Sustainable Power Generation: Current Status, Future Challenges, and Perspectives

Sustainable Power Generation: Current Status, Future Challenges, and Perspectives addresses emerging problems faced by the transition to sustainable electricity generation and combines perspectives of engineering and economics to provide a well-rounded overview. This book features an in-depth discussion of the main aspects of sustainable energy and the infrastructure of existing technologies. It goes on to evaluate natural resources that are sustainable and convenient forms of energy, and finishes with an investigation of the environmental effects of energy systems and power generating systems of the future. Other sections tackle fundamental topics such as thermal power, nuclear energy, bioenergy, hydropower, challenges and risks to sustainable options, and emerging technologies that support global power trends.

Sustainable Power Generation explores the future of sustainable electricity generation, highlighting topics such as energy justice, emerging competences, and major transitions that need to be navigated. This is an ideal reference for researchers, engineers, and other technical specialists working in the energy sector, as well as environmental specialists and policy makers.

Provides a multidisciplinary, structured approach to electricity generation, focusing on the key areas of technology, business, project management, and sustainabilityIncludes analytics and discussions of sustainability metrics, underlying issues, and challengesPresents business cases, offering a mix of academic depth and practicality on energy options

Part 1: Introduction to energy and energy systems 1. Concept of energy 2. Evaluation of energy resources 3. Energy system and basic electricity market

Part 2: Sustainable energy and power generation 4. The system boundaries of sustainability 5. Sustainable Energy Development 6. Power system and the environment

Part 3: Thermal power as a bridging technology towards sustainability 7. Concept of a thermal power plant 8. Efficient and clean combustion of fossil fuels within boiler island 9. Power island and balance of plant 10. Fossil energy economics and project lifecycle

Part 4: Past, present, and future of sustainable nuclear power 11. Nuclear energy 12. Modern nuclear power plant 13. Development of sustainable nuclear power plant project

Part 5: Sustainable hydropower 14. Traditional hydropower plant technology 15. Hydropower project lifecycle

Part 6: Emerging sustainable energy systems 16. Wind energy 17. Solar energy 18. Energy from municipal solid waste 19. Bioenergy 20. Geothermal energy 21. Ocean energy conversion

Part 7: Future of sustainable power generation 22. Can we build a sustainable power generation system? 23. Sustainable electricity management beyond generation 24. Transitions towards a sustainable power generation system of the future