Bøger af Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

Presents the summary of a workshop convened in February 2013 as a follow-up to the release of the National Research Council report Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System.

In the fall of 2010, the Office of the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Secretary for Science asked for a National Research Council (NRC) committee to investigate the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion (ICF) concepts. This title deals with this topic.

Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels

Follows on three previous NRC reviews of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, which was the predecessor of the US Drive Partnership (NRC, 2005, 2008a, 2010).

On March 13, 2008, the National Academies brought together many of the knowledgeable people working on energy issues to discuss how we can meet the need for energy without damaging Earth's environment or compromising US economic and national security. This title chronicles that 2-day summit and serves as a foundation for examining energy policy.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) could alleviate the nation's dependence on oil and reduce US emissions of carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas. This book estimates the resources that will be needed to bring HFCVs to the point of competitive self-sustainability in the marketplace.

The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership is a collaborative effort among the Department of Energy, the US Council for Automotive Research, and 5 energy companies to manage research that enables the vision of a clean and sustainable transportation energy future. This book presents an assessment of the progress in the research program management areas.

"This report and the study on which it is based were supported by Contract No. DE-AT01-06NE64158 (Task Order No. 15) from the U.S. Department of Energy"--T.p. verso

In 2001, the National Research Council completed a congressionally mandated assessment of the benefits and costs of DOE's fossil energy and energy efficiency R&D programs, Energy Research at DOE: Was It Worth It? The first phase of the project - development of the methodology - began in December 2003. This report presents the results of phase one.

The announcement of a hydrogen fuel initiative in the President's 2003 State of the Union speech substantially increased interest in the potential for hydrogen to play a major role in the nation's long-term energy future. This report provides an assessment of hydrogen as a fuel in the nation's future energy economy.

Describes and assesses the current status of IFE research in the United States; compares the various technical approaches to IFE; and identifies the scientific and engineering challenges associated with developing inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in particular as an energy source.