Energy Management, Supply and Conservation, Elsevier.pdf

Energy: Management,
Supply and Conservation
by Clive Beggs




· ISBN: 0750650966
· Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
· Pub. Date: September 2002
Contents
1 Energy and the environment ............................. 1
Introduction ................................... 1
Politics and self-interest ............................. 3
What is energy? ................................. 4
Units of energy ................................ 5
The laws of thermodynamics ......................... 6
Energy consumption and GDP .......................... 7
Environmental issues ............................... 10
Global warming ................................ 10
Carbon intensity of energy supply ...................... 12
Carbon dioxide emissions ........................... 13
Depletion of the ozone layer ......................... 14
Intergovernmental action ........................... 14
Carbon credits and taxes ........................... 15
Energy consumption ............................... 18
Energy reserves .................................. 19
2 panies and energy supply ........................ 22
Introduction ................................... 22
Primary energy .................................. 23
Delivered energy ................................. 23
Electricity supply ................................. 24
Electricity charges .............................. 26
Electricity tariffs ............................... 28
Natural gas .................................... 31
Natural gas production, transmission and distribution ............ 33
Peak demand problems ............................ 33
Gas tariffs ................................... 34
Fuel oil ...................................... 35
petition in energy supply ...........................