The Power Makers Challenge
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The Power Makers Challenge
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Author : Martin Nicholson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-03-30
The Power Makers Challenge written by Martin Nicholson and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-30 with Business & Economics categories.
The Power Makers - the producers of our electricity - must meet the demands of their customers while also addressing the threat of climate change. There are widely differing views about solutions to electricity generation in an emission constrained world. Some see the problem as relatively straight forward, requiring deep cuts in emissions now by improving energy efficiency, energy conservation and using only renewable resources. Many electricity industry engineers and scientists see the problem as being much more involved. The Power Makers ’ Challenge: and the need for Fission Energy looks at why using only conventional renewable energy sources is not quite as simple as it seems. Following a general introduction to electricity and its distribution, the author quantifies the reductions needed in greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector in the face of ever increasing world demands for electricity. It provides some much needed background on the many energy sources available for producing electricity and discusses their advantages and limitations to meet both the emission reduction challenge and electricity demand. By analyzing the three main groups of energy sources: renewable energy, fossil fuels and fission energy (nuclear power), readers can assess the ability of each group to meet the challenge of both reducing emissions and maintaining reliable supply at least cost. It is written for both non-technical and technical readers.
The Power Makers
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Author : Maury Klein
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-09-01
The Power Makers written by Maury Klein and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-01 with History categories.
Maury Klein is one of America's most acclaimed historians of business and society. In The Power Makers, he offers an epic narrative of his greatest subject yet - the "power revolution" that transformed American life in the course of the nineteenth century. The steam engine; the incandescent bulb; the electric motor-inventions such as these replaced backbreaking toil with machine labor and changed every aspect of daily life in the span of a few generations. The cast of characters includes inventors like James Watt, Elihu Thomson, and Nikola Tesla; entrepreneurs like George Westinghouse; savvy businessmen like J.P. Morgan, Samuel Insull, and Charles Coffin of General Electric. Striding among them like a colossus is the figure of Thomas Edison, who was creative genius and business visionary at once. With consummate skill, Klein recreates their discoveries, their stunning triumphs and frequent failures, and their unceasing, bare-knuckled battles in the marketplace. In Klein's hands, their personalities and discoveries leap off the page. The Power Makers is a dazzling saga of inspired invention, dogged persistence, and business competition at its most naked and cutthroat--a biography of America in its most astonishing decades.
New Policy Challenges For European Multinationals
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Author : Rob van Tulder
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-21
New Policy Challenges For European Multinationals written by Rob van Tulder and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-21 with Business & Economics categories.
Brings together a variety of scholarly contributions from a European perspective. This book covers dimensions of MNE corporate strategy in the face of complex policy environments: corporate strategic responses to national policy institutions; pro-active institution-oriented strategies; and, dynamics of international business-government relations.
Health Care Challenges Facing North Carolina S Workers And Job Creators
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Health Care Challenges Facing North Carolina S Workers And Job Creators written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Business enterprises categories.
Overcoming Productivity Challenges In Small Countries
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Author : Andre Haughton
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-03-03
Overcoming Productivity Challenges In Small Countries written by Andre Haughton and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-03 with Business & Economics categories.
Productivity growth has been slowing down globally in recent years in light of heightened economic crises and geopolitical tensions. This book puts the issue of low productivity growth in small countries under a microscope, exploring Jamaica’s productivity challenges in its quest to achieve its United Nation Sustainable Developmental Goals. Overall, this book provides useful examples of handicaps that small countries face and proposes different approaches in finding plausible solutions to their overarching productivity challenges. This study provides useful lessons to other countries, as well, which would like to transition from developing to developed and to better the lives of their citizens.
Community Resilience And Climate Change Challenges Pursuit Of Sustainable Development Goals Sdgs
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Author : Bhaumik, Amiya
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2024-12-02
Community Resilience And Climate Change Challenges Pursuit Of Sustainable Development Goals Sdgs written by Bhaumik, Amiya and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-02 with Science categories.
