Electricity generation and the environment /

This book is a guide to the evolution of environmental awareness, what that environmental awareness has taught the industry, and how technologies can be used to test and improve power performance. It explores various life-cycle assessments, renewable and alternative power sources such as hydropower...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breeze, Paul
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Academic Press, 2017.
Series:Power generation series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book is a guide to the evolution of environmental awareness, what that environmental awareness has taught the industry, and how technologies can be used to test and improve power performance. It explores various life-cycle assessments, renewable and alternative power sources such as hydropower and transportation, external impacts on the decisions to implement systems and technologies, and the economic and environmental viability of each power generation system covered.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780128095140
0128095148