Energy... beyond oil

Fraser Armstrong and Katherine Blundell

Combines contributions from leading experts in physics, chemistry, materials science, and biology alongside chapters by key industrialists, politicians, and policy makers
Synthesizes all possible directions in energy research
Focuses on solutions to the energy problem, and not just on the problem itself
Includes 'real-world' contributions from senior figures in BMW, British Nuclear Fuels etc.
Ideal graduate seminar course material

Energy... beyond oil

Fraser Armstrong and Katherine Blundell

Description

As the Earth's oil supply runs out, and the effects of climate change threaten nations and their populations, the search for carbon-neutral sources of energy becomes more important and increasingly urgent. This book focuses on solutions to the energy problem, and not just the problem itself. It describes the major energy-generation technologies currently under development, and provides an authoritative summary of the current status of each one. It stresses the need for a balanced portfolio of alternative energy technologies. Certain solutions will be more appropriate than others in particular locations, due to the differences in availability of natural resources such as solar, wind, wave, tidal and geothermal. In addition, nuclear options (both fission and fusion), as well as technologies such as fuel cells, photovoltaics, artificial photosynthesis and hydrogen (as an energy carrier), all have a potential role to play. A state-of-the-art critique of energy efficiency in building design is also included. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged international expert and provides a non-technical overview of the competing and complementary approaches to energy generation.

Broad in scope and comprehensive in treatment, Energy..beyond Oil provides an authoritative synthesis of the scientific and technological issues which are essential to the survival of the human race in the near future. The book will be of interest and use to graduate students and researchers in all areas of energy studies, and will also be highly useful for policy-makers and professionals in the environmental sector as well as a more general readership who wish to learn more about this extremely topical subject.

Energy... beyond oil

Fraser Armstrong and Katherine Blundell

1:Energy.. beyond Oil: a global perspective, Armstrong, Blundell & Fells
2:Arresting Carbon Dioxide Emissions: why and how?, Vincent
3:Geothermal Energy, Batchelor & Curtis
4:Wave and Tidal Power, Mlllar
5:Wind Energy, Leithead
6:Nuclear Fission, Ion
7:Fusion Energy, Llewellyn Smith & Ward
8:Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Conversion of Solar Energy, Gratzel
9:Biological Solar Energy, Barber
10:Sustainable Hydrogen Energy, Edwards, Kuznetsov & David
11:Fuel Cells, Jollie
12:Energy Efficiency in the Design of Buildings, Dell & Egger
13:Governing the Transition to a New Energy Economy, Meadowcroft
14:Summary, May

Energy... beyond oil

Fraser Armstrong and Katherine Blundell

Author Information

Fraser Armstrong, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK, and Katherine Blundell, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK

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Contributors:

Fraser Armstrong, University of Oxford, UK
James Barber, Imperial College, London, UK
Tony Batchelor, GeoScience Ltd., UK
Katherine Blundell, University of Oxford, UK
Robin Curtis, Earth Energy Ltd., UK
William David, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
Gerhard Dell, O.Ö.Energiesparverband (ESV), Austria
Peter Edwards, University of Oxford, UK
Christiane Egger, O.Ö.Energiesparverband (ESV), Austria
Ian Fells, University of Newcastle, UK
Michael Graetzel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Sue Ion, British Nuclear Fuels, UK
David Jollie, Johnson Mathey Fuel Cells, UK
Vladimir Kuznetsov, University of Oxford, UK
Bill Leithead, University of Strathclyde, UK
Chris Llewellyn Smith, UKAEA Cullham, UK
Robert May, University of Oxford, UK
James Meadowcroft, Carleton University, Canada
Dean Mlllar, Camborne School of Mines, UK
David Vincent, The Carbon Trust, UK
David Ward, UKAEA Culham, UK

Energy... beyond oil

Fraser Armstrong and Katherine Blundell

Reviews and Awards

"I know more about 'Energy...Beyond Oil' because of this book. When questions occur, I know where to look for answers."

"This book provides a comprehensive non-technical snapshot of the current situation in energy research, and will be particularly useful for researchers and policy-makers wishing to update their knowledge of the status of these technologies. Physics World, March 2008"