Domestic Microgeneration

Author : Iain Staffell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317448847
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Domestic Microgeneration written by Iain Staffell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microgeneration – producing energy for the home, in the home – is a substantial improvement over the current centralised and detached energy model employed the world over. Domestic Microgeneration is the first in-depth reference work for this exciting and emerging field of energy generation. It provides detailed reviews of ten state-of-the-art technologies: including solar PV and thermal, micro-CHP and heat pumps; and considers them within the wider context of the home in which they are installed and the way that they are operated. Alongside the many successes, this book highlights the common pitfalls that beset the industry. It offers best-practice guidance on how they can be avoided by considering the complex linkages between technology, user, installer and government. This interdisciplinary work draws together the social, economic, political and environmental aspects of this very diverse energy ‘genre’ into a single must-have reference for academics and students of sustainability and energy related subjects, industry professionals, policy makers and the growing number of energy-literate householders who are looking for ways to minimise their environmental footprint and their energy bills with microgeneration.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215708533
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finance Bill written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the annual bill presented by the Government in order to implement the measures contained in the 2007 budget report (HCP 342, session 2006-07, ISBN 9780102944556). It contains eight parts and 27 schedules.

Author : Tim Foxon
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781781956403
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation for a Low Carbon Economy written by Tim Foxon and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation for a Low Carbon Economy analyses the interplay of technological, institutional, market and management factors in the dynamics of energy systems. The book aims to inform national and international policies to promote low carbon innovation.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215036094
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate change written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-09-13 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HC 1688, session 2005-06

Author : Patrick Devine-Wright
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136530266
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Renewable Energy and the Public written by Patrick Devine-Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat. But this is frequently leading to controversy, as energy and planning policies are revised to support new energy sources or technologies (e.g. offshore wind, tidal, bioenergy or hydrogen energy) and communities face the prospect of unfamiliar, often large-scale energy technologies being sited near to their homes. Policy makers in many countries face tensions between 'streamlining' planning procedures, engaging with diverse publics to address what is commonly conceived as 'NIMBY' (not in my back yard) opposition, and the need to maintain democratic, participatory values in planning systems. This volume provides a timely, international review of research on public engagement, in contexts of diverse, innovative energy technologies. Public engagement is conceived broadly - as the interaction between how developers and other key actors engage with publics about energy technologies (including assumptions held about the methods used, such as the provision of financial benefits or the holding of deliberative events), and how individuals and groups engage with energy policies and projects (including indirectly through the media and directly through emotional and behavioural responses). The book's contributors are leading experts in the UK, Europe, North and South America and Australia drawn from a variety of relevant social science disciplinary perspectives. The book makes a significant contribution to our existing knowledge, as well as providing interested professionals, policymakers and members of the public with a timely overview of the critical issues involved in public engagement with low carbon energy technologies.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215521095
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Renewable Electricity - Generation Technologies written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union's (EU) common Energy Policy commits the EU to generating 20 per cent of total energy consumption from renewables by 2020. The European Commission proposed national renewable energy targets for each Member State and it was suggested that 15 per cent of UK energy be derived from renewables by 2020.

Author : Dorothea Jansen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3790827304
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Innovations in the Electricity Sector written by Dorothea Jansen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of modern societies depends on their ability to deal with the challenge of climate change in the coming decades. One essential component is a better understanding of innovation processes in the energy sector. This book focuses on sustainability innovations in renewable energies, combined heat and power, and energy service contracting, and analyses the institutions, actors and functions within the innovation system. Of particular interest is the question of whether the joint effect of EU-driven market liberalization and climate policies will succeed in establishing market forces that will drive actors towards more climate-friendly energy production. A special focus is on the role of local utilities in the electricity sector as opposed to large transmission net operators or regional net operators. The countries covered in the contributions include Germany, Denmark, the UK, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215033185
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pre-budget 2006 and the Stern Review written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-03-19 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the Committee's annual inquiry into the Treasury's Pre-Budget Report (PBR) and the progress made towards achieving environmental objectives with regards to its tax and spending policies, this publication examines the PBR's fiscal policy announcements in relation to the aviation, motoring, waste and energy sectors, focusing on the findings of the Stern Review of the economics of climate change (ISBN 9780102944204) published in October 2006. Amongst the 40 conclusions and recommendations made, the Committee notes that the Stern Review highlights the central problem involved in efforts to address the effects of global warning, that is the need to take action now before the more serious effects have begun to be felt in order to benefit future generations, a problem that will be both practically and politically challenging. The Committee urges the Government to use the Stern Report in order to promote a better informed public discussion of the science of climate change, so that we can use the limited window of opportunity presently available to prevent greenhouse gases growing to dangerous levels beyond which there are risks of major irreversible impacts, and recognising the Stern Review's accompanying argument that the sooner the world begins to cut its emissions, the easier and less costly mitigation will become.

Author : Jim Skea
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136539980
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy 2050 written by Jim Skea and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Kingdom is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least eighty per cent by 2050, a target that will only be achieved by transforming the way that energy is supplied and used. At the same time there are anxieties about the security of energy provision in terms of European dependency on natural gas and the reliability of electricity supply. This book explores in detail those factors which could help or hinder the attainment of the UK's climate change targets, and how these factors interact with the parallel objective of maintaining a robust and secure energy system. The book is the result of a major national energy research effort by the UK Energy Research Centre, which includes some of the UK's leading energy experts. The results and recommendations are essential reading for policymakers, professionals, researchers, and anyone concerned with achieving large-scale reductions in carbon emissions, both from the UK and internationally. Energy 2050 begins by exploring the evolution of the UK energy system over recent decades: the trends, technologies and environmental impacts related to energy use, and the structures and institutions of governance that have influenced this evolution. It then moves on to changes in energy policy to emphasise decarbonization and resilience, and introduce the approach to scenarios and modelling used in the rest of the book. Later chapters explore different aspects of the uncertainties that may enable or constrain the creation of a low-carbon, resilient UK energy system, related to accelerated technology development, the creation of an infrastructure to support de-centralized energy and microgeneration, to lifestyle and behaviour change, and to public attitudes to wider environmental impacts associated with energy system change.

Author : Math H. J. Bollen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470643374
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integration of Distributed Generation in the Power System written by Math H. J. Bollen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of new sources of energy like wind power, solar-power, small-scale generation, or combined heat and power in the power grid is something that impacts a lot of stakeholders: network companies (both distribution and transmission), the owners and operators of the DG units, other end-users of the power grid (including normal consumers like you and me) and not in the least policy makers and regulators. There is a lot of misunderstanding about the impact of DG on the power grid, with one side (including mainly some but certainly not all, network companies) claiming that the lights will go out soon, whereas the other side (including some DG operators and large parks of the general public) claiming that there is nothing to worry about and that it's all a conspiracy of the large production companies that want to protect their own interests and keep the electricity price high. The authors are of the strong opinion that this is NOT the way one should approach such an important subject as the integration of new, more environmentally friendly, sources of energy in the power grid. With this book the authors aim to bring some clarity to the debate allowing all stakeholders together to move to a solution. This book will introduce systematic and transparent methods for quantifying the impact of DG on the power grid.