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  • Blood & Oil

    A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah

    by Manucher Farmanfarmaian, Roxane Farmanfarmaian ...
    PEN/West Award Finalist" Told with energy, perception and great charm. . . . For anyone who wants to . . . gain insight into the great cultural and political richness of Iran, past, present and future, this book is a marvelous introduction."--Fred Halliday, Los Angeles TimesIran was the first country in the Middle East to develop an oil industry, and oil has been central to its tumultuous ... Read more

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    The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity

    by Ron Pernick, Clint Wilder ...
    When industry giants such as GE, Toyota, and Sharp and investment firms such as Goldman Sachs are making multibillion-dollar investments in clean technology, the message is clear. Developing clean technologies is no longer a social issue championed by environmentalists; it's a moneymaking enterprise moving solidly into the business mainstream. In fact, as the economy faces unprecedented challenges ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Trucks Stop Running

    Energy and the Future of Transportation

    by A.J. Friedemann ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    In lively and engaging language, this book describes our dependence on freight transport and its vulnerability to diminishing supplies and high prices of oil. Ships, trucks, and trains are the backbone of civilization, hauling the goods that fulfill our every need and desire. Their powerful, highly-efficient diesel combustion engines are exquisitely fine-tuned to burn petroleum-based diesel fuel. ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Energy Security for the EU in the 21st Century

    Markets, Geopolitics and Corridors

    Edited by José María Marín Quemada, Javier García-Verdugo, Gonzalo Escribano ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    Recent developments like the rising trend in crude oil price, the international economic crisis, the civil revolts in Northern Africa and the Middle East, the nuclear threat in Japan after the tsunami, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the economic growth of emerging countries like China and India have a direct relation to the security of energy supply anywhere in the world. This book ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Energy Trading and Investing

    Trading, Risk Management and Structuring Deals in the Energy Market

    by Davis W. Edwards ...
    “The essential training manual for anyone who expects to profi tably engage the energy market while avoiding the devils lurking in the details.”Kurt Yeager, former President and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute and coauthor of Perfect PowerShrinking fossil fuel supplies, volatile prices, deregulation, and environmental conservation have transformed the energy market into a major arena ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Mineral Land Rights

    What You Need to Know

    by Levonne Louie ...
    Mineral land is one of the most basic components of the oil and gas industry, but it’s often misunderstood. If you’re a landowner, do you know which rights you have and what to do if an oil and gas company approaches you to lease or drill on your land? If you’re an oil and gas industry professional, are you lacking critical knowledge about mineral land that could enhance the work you do every day? ... Read more

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  • The World's Energy Supply: What Everyone Needs to Know

    by Jose Goldemberg, Charles D. Ferguson, Alex Prud'homme ...
    The topic of energy is one of the most pressing issues across the globe. In this bundle, consisting of Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know, Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know, and Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know, readers will explore everything from the the basic scientific concepts of energy to questions surrounding the specific ways we obtain it. ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • European Energy Industry Business Strategies

    by Atle Midttun ...
    Series series Elsevier Global Energy Policy and Economics Series
    Since the European Union's de-regulation policy for electricity and energy suppliers was implemented, new strategic configurations have emerged. Traditional restraints of geographical limitations on energy companies have been partly removed: the diversity at national regulatory and company level means that the European scene is one of a multiplicity of strategic configurations and developments, ... Read more

    $127.79 USD

  • Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World

    by David Hafemeister ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book fills a clear gap in the literature for a technically-focused book covering nuclear proliferation and related issues post-9/11. Using a concept-led approach which serves a broad readership, it provides detailed overview of nuclear weapons, nuclear proliferation and international nuclear policy. The author addresses topics including offensive and defensive missile systems, command and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • CO2: A Valuable Source of Carbon

    Edited by Gaetano Iaquaniello, Gabriele Centi, Marcello De De Falco ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    As the annual production of carbon Dioxide (CO2) reaches 30 billion tones, the growing issue of the greenhouse effect has triggered the development of technologies for CO2 sequestration, storage and use as a reactant. Collecting together the reports of the Congress at University of Rome (Campus Bio-medico) held 16th April 2012, CO2: A Valuable Source of Carbon presents and discusses promising ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Environmental Risk Mitigation

    Coaxing a Market in the Battery and Energy Supply and Storage Industry

    by Barbara Weiss, Michiyo Obi ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book presents an extensive review of the context and an analysis of the market for clean energy technologies, with batteries as the primary case study. The focus of this book is on clean energy technology and in particular, on renewable energy and portable, mobile and stationary battery and energy supply. The authors examine how effectively countries with large and advanced economies are ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Reconstruction Of China's Low-carbon City Evaluation Indicator System: A Methodological Guide For Applications

    by Jiahua Pan, Guiyang Zhuang, Shouxian Zhu, Ying Zhang ...
    The book, written by acclaimed experts from China , is an output of the Low-Carbon City China (LCCC) Programme. It provides an overview of the low-carbon progress in various Chinese cities, identifies their strengths and weaknesses, and enables the development of renewable energy, green buildings and sustainable transportation. The book also aims to develop a vision, strategy, action plan and ... Read more

    $42.29 USD