Contents -- 1. Energy…beyond oil: a global perspective -- The problems to be solved -- What are the actual needs? -- What are the true costs of the different energy solutions in terms of human fatalities? -- Energy from the Sun -- The nature of the solutions -- The way forward -- 2. Arresting carbon dioxide emissions: why and how? -- Introduction -- Principles -- How climate change will affect our lives -- Taking action -- Technological and policy innovation -- Summary and conclusions -- Postscript -- Resources and further information -- Some further UK focused reading and sources -- 3. Geothermal energy -- Introduction -- High-temperature resources -- Hot dry rock or enhanced geothermal systems -- Medium-temperature resources -- Geothermal energy as a sideline of oil and gas industries -- Low-temperature systems with heat pumps -- Potential for future growth -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Resources and further information -- Web Resources -- 4. Wave and tidal power -- Introduction -- Wave energy resources -- Comparing wave energy converters-'Wave Hub' -- Tidal energy resources -- Tidal barrage schemes -- Tidal current turbines -- Ranking of marine renewable energy technologies -- Assessment of wave and tidal current resources (UK) -- Summary and conclusions -- Resources and further information -- 5. Wind energy -- Introduction -- Wind energy resource -- Public acceptance -- Technical development -- Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgement -- Further Reading -- 6. Nuclear fission -- Introduction -- The physics of fission -- Cutting carbon emissions -- Economics -- Reliability of electricity supplies -- Potential new reactor technology -- Investor considerations-regulation -- Investor considerations-delivery and operational Performance -- Investor considerations-waste -- Investor considerations-the electricity market -- Public attitudes.

The longer term future -- 7. Fusion energy -- Introduction -- Principles of fusion -- Attributes of fusion -- The current status of fusion research -- The next steps-ITER and IFMIF -- Fast track studies -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- Resources and further information -- 8. Photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical conversion of solar energy -- Introduction -- Principles -- Conversion efficiencies -- Cost and supplies of raw materials -- How PV cells are developing -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Resources and further information -- 9. Biological solar energy -- Introduction -- Principles of photosynthesis -- Biomass -- The photosynthetic water splitting apparatus -- Artificial photosynthesis: a new technology -- Policies and implementation -- Acknowledgements -- Resources and further information -- 10. Sustainable hydrogen energy -- Introduction -- Hydrogen and electricity: energy carriers -- Hydrogen production -- Hydrogen storage -- A sustainable energy future -- Conclusions -- Resources and further information -- 11. Fuel cells -- Introduction -- The principles -- Applications of fuel cells -- Market developments and regulation -- Technological developments -- From today to tomorrow: changing the game -- Concluding remarks -- Resources and further information -- 12. Energy efficiency in the design of buildings -- Introduction -- Low-energy buildings -- The new directive on the energy performance of buildings -- The future of building and living -- Summary and conclusions -- References -- 13. Governing the transition to a new energy economy -- Energy politics -- Sustainable energy policy -- Socio-technological transitions -- Critical policy considerations -- Transforming energy/environmental governance -- References -- 14. Summary -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U.

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