Sustainable electricity : case studies from electric power companies in North America
tarafından
Fox, Jessica, author
Başlık
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Sustainable electricity : case studies from electric power companies in North America
Yazar
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Fox, Jessica, author
ISBN
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9783319289533
9783319289519
Fiziksel Tanımlama
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1 online resource (xxxii, 264 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Genel Not
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Includes index
İçerik
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Introduction: Defining Sustainable Electricity -- American Electric Power: Stakeholder Engagement and Company Culture -- BC Hydro: How Demand Side Management Can Help Utilities Achieve Triple Bottom Line Outcomes -- Consolidated Edison Company of New York: Distributed Generation -- CPS Energy: Clean Energy, Community, and Business Vitality -- DTE Energy: Water Management -- Duke Energy: Engaging Employees in Sustainability -- Entergy: Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptation -- Exelon Corporation -- Strategic Greenhouse Gas Management -- Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.: The Rural Cooperative Perspective -- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: Energy Efficiency For Our City and Our Customers -- Southern California Edison: Renewable Energy -- TVA: Balancing Aquatic Biodiversity, River Management, and Power Generation -- The Fourth Energy Wave: The Sustainable Consumer is Knocking
Özet
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℗ʺ Offers rare insights into the steps, process, and challenges for advancing sustainable electricity in North America ℗ʺ Case studies explain how companies have balanced conflicting priorities to become leaders in water management, renewable energy, climate resiliency and sustainability ℗ʺ Highlights best practices and advises about likely hurdles to provide an informative resource and templates for success This resource is the first-ever compilation of industry-authored case studies on how power companies are making strides toward achieving sustainable electricity in North America. The book features recent game changing efforts, candid insider stories about challenges and process, and forecasts for the next decade of innovation. Each chapter shares topic-focused case studies regarding the reality of implementing operational changes and strategies that will lead to sustainable electricity. Key technical staff and managers from top companies candidly report on failures, insights, trade-offs, internal process, resulting improvements to operational efficiencies, and natural resource and stakeholder benefits. Electric power company managers seeking to identify specific opportunities and understand the process for advancing sustainability in their own organizations will discover solid paths forward through potentially treacherous terrain. Educated stakeholders, agencies, and regulators will benefit from the greater understanding of the reality of realizing change in the electric power industry engendered by this unique strategic resource
Konu Başlığı
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Electric power-plants -- Environmental aspects
Elektrik güç tesisleri -- Çevresel etkiler.
Renewable energy sources
Yenilebilir enerji kaynakları.
Electric power
Elektrik gücü.
Tür
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Electronic books
Yazar Ek Girişi
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Fox, Jessica,
Tüzel Kişi Ek Girişi
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Ohio Library and Information Network
Library | Materyal Türü | Demirbaş | Yer Numarası | Durumu / Lokasyon / İade Tarihi |
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Ekonomi Kütüphanesi | Kitap | EKOBKN0002146 | 621.3121 SUS 2016 | Merkez Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon |