Energy in Australia Peak Oil, Solar Power, and Asia's Economic Growth /

With rapidly declining costs and seemingly unlimited sunshine, the choice of solar in Australia seems obvious. Yet despite its many advantages, homes with solar remain completely dependent on the electricity grid for reliable supply, which in Australia implies mostly coal-fired generation. Indeed, e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmer, Graham (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Energy Analysis,
Temas:
Renewable energy sources.
Electric power production.
Sustainability.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Environmental economics.
Renewable Energy.
Electrical Power Engineering.
Mechanical Power Engineering.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Environmental Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Introduction - One million solar systems
  • Chapter 2: Quarry Australia - building Australia on coal
  • Chapter 3: Towards optimized complexity - integrating intermittency
  • Chapter 4: Electricity networks - managing peak demand
  • Chapter 5: EROI of Solar PV
  • Chapter 6: Driving down emissions: the role of carbon pricing
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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