Generating Electricity in a Carbon-Constrained World

Responding appropriately to challenges separates successful companies from those who won't survive. Containing contributions from renowned scholars and academics from around the world, Generating Electricity in a Carbon-Constrained World explores the various energy production options available to power companies in a carbon-constrained world and provides answers in the form expert commentary backed be real world case-studies. The three part treatment starts with a clear and rigorous exposition of the short term options including Clean Coal, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technology, Coal, and Emission trading. Renewable energy options such as Nuclear Energy, Wind power, Solar power, Hydro-electric and Geothermal energy are clearly explained along with their trade-offs and uncertainties inherent in evaluating and choosing different energy options and provides a framework for assessing policy solutions.