climatic changes - Government policy - Great Britain Environmental policy - Great Britain Power resources - Great Britain National security - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-283-57825-5
9786613890702 1-136-53999-9 1-84977-531-1 1-136-53998-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Energy 2050 Making the Transition to a Secure Low Carbon Energy System; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Conversion Matrix; 1 Introduction; The long-term challenge of secure low carbon energy; Thinking about energy futures; How the book was written; Structure of the book; 2 UK Energy in an Era of Globalization: Trends, Technologies and Environmental Impacts; Introduction; Long-term energy trends; Final energy demand; How energy is used; Future energy demand technologies; Primary energy demand
Trends in electricity generationFuture electricity generation technologies; Energy trade and self-sufficiency; Energy infrastructure; Environmental concerns; Conclusions; 3 UK Energy Policy and Institutions; Introduction; Ownership issues, late 1940s to mid-1990s; Managing and regulating the flow of electricity; Managing and regulating the flow of gas; New issues in energy policy; UK climate and energy policy development; UK policies for CO2 emissions reduction, 2000-2010; Policies for energy security; Conclusion; 4 Energy Futures: The Challenges of Decarbonization and Security of Supply IntroductionEnergy systems, decarbonization and resilience; The scenario framework; Scenario analysis and modelling tools; Key assumptions in the core scenarios; Reference scenario results; The gap between the Reference scenario and policy aspirations; 5 Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy; Introduction; Scenario design; Scenario results; Insights and conclusions; Annex 5.1: Data for calculation of carbon tax implied by UK Climate Change Levy (CCL); 6 A Resilient Energy System; Introduction; What can go wrong: shocks to the energy system; Indicators of resilience Quantifying resilience at the macro levelResilience: implications for energy markets and technologies; Reliability in the network industries; Hypothetical system shocks; Mitigating the shocks; Adding up the costs of resilience; Policy implications; 7 Accelerating the Development of Energy Supply Technologies: The Role of Research and Innovation; Introduction; Technological innovation and energy system change; The accelerated technology development scenarios; Scenarios, system modelling and the real world; Accelerated development scenarios and UK decarbonization pathways Implications and challengesSummary and conclusions; 8 A Change of Scale? Prospects for Distributed Energy Resources; Introduction; Challenges in the residential sector; Technology characteristics, performance and suitability; The human dimension: installers and householders; Policy challenges for distributed energy resources; Conclusions; 9 The Way We Live From Now On: Lifestyle and Energy Consumption; Introduction; Quantifying lifestyle; Lifestyle change at home; Lifestyle change in mobility and transport; Lifestyle change for a low carbon world; Public policy implications; Conclusions 10 Not Just Climate Change: Other Social and Environmental Perspectives |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822113403321 |
Washington, DC, : Earthscan, 2011 | ||
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The great reconfiguration : a socio-technical analysis of low-carbon transition in UK electricity, heat, and mobility systems / / Frank W. Geels, Bruno Turnheim [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Geels Frank W. <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge University Press, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 375 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 333.70941 |
Collana | Physical Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy - Great Britain
Carbon dioxide mitigation - Great Britain Technological innovations - Great Britain Environmental protection - Great Britain |
Soggetto non controllato |
climate change
low-carbon energy transitions sustainability energy transport energy economics energy policy renewable energy environmental studies |
ISBN |
1-009-19831-9
1-009-19832-7 1-009-19823-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585957103321 |
Geels Frank W. <1971->
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Cambridge University Press, 2022 | ||
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Renewable energy in the countryside / / Peter Prag |
Autore | Prag Peter A. B. |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.79/40973 |
Soggetto topico |
Renewable energy sources - Great Britain
Energy policy - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-70832-9
0-203-10328-9 1-136-24394-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Incentives, returns, and rewards -- Wind turbines -- Solar power -- Biomass -- Biogas -- Biofuels -- Earth and water -- Emissions saving -- Future imperfect. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462225203321 |
Prag Peter A. B.
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Renewable energy in the countryside / / Peter Prag |
Autore | Prag Peter A. B. |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.79/40973 |
Soggetto topico |
Renewable energy sources - Great Britain
Energy policy - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-136-24393-3
1-283-70832-9 0-203-10328-9 1-136-24394-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Incentives, returns, and rewards -- Wind turbines -- Solar power -- Biomass -- Biogas -- Biofuels -- Earth and water -- Emissions saving -- Future imperfect. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785936703321 |
Prag Peter A. B.
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
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Renewable energy in the countryside / / Peter Prag |
Autore | Prag Peter A. B. |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.79/40973 |
Soggetto topico |
Renewable energy sources - Great Britain
Energy policy - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-136-24393-3
1-283-70832-9 0-203-10328-9 1-136-24394-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Incentives, returns, and rewards -- Wind turbines -- Solar power -- Biomass -- Biogas -- Biofuels -- Earth and water -- Emissions saving -- Future imperfect. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813305903321 |
Prag Peter A. B.
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Transitions in energy efficiency and demand : the emergence, diffusion and impact of low-carbon innovation / / edited by Kirsten E.H. Jenkins and Debbie Hopkins |
Autore | Jenkins Kirsten E.H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 279 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 333.790941 |
Collana | Routledge studies in energy transitions |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy - Great Britain
Energy conservation - Great Britain |
Soggetto non controllato |
Global temperature
reducing energy United Kingdom Sociotechnical transitions Low carbon innovation impact |
ISBN | 1-351-12726-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910295805303321 |
Jenkins Kirsten E.H
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Taylor & Francis, 2019 | ||
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UK energy sector indicators |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [London?], : Dept. of Trade and Industry |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 333.790941021 |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy - Great Britain
Energy industries - Great Britain Power resources - Great Britain Petroleum industry and trade - Great Britain Gas industry - Great Britain Renewable energy sources - Great Britain Marktanalyse Energiebeleid Energievoorziening Capaciteit Energiebesparing Energieprijzen Wedijver Emissies (milieu) Aardgas Energiewirtschaft Energiemarkt Energiepolitik Energiestatistik Großbritannien |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140481403321 |
[London?], : Dept. of Trade and Industry | ||
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