SPRINGER KEY CONCEPTS IN ENERGY 2014 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: KEY CONCEPTS IN ENERGY

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LINK: http://is.gd/GUGFx4 RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL

FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2014.06.20

ISBN: 9783319049779 STORE DATE: 2014

SAVED.MONEY: 107 EURO DISKCOUNT: 01 x 05MB

AUTHOR: MADUREIRA, NUNO LUIS



BOOK



Organized around eight fundamental ideas, Key concepts in energy

history explores the discoveries, technologies and new paradigms

in the field of energy, and how they have changed the course of

history. Complex technical concepts such as the "rebound

effect", "technological hybridization", "marginal cost pricing"

are explained in clear terms and a balanced and concise account

of t energy sources in the XIX and XX century such as wood

coal, oil, hydroelectricity and nuclear energy is provided



Key concepts in energy considers the process of

energy-substitutions and analyzes it as a process of

complementary usages, hybridization and technological mixes. The

ex-post view tends to focus on replacement from among alternative

energy-technologies and is basically innovation-centric. This

means that little attention has been given to factors such as the

windows of opportunities created by governments, inventors and

entrepreneurs



This book highlights how key energy concepts surfaced, tracing

their evolution throughout history. It encompasses four economic

concepts (rebound effect, energy intensity, marginal cost pricing

and levelized cost accounting) and four technological-engineering

concepts (primary/final energy, technological hybridization, last

gasp and probable oil reserves). The main benefit from reading

the book is a cross disciplinary overview of energy fundamentals

in a short and focused reading