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Green energy to sustainability : strategies for global industries /

"This book is an extensive update and sequel to the successful 2010 book Biomass to Biofuels: Strategies for Global Industries, with an expanded focus on the next generation of energy technologies. Significant progress has been made in this field in the interim, and global market conditions hav...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vertès, Alain A. (Editor ), Qureshi, Nasib (Editor ), Blaschek, Hans P. (Editor ), Yukawa, Hideaki (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • About the Editors
  • List of Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I: Structure of the Energy Business
  • 1 Economic Growth and the Global Energy Demand
  • 1.1 Historical Context and Relationship Between Energy and Development
  • 1.2 Conceptual Framework for Pathways of Energy Use
  • 1.3 World Population Trends and Prospects
  • 1.4 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Economic Growth
  • 1.5 Global Energy Development
  • 1.6 Global Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
  • 1.7 Linkages Between Kaya Factors
  • 1.8 Development of Energy Investment
  • 1.9 Conditions for Energy Transition and Decarbonization
  • 1.10 Perspectives
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 2 The Energy Mix in Japan Post-Fukushima
  • 2.1 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions by Japan
  • 2.2 Energy Dependence
  • 2.3 The Energy Policy of Japan
  • 2.4 Paris Agreement
  • 2.5 Prospective Energy Demand
  • 2.6 Improvement in Energy Efficiency
  • 2.7 Reduction of CO2 Emission in Electric Generation
  • 2.8 Development of New Technologies for Decreasing GHG Emissions
  • 2.9 Production and Use of Bioethanol in Japan
  • 2.10 Production and Use of Hydrocarbons in Japan
  • 2.11 Production and Use of Hydrogen in Japan
  • 2.12 Contributions of the Japanese Government to Fundamental Research and Development
  • 2.13 Perspectives
  • References
  • 3 Green Energy in Africa, Asia, and South America
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 South America
  • 3.3 Africa
  • 3.4 Southeast Asia
  • 3.5 China
  • 3.6 Global Perspectives
  • References
  • 4 The Development of Solar Energy Generation Technologies and Global Production Capabilities
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Sunlight and Photosynthesis
  • 4.3 Photovoltaic Devices
  • 4.4 Overview of Solar Photovoltaic Applications
  • 4.5 Perspectives
  • 6.2 Overview of the Automotive Manufacturing Industry
  • 6.3 Chemicals and Chemical Waste in Automotive Manufacturing
  • 6.4 Pollution Prevention in Automotive Manufacturing
  • 6.5 Perspectives
  • Disclaimer
  • References
  • 7 The Global Demand for Biofuels and Biotechnology-Derived Commodity Chemicals: Technologies, Markets, and Challenges
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Overview of Global Energy Demand
  • 7.3 Petroleum Demand and Petroleum Products for Potential Replacement by Bioproducts
  • 7.4 Role of Biofuels and Biobased Chemicals in Renewable Energy Demand