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This textbook introduces the key concepts that underpin sustainable energy transitions. Starting with the basic biophysical principles, current sources and environmental consequences of existing energy resource use, the book takes readers through the key questions and topics needed to understand, prescribe, and advocate just and sustainable energy solutions. The interdisciplinary nature of the book aims to build bridges across the social and natural sciences and humanities, bringing together perspectives, ideas and concepts from engineering, economics, and life cycle assessment to sociology, political science, anthropology, policy studies, the humanities, arts, and some interdisciplinary thinkers that defy categories. This accessible approach fills the gap for a textbook that integrates sustainability science and engineering studies with strong empirical social science and it will be a useful tool to anyone interested in the socio-ecological dimensions of energy system transitions. @EBSCO
1: Energy Transitions- 1.1 Energy Transitions and the Anthropocene- 1.2 Major Debates about Energy Transitions- 1.3 Degrowth Versus High-Energy Society- 1.4 Low-Carbon Resources: Clean Energy Versus Renewable Energy- 1.5 Distributed Versus Centralized Energy Systems- 1.6 Deployment Versus Breakthrough Technologies?- 1.7 Natural Capitalism or Ecological Socialism?- 1.8 Socio-Technical Systems and Multi-Level Perspectives- 1.9 Supply-Side Strategies: Keep it in the Ground, Divestment- 1.10 Demand-Side Strategies: Changing Behavior and Social Norms- 1.11 Just Transitions- References -- 2: Fundamentals of Energy Science- 2.1 Power and Energy- 2.2 Electromagnetic Induction and Electricity- 2.3 Laws of Thermodynamics- 2.4 Exercise- 2.5 Photon Science- 2.6 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy-2.7 Exercise- 2.8 Exercise Answers- References -- 3: Energy and the Social Sciences- 3.1 Energys Impacts on People, and Peoples Impact on Energy- 3.2 Environmental Justice- 3.3 Energy Poverty- 3.4 Resource Curse- 3.5 Behavior and Energy- 3.6 Theories of Social Change: Ecological Modernization and Social Movements- 3.7 Political Ecology- 3.8 Global Production Networks- 3.9 Social Acceptance of Energy Systems- 3.10 Science and Technology Studies- References -- 4: Energy and the Environment I: Fossil Fuels- 4.1 Energy and Society- 4.2 Coal- 4.3 Natural Gas- 4.4 Petroleum- 4.5 Tar Sands, Oil Sands- 4.6 Oil Shale - References -- 5: Energy and the Environment II: Nuclear and Renewables- 5.1 Uranium and Nuclear Power- 5.2 Wind Power- 5.3 Solar- 5.4 Hydropower- 5.5 Bioenergy: Biofuels, Biomass, Biogas, and Biochar- 5.6 Geothermal 5.7 Wave Power- 5.8 Tidal Power- References -- 6: Sustainable Energy Indicators- 6.1 Industrial Ecology- 6.2 Sustainability Indicators- 6.3 Carbon Footprints- 6.4 Life-Cycle Assessment- 6.5 Energy Return on Investment- 6.6 Energy Payback Time- 6.7 Water Footprints- 6.8 Cradle-to-Cradle Thinking- 6.9 The Transition to Sustainable Industry- 6.10 Green Chemistry- 6.11 Political-Industrial Ecology- References -- 7: Low-Carbon Electricity Systems- 7.1 The Electricity Grid System- 7.2 Levelized Cost of Electricity- 7.3 Power Density- 7.4 Designing Electricity Systems for Flexibility- 7.5 Energy Storage and Integrated Resource Planning- 7.6 Smart Grids, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence- References -- 8: Low-Carbon Mobility- 8.1 Transportation in 2020 Is Powered Mostly by Petroleum- 8.2 Electric Vehicles- 8.3 Well-to-Wheel Analysis- 8.4 Hydrogen Fuel Cells- 8.5 Ethanol- 8.6 Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel- 8.7 Low-Carbon Drop-in Fuels- 8.8 Vehicle-to-Grid Storage- 8.9 Autonomous Vehicles- 8.10 Public Transportation- 8.11 Urban Planning for Walking and Biking- 8.12 Decarbonizing Aviation, Long-Range Travel, and Flying Less- References -- 9: Low Carbon Industries and the Built Environment- 9.1 Energy Efficiency and Green Building- 9.2 Water and Wastewater Infrastructure- 9.3 Cement Production- 9.4 Major Alloys and Metals: Steel, Copper, Aluminum- 9.5 Chemical Industries- References -- 10: Sustainable and Just Energy Strategies- 10.1 Food-Energy-Water Nexus- 10.2 Sustainability and Justice Concepts for Solar Energy Futures- 10.3 Developing Decarbonization Strategies- 10.4 Critical Concepts for Sustainable Energy Strategies- 10.5 Techno-ecological Synergies- 10.6 Moving Forward on an Energy Transition Toward Decarbonization- References.
