Energy Options Impact on Regional Security

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barbir, Frano. (Editor), Ulgiati, Sergio. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, 00
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electric engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Engineering economy.; Sustainable development.; Energy Technology.; Sustainable Development.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9565-7

This book addresses energy-related issues in light of the options available to the European and Mediterranean countries. The articles attempt to identify and analyse the economic, environmental, societal and regional security issues that may emerge from those options. It is clear that a coherent ene...

Table of Contents:

• Preface . Multi-Method and Multi-Scale Analysis of Energy and Resource Conversion and Use.-Using the MuSIASEM approach to study metabolic patterns of modern societies
• Seven Policy Switches for Global Security
• Energy security and the social use of energy.-Technology wedges for Low Carbon Strategies in Industry.-Sustainable energy for world economies.-Cadmium flows and emissions: CdTe PV friend or foe?
• Increasing RES Penetration and Security of Energy Supply by use of Energy Storages and Heat Pumps in Croatian Energy System.-Goals of EU in using renewable energy and abilities of Croatia in realization of those goals.-The key aspects of electricity and natural gas security of supply in Croatia.-Zero Emission Sources of Electricity: Cost, Capacity, Advantages and Disadvantages.-Analysis of energy options impact on regional security: The Case of Eastern Europe.-Socio-Economic and Energy Development in Ukraine  Problems and Solutions.-Advances in small hydropower energy production in Ukraine.-Securing energy supply at the regional level  the case of wind farming in Germany
• Renewable Energies to Provide Sustainable Development Perspectives for North Africa: The Sahara Wind Project.-Renewable Energy Potentials in Serbia with Particular Regard to Forest and Agricultural Biomas.-Development of strategic scenarios and optimal structures for sustainable production of biofuels in Slovenia.-Biomass for energy and the impacts on food security
• Changing Energy Production, Emerging Technologies and Regional Security.-Author Index
• Subject Index.