Synergies for Sustainable Energy -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Key Global Trends -- 1.2 Snapshot of Global Energy Trends -- 1.2.1 Energy Resources and Production Pa -- 1.2.2 Energy Demand and Consumption -- 1.2.3 Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- 1.3 Quest for Sustainability -- 1.4 Population Growth: History -- 1.5 Population Growth: Impacts -- 1.6 The Earth's Carrying Capacity -- 1.7 Our Ecological Footprint -- 1.8 Civilization and Energy -- 1.9 Energy Throughout History and Transi -- 1.10 The Three "Revolutions" -- References -- 2 Energy Efficiency -- 2.1 Basics -- 2.1.1 Federal, State, and Local Support -- 2.1.2 Weatherization Assistance Program -- 2.1.3 State Energy Program (SEP) -- 2.1.4 Energy Efficiency and Conservation -- 2.1.5 Better Buildings, Better Plants Pr -- 2.1.6 Local Community Support -- 2.2 Efficient Buildings -- 2.2.1 Residential Buildings -- 2.2.2 Commercial Buildings -- 2.2.3 Global Building Efficiency Trends -- 2.3 Efficient Vehicles -- 2.4 Efficient Industry -- 2.5 Impacts -- 2.6 Market Status -- 2.6.1 Leadership in Energy and Environme -- 2.6.2 ENERGY STAR® -- 2.6.3 Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) -- 2.7 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 2.7.1 Energy Management through ISO 5000 -- 2.8 Emerging Opportunities -- 2.8.1 Building Energy Management Systems -- 2.8.2 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) -- References -- 3 Renewable Electricity -- 3.1 Overview of Renewable Electricity -- 3.2 Solar Energy -- 3.2.1 Basics -- 3.2.2 Impacts -- 3.2.3 Market Status -- 3.2.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.2.5 Emerging Opportunities -- 3.3 Wind Energy -- 3.3.1 Basics -- 3.3.2 Impacts -- 3.3.3 Market Status -- 3.3.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.3.5 Emerging Opportunities -- 3.4 Geothermal Energy -- 3.4.1 Basics -- 3.4.2 Impacts -- 3.4.3 Market Status -- 3.4.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions.

3.4.5 Emerging Opportunities -- 3.5 Biomass Energy -- 3.5.1 Basics -- 3.5.2 Impacts -- 3.5.3 Market Status -- 3.5.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.5.5 Emerging Opportunities -- 3.6 Water Power -- 3.6.1 Basics -- 3.6.2 Impacts -- 3.6.3 Market Status -- 3.6.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.6.5 Emerging Opportunities -- References -- 4 Alternative Fuels -- 4.1 Key Facts, Figures, and Trends -- 4.1.1 United States -- 4.1.2 Worldwide -- 4.2 Basics -- 4.2.1 Liquefied Petroleum Gas -- 4.2.2 Natural Gas -- 4.2.3 Methanol -- 4.2.4 Ethanol -- 4.2.5 Biodiesel -- 4.2.6 Algae-Based Biodiesel -- 4.2.7 Hydrogen -- 4.2.8 Electricity -- 4.3 Impacts -- 4.3.1 Well-to-Wheel Greenhouse Gas, Petr -- 4.3.2 The "Ethanol Shuffle" Concept -- 4.4 Market Status -- 4.4.1 Liquefied Petroleum Gas -- 4.4.2 Natural Gas -- 4.4.3 Ethanol -- 4.4.4 Biodiesel -- 4.4.5 Algae-Based Biodiesel -- 4.4.6 Hydrogen -- 4.4.7 Electricity -- 4.5 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 4.5.1 Biofuels -- 4.5.2 Hydrogen -- 4.5.3 Electricity -- 4.6 Emerging Opportunities -- 4.6.1 Biobutanol -- 4.6.2 Biogas -- References -- 5 Energy Storage -- 5.1 Basics -- 5.1.1 Typical Utility Operations -- 5.1.2 Support through Energy Storage -- 5.1.3 Integration of Renewable Energy in -- 5.1.4 Metrics for Evaluating Energy Stor -- 5.1.5 Energy Storage Technologies, Chara -- 5.2 Pumped Hydro -- 5.3 Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) -- 5.4 Flywheels -- 5.5 Batteries -- 5.5.1 Lead-Acid Batteries -- 5.5.2 Nickel-Cadmium Batteries -- 5.5.3 NaS Batteries -- 5.5.4 Li-ion Batteries -- 5.5.5 Flow Batteries -- 5.6 Electrochemical Capacitors (Supercap -- 5.7 Superconducting Magnetic Energy Stor -- 5.8 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells -- 5.9 Thermal Energy Storage -- 5.10 Impacts -- 5.10.1 Costs of Energy Storage Technolog -- 5.10.2 Benefits of Energy Storage Techno -- 5.10.3 Comparative Evaluations.

5.11 Market Status -- 5.12 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 5.13 Emerging Opportunities -- 5.13.1 General Emerging Trends in the En -- 5.13.2 Renewable Power Systems for Remot -- 5.13.3 Vehicle-to-Grid Applications -- References -- 6 Toward Sustainability: Putting the Piece -- References -- About the Author -- Index.