
Energy and Climate Change
Our New Future
- 1st Edition - February 26, 2025
- Editors: Trevor Letcher, Vasilis M. Fthenakis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 9 2 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 9 2 8 - 3
Energy and Climate Change: Our New Future provides an understanding of future energy, energy transition, and climate change. Sections cover key concepts, enabling readers to better… Read more

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Request a sales quoteEnergy and Climate Change: Our New Future provides an understanding of future energy, energy transition, and climate change. Sections cover key concepts, enabling readers to better understand root causes and future implications while also assessing the current role and future outlook for fossil fuel-based energy sources. Coverage of the very latest cleaner energies gives readers tactics to solve the problems of global warming and climate change. The book also explores how various renewable energy options are affected by climate change, such as strong winds impacting wind turbines, flooding of renewable energy infrastructure, droughts affecting hydroelectric schemes, rising temperatures affecting solar panels, and more.
This is an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in energy transition, renewable energy, climate change, and sustainability, including researchers, graduate students, scientists, engineers, practitioners, consultants, industry leaders, urban planners, and government personnel.
- Explains the fundamentals of climate change, global warming, energy transition, and future energy, and the connections between them
- Reviews current options and future pathways in the transition to non-fossil fuel energy systems, including environmental impact, safety, and potential capacity
- Offers complete, authoritative coverage written by leading global experts
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part A: Introduction
- 1. Evidence and causes of climate change
- Abstract
- 1.1 Evidence for climate change
- 1.2 What societal changes can we expect with climate change?
- 1.3 Causes of global warming and climate change
- 1.4 Can we prove that global warming is due to greenhouse gases?
- 1.5 Feedback mechanisms
- 1.6 Tipping points
- References
- 2. The need to reduce CO2 production and boost renewable energy
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction: the climate is in freefall
- 2.2 A detailed look at the greenhouse effect
- 2.3 Contributors to carbon dioxide production
- 2.4 How can we reduce the production of CO2?
- 2.5 What renewable energy is available for our use?
- 2.6 A summary of the basic energy options, which do not produce CO2
- References
- 3. Evidence of climate change (intertidal indicators)
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Climate change and biogeography
- 3.3 Mechanisms and microclimate
- 3.4 Additional impacts of global change
- 3.5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 4. Evidence of change (bird ecology)
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Indicators of change
- 4.3 Conclusions
- References
- 5. Global surface temperatures
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Observations of surface temperature
- 5.3 Observation characteristics, identification, and reduction of data artifacts
- 5.4 Global fields of surface temperature
- 5.5 Global changes
- 5.6 Characterization of extremes and variability
- 5.7 Future research directions
- 5.8 Conclusions
- Funding acknowledgments
- References
- Part B: Fossil fuels
- 6. Oil and natural gas, present, and in the future
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction to oil and natural gas
- 6.2 Oil and natural gas in the present global energy economy
- 6.3 Resources and reserves
- 6.4 Oil and natural gas as sources of greenhouse gases
- 6.5 Noncombustion uses of oil and gas
- 6.6 Substitutes for fossil fuels
- 6.7 Decarbonization and the energy trilemma
- 6.8 Scenarios
- 6.9 Stranded assets
- 6.10 Outlook for oil and natural gas
- 6.11 Conclusion
- Appendix A: List of OECD Nations Table A 6.1 (Source: )
- Appendix B: Standard Cubic Foot versus Standard Cubic Meter
- Appendix C: Scientific and Oilfield Multiplier Abbreviations (Table A 6.2)
- References
- Further Reading
- 7. Coal and climate change
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 What is climate change?
- 7.3 Why is the climate changing?
