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  • Biodiversity and Wind Farms in Portugal

    Current knowledge and insights for an integrated impact assessment process

    Edited by Miguel Mascarenhas, Ana Teresa Marques, Ricardo Ramalho, Dulce Santos, Joana Bernardino, Carlos Fonseca ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a review of the state-of-the-art knowledge on the interactions between biodiversity and wind energy development, focused on the Portuguese reality. The volume addresses the particularities of the impact assessment procedures in Portugal, contrasting it with the international practices and presenting its main findings by covering the following broader themes: i) evaluation of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Electronic Waste

    Recycling Techniques

    Edited by Hugo Marcelo Veit, Andréa Moura Bernardes ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents an overview of the characterization of electronic waste. In addition, processing techniques for the recovery of metals, polymers and ceramics are described. This book serves as a source of information and as an educational technical reference for practicing scientists and engineers, as well as for students. ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • The Internal Energy Market

    Towards a Third Wave of Liberalisation

    by Fabrizio Lala ...
    The energy strategy of European Union is an item of utmost political concern, since it tightly intertwined with controversial commercial relationship with Russia and the US.In spite of the fact that energy had always played a leading role in the European Union, it was not included or since the beginning of the European Community within the common policies in the same.Things began to change in the ... Read more

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  • From Science to Society

    New Trends in Environmental Informatics

    Edited by Benoît Otjacques, Patrik Hitzelberger, Stefan Naumann, Volker Wohlgemuth ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in connection with green information systems and green information & communication technology (ICT). It provides valuable insights into a broad range of cross-cutting concerns in ICT and the environmental sciences, and showcases how ICT can be used to effectively address environmental and energy efficiency issues. Offering a selection of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Biomass and Green Chemistry

    Building a Renewable Pathway

    Edited by Sílvio Vaz Jr. ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book investigates the main vegetable biomass types, their chemical characteristics and their potential to replace oil as raw material for the chemical industry, according to the principles of green chemistry. Authors from different scientific and technical backgrounds, from industry and academia, give an overview of the state of the art and ongoing developments. Aspects including bioeconomy, ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • The Nuclear Imperative

    A Critical Look at the Approaching Energy Crisis (More Physics for Presidents)

    by Jeff Eerkens ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    In this well documented global wake-up call, nuclear physicist Jeff Eerkens explores remedies for the impending energy crisis, when oil and natural gas are depleted. Because burning coal worsens the problem of global warming, alternate energy sources must be instituted. The Nuclear Imperative demonstrates with scientific documentation that solar, wind, and biomass power alone, while helpful, are ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Potential for Industrial Energy-Efficiency Improvement in the Long Term

    by J. de Beer ...
    Series Book 5 - Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science
    This book does not give a prediction of what the efficiency will be of the energy use of industrial processes in the future. However, it does give an exploration of limits to the efficiency of current processes and an indication of what might be achieved if new technologies can be developed. At the Department of Science, Technology and Society of Utrecht University research had been done to the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Phytoremediation for Green Energy

    Edited by Muhammad Ashraf, Ahmet Aksoy, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Münir Öztürk ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Human demand for energy has grown multi-folds in recent years. This is the result of rapidly increasing human population, which, in turn, has resulted in increased organic (petroleum) and inorganic pollution on the biosphere. Due to this, we are now facing a number of challenges to sustain life on earth. For example, the increased organic and inorganic pollution in our environment is leading to ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Combustible Solid Waste Thermochemical Conversion

    A Study of Interactions and Influence Factors

    by Hui Zhou ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is written by Dr. Hui Zhou as a Ph.D. dissertation in Tsinghua University, China. It establishes the thermochemical characteristics of model compounds in combustible solid waste (CSW), and delineates the influence of different factors on the thermochemical characteristics and the influence interactions between model components have on the thermochemical characteristics. The works provide ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Biohydrogen Production: Sustainability of Current Technology and Future Perspective

    Edited by Anoop Singh, Dheeraj Rathore ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Increase in green, renewable and sustainable energy demand due to higher environmental impacts (e.g. Greenhouse gases emissions, climate change, etc.) on consumption of fossil fuel resource put down an extra pressure on government, researchers and industrialists. Among several available biofuel options, biohydrogen is considered as one of the best environmentally clean fuel and a strong candidate ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Fuel Cells in the Waste-to-Energy Chain

    Distributed Generation Through Non-Conventional Fuels and Fuel Cells

    by Stephen J. McPhail, Viviana Cigolotti, Angelo Moreno ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    As the availability of fossils fuels becomes more limited, the negative impact of their consumption becomes an increasingly relevant factor in our choices with regards to primary energy sources. The exponentially increasing demand for energy is reflected in the mass generation of by-products and waste flows which characterize current society’s development and use of fossil sources. The potential ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Environmental Risk Mitigation

    Coaxing a Market in the Battery and Energy Supply and Storage Industry

    by Barbara Weiss, Michiyo Obi ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book presents an extensive review of the context and an analysis of the market for clean energy technologies, with batteries as the primary case study. The focus of this book is on clean energy technology and in particular, on renewable energy and portable, mobile and stationary battery and energy supply. The authors examine how effectively countries with large and advanced economies are ... Read more

    $89.09 USD