Energy 2050/ (Record no. 162390)
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| fixed length control field | 00421nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781849710848 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 333.790941 |
| Item number | EKI/E |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ekins, Paul |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Energy 2050/ |
| Sub title | Making the transition to a secure low carbon energy system |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Paul Ekins, Jim Skea and Mark Winskel |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Earthscan Publishing, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 381 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Energy 2050 Making the Transition to a Secure Low Carbon Energy System; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Conversion Matrix; 1 Introduction; The long-term challenge of secure low carbon energy; Thinking about energy futures; How the book was written; Structure of the book; 2 UK Energy in an Era of Globalization: Trends, Technologies and Environmental Impacts; Introduction; Long-term energy trends; Final energy demand; How energy is used; Future energy demand technologies; Primary energy demand. Trends in electricity generationFuture electricity generation technologies; Energy trade and self-sufficiency; Energy infrastructure; Environmental concerns; Conclusions; 3 UK Energy Policy and Institutions; Introduction; Ownership issues, late 1940s to mid-1990s; Managing and regulating the flow of electricity; Managing and regulating the flow of gas; New issues in energy policy; UK climate and energy policy development; UK policies for CO2 emissions reduction, 2000-2010; Policies for energy security; Conclusion; 4 Energy Futures: The Challenges of Decarbonization and Security of Supply. IntroductionEnergy systems, decarbonization and resilience; The scenario framework; Scenario analysis and modelling tools; Key assumptions in the core scenarios; Reference scenario results; The gap between the Reference scenario and policy aspirations; 5 Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy; Introduction; Scenario design; Scenario results; Insights and conclusions; Annex 5.1: Data for calculation of carbon tax implied by UK Climate Change Levy (CCL); 6 A Resilient Energy System; Introduction; What can go wrong: shocks to the energy system; Indicators of resilience. Quantifying resilience at the macro levelResilience: implications for energy markets and technologies; Reliability in the network industries; Hypothetical system shocks; Mitigating the shocks; Adding up the costs of resilience; Policy implications; 7 Accelerating the Development of Energy Supply Technologies: The Role of Research and Innovation; Introduction; Technological innovation and energy system change; The accelerated technology development scenarios; Scenarios, system modelling and the real world; Accelerated development scenarios and UK decarbonization pathways. Implications and challengesSummary and conclusions; 8 A Change of Scale? Prospects for Distributed Energy Resources; Introduction; Challenges in the residential sector; Technology characteristics, performance and suitability; The human dimension: installers and householders; Policy challenges for distributed energy resources; Conclusions; 9 The Way We Live From Now On: Lifestyle and Energy Consumption; Introduction; Quantifying lifestyle; Lifestyle change at home; Lifestyle change in mobility and transport; Lifestyle change for a low carbon world; Public policy implications; Conclusions. |
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| Keyword | Energy policy -- Great Britain. |
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| Keyword | Great Britain |
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| Keyword | Energy policy |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Skea, Jim |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Winskel, Mark |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 333.790941 SKE/E | P17276 | 11/07/2018 | 11/07/2018 | General Books |