- 7.4 Greenhouse gases emissions
- 7.5 Role of coal in industries
- 7.6 Different pathways of coal utilization
- 7.7 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal
- 7.8 Conclusion
- References
- Part C: Renewable energy and storing energy
- 8. Wind energy: status and outlook with focus on offshore wind
- Abstract
- 8.1 Energy from wind (history) and energy transition (present and future)
- 8.2 Innovation in wind turbines
- 8.3 Aside—the oldest, largest, and a smart machine
- 8.4 Power curve for a turbine
- 8.5 Sustainability of wind farms and tackling intermittency of wind power
- 8.6 Hydrogen production using offshore wind—the Japanese “Jidai” concept
- 8.7 Increasing resilience of nuclear power plant using offshore wind turbines
- 8.8 Economics of offshore wind energy and levelized cost of energy statistics
- 8.9 Challenges and opportunities in new geographical regions
- 8.10 Discussion and conclusions
- References
- 9. Status and outlook of solar photovoltaics
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Technologies
- 9.3 Photovoltaic markets and future perspectives
- 9.4 Sustainability of large growth
- 9.5 Conclusions
- References
- 10. Status and perspectives of concentrating solar technologies
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 State of the art technologies
- 10.3 Applications—now and future prospects
- 10.4 Future of concentrated solar technologies
- 10.5 Conclusion
- References
- 11. An uncertain future for global hydropower
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 The advantages of hydro electricity
- 11.3 Hydropower: environmental and social problems
- 11.4 Hydroelectricity compared with other energy sources
- 11.5 Hydropower: future technical and economic potential
- 11.6 Discussion and conclusions
- References
- 12. Geothermal energy now and in the future
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Who is driving geothermal development—now and into the future?
- 12.3 What technologies are in the future of geothermal?
- 12.4 Where will future developments in geothermal energy happen?
- 12.5 Concluding remarks
- References
- 13. Marine energy
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Marine energy power and devices
- 13.3 Optimal application of marine energy
- 13.4 Blue Economy growth and power at sea
- 13.5 Resilient coastal communities
- 13.6 The future of marine energy
- 13.7 Challenges to getting marine energy established
- 13.8 Marine energy development timeline and future scenarios
- References
- 14. Oceans—tidal energy
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction and historic development
- 14.2 Theory and measurement
- 14.3 Resource characterization
- 14.4 Techno-economic assessment
- 14.5 Projects and suppliers
- References
- Chapter 15. Storing energy: options to balance renewable energy
- Abstract
- Nomenclature
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Mechanical energy storage
- 15.3 Thermal energy storage
- 15.4 Chemical energy storage systems
- 15.5 Electrochemical energy storage
- 15.6 Electrical energy storage
- 15.7 Developing energy storage projects
- 15.8 Conclusion
- References
- 16. Hydrogen production and hydrogen as an energy vector
- Abstract
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Water electrolysis
- 16.3 Integration with electrolyzer
- 16.4 Hydrogen economy
- 16.5 Hydrogen applications toward a sustainable society
- 16.6 Conclusion
- References
- 17. Solid air hydrogen liquefaction, the missing link of the hydrogen economy
- Abstract
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Solid air hydrogen liquefaction
- 17.3 Methodology
- 17.4 Results
- 17.5 Discussion
- 17.6 Conclusions
- References
- Part D: Nuclear energy
- 18. The role of nuclear fission technology in decarbonization
- Abstract
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Conversion of nuclear energy to electricity
- 18.3 Challenges facing nuclear energy
- 18.4 Advanced nuclear reactor technologies
- 18.5 Uses of nuclear energy other than grid-scale electricity
- 18.6 Future deployment
- 18.7 Conclusions
- References
- 19. Small modular reactors: economic, safety, and environmental aspects
- Abstract
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Economics of small modular reactors
- 19.3 Safety and environmental aspects of small modular reactors
- 19.4 Small modular reactor deployment and a system of provision approach
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Part E: Carbon capture and potential new energy technologies
- 20. Carbon capture and sequestration: a critical view of its future
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 Carbon capture and storage
- 20.3 Direct air capture
- 20.4 Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
- 20.5 Underground or undersea biomass burial
- 20.6 Carbon dioxide utilization
- 20.7 Conclusions
- References
- 21. Nuclear fusion (including safety, impact on the environment, and potential capacity in 2030 and 2050)
- Abstract
- 21.1 What is nuclear fusion?
- 21.2 How can we use fusion for energy?
- 21.3 Impacts of fusion
- 21.4 Climate change and fusion’s place in a future energy system
- 21.5 Potential capacity of fusion
- 21.6 Conclusions
- References
- 22. Space-based-solar energy: current status and prospects
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 Constraints and technical challenges
- 22.3 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Part F: Final word
- 23. The transition to 100% clean, renewable energy
- Abstract
- 23.1 Introduction
- 23.2 Analysis
- 23.3 Discussion on the feasibility of transition
- 23.4 Sustainability of fast growth toward 100% clean, renewable energy
- 23.5 Conclusion
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 650
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 26, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443219276
- eBook ISBN: 9780443219283
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