Global Energy Fundamentals
Economics, Politics, and Technology

A rigorous and accessible guide to the current status and future prospects of the global energy system.

Simone Tagliapietra (Author)

9781108817707, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 August 2020

300 pages, 52 b/w illus. 2 maps 17 tables
15 x 23 x 1 cm, 0.4 kg

'Tagliapietra's book provides an invitation to further exploration and learning, and as such would be useful as a text in a wide variety of economics, politics, public policy, law, engineering, and management courses. It will also be a valuable resource to policymakers and their staff …' L. Lynne Kiesling, Econonomics of Energy and Environmental Policy

This book provides a rigorous, concise guide to the current status and future prospects of the global energy system. As we move away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy solutions, the complexity of the global energy system has increased. Tagliapietra cuts through this complexity with a multidisciplinary perspective of the system, which encompasses economics, geopolitics, and basic technology. He goes on to explore the main components of the global energy system - oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy, bioenergy, hydropower, geothermal energy, wind energy, solar energy, marine energy - as well as energy consumption and energy efficiency. It then provides an in-depth analysis of the pivotal issues of climate change and of energy access in Africa.

1. Introduction to global energy
2. Oil
3. Natural gas
4. Coal
5. Nuclear energy
6. Renewable energy: Introduction and established sources
7. Renewable energy: New sources
8. Energy consumption and energy efficiency
9. In-depth focus 1: Energy and climate change
10. In-depth focus 2: Energy access in Africa
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Energy technology & engineering [TH], Environmental economics [KCN], Economics [KC]