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The carbon footprint of our primary energy sources /

The Carbon Footprint of our Primary Energy Sources supplies readers with a comprehensive, accessible analysis of the carbon footprints of a range of primary energy sources including crude oil, natural gas, coal, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy and nuclear energy, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharma, Mukul, 1961- (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2025]
Subjects:
Power resources > Environmental aspects.
Energy consumption.
Carbon dioxide > Measurement.
Carbon dioxide mitigation.
Ressources énergétiques > Aspect de l'environnement.
Gaz carbonique > Réduction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • The Carbon Footprint of our Primary Energy Sources
  • The Carbon Footprint of our Primary Energy Sources
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • 1
  • Our energy mix
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Energy usage
  • 1.3 Energy efficiency
  • 1.4 Future projections of energy supply and consumption
  • 1.5 Global CO2 emissions
  • 1.6 US CO2 emissions
  • 1.7 Lifecycle assessment of energy sources
  • 1.7.1 Definition of goals, scope and boundary
  • 1.7.2 Life cycle inventory
  • 1.8 Three scopes of GHG emissions
  • 1.9 Summary
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 2
  • The carbon footprint of crude oil
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 A review of past LCA studies
  • 2.3 Life cycle assessment
  • 2.3.1 The carbon footprint of oil exploration
  • 2.3.2 The carbon footprint of drilling and completing wells: An example
  • 2.3.3 The carbon footprint of oil production
  • 2.3.4 The carbon footprint of gas, oil, and water separation
  • 2.3.5 The carbon footprint of oil refining
  • 2.3.6 The carbon footprint of oil transportation
  • 2.3.7 The carbon footprint of oil utilization
  • 2.3.8 The carbon footprint of well plugging & abandonment (P&A)
  • 2.4 Changes in the carbon footprint of oil production and utilization over time
  • 2.5 The overall carbon footprint of oil production and utilization
  • 2.5.1 Comparison with past estimates
  • 2.5.2 Recommendations for reducing the carbon footprint of crude oil
  • 2.6 Other important considerations for crude oil use
  • 2.6.1 Other important environmental considerations
  • 2.6.2 Beneficial products from crude oil
  • 2.6.3 Cost of oil production and cost to consumers
  • 2.7 Summary
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 3
  • The carbon footprint of natural gas
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Natural gas reserves and production
  • 3.3 Life cycle assessment of the carbon footprint of natural gas
  • 3.3.1 Gas exploration, drilling, and completion: Carbon footprint
  • 3.3.2 Gas processing: Carbon footprint
  • 3.3.3 Gas transportation: Carbon footprint
  • 3.3.4 Gas utilization: Carbon footprint
  • 3.3.5 Gas well plugging and abandonment: Carbon footprint
  • 3.3.6 Natural gas: Overall carbon footprint
  • 3.4 Comparison with past LCA estimates
  • 3.5 Cost of natural gas
  • 3.6 Summary and conclusions
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 4
  • The carbon footprint of coal
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Coal consumption and supply trends
  • 4.3 Previous life cycle assessments for coal
  • 4.4 Life cycle assessment (LCA) for coal
  • 4.4.1 Methodology used for LCA
  • 4.4.2 Technologies for converting coal to power
  • 4.4.3 A traditional coal-fired power plant
  • 4.4.4 A coal-fired power plant that meets the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
  • 4.4.5 An advanced coal-fired power plant utilizing a low-emission boiler system (LEBS)
  • 4.4.6 Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant
  • 4.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 5
  • The carbon footprint of solar energy