Alternativ og vedvarende energi

Vi ved det godt: Klimakrisen er tidens største politiske, sociale og økonomiske problem. Vores afhængighed af fossile brændsler risikerer reelt at blive menneskehedens endeligt. Vi skylder fremtidige generationer at sætte alt ind for at reducere udledningen af drivhusgasser. Lige nu. Men glem alt dette et øjeblik. Det grønne pengetræ er hverken en appel til din dårlige samvittighed eller dit varme hjerte. Bogens altoverskyggende argument er kynisk: Vi skal sætte tryk på den grønne omstilling, fordi der er gode penge at tjene på den. Vi skal erstatte det fossile med grønt, fordi det er en guldrandet forretning for danske virksomheder, almindelige lønmodtagere og din privatøkonomi.Igennem interviews med alt fra topchefer til havnearbejdere og atomfysikere, understreger Magnus Barsøe det imponerende potentiale inden for de grønne investeringer. Han kommer med politiske forslag, der kan sætte skub i den grønne omstilling og leverer en bredside til venstrefløjens vækstkritikere. Og han tager fat på et af de mest kontroversielle emner i klimadebatten: atomkraft.

Efter at have oplevet en ekstrem varm sommerdag på vej ud af Paris, beslutter en af Frankrigs mest læste tegneserieskabere, Christophe Blain, sig for at finde ud af, hvad der er op og ned på klimakrisen.Han har aldrig for alvor sat sig ind i emnet og opsøger derfor en fremtrædende specialist i energispørgsmål, Jean-Marc Jancovici. Mødet udvikler sig til en tegnet samtalebog mellem en undrende og spørgende lægmand og en eftertænksom og besvarende ekspert om, hvor alvorligt det står til med klimaforandringerne og vores samfundsafhængighed af rigelige mængder energi."Hvis verden skal bestå" er informationsmættet, underholdende, tankevækkende og sætter spørgsmålstegn ved indgroede forestillinger om klimaet, dets årsager og virkninger, og hvad vi skal gøre, for at løse det.

This book offers an overarching view of the underlying challenges that the energy transitions pose to interstate energy relations. Geopolitics of energy currently epitomizes one of the principal sources for geopolitical vicissitudes affecting global energy landscapes. The ever-changing global energy architecture, global decarbonization plans and low-carbon technology developments are having deep geopolitical consequences. The extensive and rapid adjustment towards low-carbon energy is unsettling the conventional transnational energy structures, affecting economies and altering energy interstate relations. The geopolitics of the energy transitions is a field in the making, hence the existent academic literature is scarce and limited in scope. Current debates on decarbonization tend to mimic the geopolitics of oil and gas when discussing the stakeholders involved in the energy transitions. Besides, energy transitions tend to be studied at the national level overlooking the interactions at regional and global scales. Most research on the geopolitics of the energy transitions to date has mainly focused on the path to achieve the transitions to low carbon energy systems, and less on the global dynamics and the impacts of those transitions to inter-state relations and energy security. The fundamental question that needs dwelling is: How, and to what extent, will the multiple dimensions of the ongoing energy transitions affect existing fundamental geopolitical issues, and what new dynamics may result from the decarbonization process of the planet? The reasons to organize this publication are many, but among them stand one, which is functioning as the driving force behind this project: to contribute to a broader discussion on the ways in which energy transitions and geopolitics intersect.

Asia is home to 60 per cent of the world's population, including the world's two most populous nations, China and India. The region's economic gains and rising middle class are accelerating demand for more consumer goods and a better quality of life. For further economic growth to be realised, the region will need a massive supply of additional energy, three- to five-fold 2020¿s amount by 2050. These changes create new business and investment opportunities for domestic companies and overseas participants. Asiäs energy market, already the world¿s biggest, will soon be the most advanced. There will be mass adoption of digital technologies, like artificial intelligence, to make the distribution of solar, wind and other clean resources, smarter and more efficient. Led by China, billions of dollars in capital investment will drive the region's shift to green, sustainable energy, replacing polluting and expensive fossil fuels, which will help to rein in climate change. In Asiäs Energy Revolution, leading energy markets analyst and practitioner Joseph Jacobelli explains why Asia is the world¿s most important territory for energy transition, how developments in the region will drive change in the rest of the world as well as how it will all be financed. The book discussion includes: Analysis of past events and forward-looking analysis of the industry in the region encompassing commercial, economic, and financial aspects Appraisal of new energy technologies, such as electric vehicles, and digital solutions, such as blockchain for energy Review of the capital flows and sustainable financing channels needed to fund energy infrastructure and tech growth

Overskrifterne fortæller os, at kloden er ved at koge over, og at det haster med at stoppe udslippet af CO2 i atmosfæren.Heldigvis findes der en lang række af tekniske løsninger, som kommer til at gøre en forskel. I denne bog kan du læse om nogle af disse grønne teknologier: energi fra sol, vind og vand, nye former for atomkraft, brint som drivmiddel og energilager, huse på vandet, CO2-venligt byggeri, Power-to-X og meget mere.Så bevar optimismen. Med klog og smart teknologi kan vi sammen fikse klimakrisen.Fra 10 år.

A celebrated international bestseller that exposes the ticking time-bomb underneath our new technological order.The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals - but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution will reduce our reliance on nuclear power, coal, and oil, but by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are setting ourselves up for a new dependence - on rare metals like cobalt, gold, and palladium. These are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels, as well as our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other technologies. But we know very little about how rare metals are mined and traded, or their environmental, economic, and geopolitical costs - until now.

Transportation is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable low-carbon technologies for road, rail, marine and air transportation.

This book offers a unique overview of usage of biomass, biomaterials, and bioproducts, including biopolymers. Included are materials, processes, usage as an energy source, and, in particular, applications. It is intended to educate both professionals and graduate students, who typically must acquire knowledge outside of traditional academic disciplines to gain an appreciation of these systems.While the growing need for renewable energy can be satisfied from other renewable sources, biomass is our only real source of renewable carbon-based chemicals and fuels. More and more companies are moving toward using these materials, and investing in new technology based on renewable resources to develop their businesses in a sustainable way.Despite this, few scientists and engineers have been appropriately trained to work in the interdisciplinary field of the biomass economy. Traditional academic disciplines are not well organized to train engineers and scientists to develop new bio-refinery concepts and bio-based products (including bio-based polymers) in industry, nor to develop and integrate pathways to convert biomass into other forms of energy and useful products. The integration of old and new pathways to satisfy global and local markets is the basic skill required to create new biomass processing alternatives. This book is written to fill this gap.