Communities around the world face an array of unprecedented challenges from climate change. From extreme weather events to biodiversity loss and resource scarcity, the impacts of climate change are far-reaching and multifaceted. Yet, amidst these challenges lies an opportunity for communities to build resilience and chart a path towards sustainable development. However, navigating this complex terrain requires actionable strategies, innovative approaches, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Community Resilience and Climate Change Challenges: Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emerges as a beacon of hope in addressing these pressing issues. By delving into the critical intersection of community resilience and the pursuit of SDGs, this book offers a comprehensive guide for empowering communities to adapt and thrive amidst climate uncertainties. Through a diverse range of practical strategies, case studies, and innovative approaches, it equips decision-makers, practitioners, and educators with the knowledge and tools needed to tackle the complex challenges of climate change and sustainable development.
China
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Author : Ross Garnaut
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2013-07-01
China written by Ross Garnaut and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-01 with Business & Economics categories.
The Chinese economy is undergoing profound change in policy and structure. The change is necessary to increase the value of growth to the Chinese community, and to sustain growth into the future. The changes are so comprehensive and profound that they represent a new model of Chinese economic growth. This book describes the replacement of an old uninhibited investment expansion model of growth, by transition to modern economic growth and provides insights into recent changes and where they are likely to lead. These include requirements for building the new institutions including its public finances for future growth, adjustments in its savings, industry and agriculture, changes in its demographic structure, business environment, and pattern of rural-urban migration, prospects for 'green growth', its energy policy trilemma and the climate change mitigation strategy, and changes for China's interaction with the international economy through its overseas investment and trade in high tech products. China's adoption of a new model of economic growth is of immense importance to people in China and everywhere. This book is an early attempt to take a close look at many of the features of the new model.
Guide To Environmental Challenges Sustainability
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Author : Ajay Kumar Mohla
language : en
Publisher: BFC Publications
Release Date : 2022-06-29
Guide To Environmental Challenges Sustainability written by Ajay Kumar Mohla and has been published by BFC Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-29 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
‘Environment is an integral part of our livelihood and has to be conserved and soil being living entity is maintaining the balance of complete ecosystem, hence all our policies should focus on protecting the soil and different species on the planet earth. Many of the immediate challenges to environment like Climate change, pollution, land usage change, soil erosion can be sustained by strict environment Acts, switching to Renewable energy sources, crop rotation , Recycling wastes etc. Circular economy is one of such focused approach that involves industrial processes & economic activities that are restorative/regenerative design and helps in achieving energy efficiency'.
Energy Policy In The U S
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Author : Laurance R. Geri
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-25
Energy Policy In The U S written by Laurance R. Geri and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-25 with Political Science categories.
In an effort to provide greater awareness of the necessary policy decisions facing our elected and appointed officials, Energy Policy in the U.S.: Politics, Challenges, and Prospects for Change presents an overview of important energy policies and the policy process in the United States, including their history, goals, methods of action, and consequences. In the first half of the book, the authors frame the energy policy issue by reviewing U.S. energy policy history, identifying the policy-making players, and illuminating the costs, benefits, and economic and political realities of currently competing policy alternatives. The book examines the stakeholders and their attempts to influence energy policy and addresses the role of supply and demand on the national commitment to energy conservation and the development of alternative energy sources. The latter half of the book delves into specific energy policy strategies, including economic and regulatory options, and factors that influence energy policies, such as the importance of international cooperation. Renewed interest in various renewable and nontraditional energy resources—for example, hydrogen, nuclear fusion, biomass, and tide motion—is examined, and policy agendas are explored in view of scientific, economic, regulatory, production, and environmental constraints. This book provides excellent insight into the complex task of creating a comprehensive energy policy and its importance in the continued availability of energy to power our way of life and economy while protecting our environment and national security.
Challenging The State
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Author : Merilee S. Grindle
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-02-23
Challenging The State written by Merilee S. Grindle and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-02-23 with Political Science categories.
The 1980s and 1990s posed great challenges to governments in Latin America and Africa. Deep economic crises and significantly heightened pressure for political reform severely taxed their capacity to manage economic and political tasks. These crises pointed to an intense need to reform the state and redefine its relationship to the market and civic society. This book examines the paradox of states that have been weakened by crisis just as their capacity to encourage economic development and provide for effective governance most needs to be strengthened. Case studies of Mexico and Kenya allow the author to analyse the opportunities available for political leadership in moments of crisis, and the constraints on action provided by leadership goals and existing political and economic structures. She argues that while leaders and political structures are often part of the problem, they can also be part of the solution in building more efficient, effective, and responsive states.