Cover

Preface

Editors’ Biography

Contents

1 Carbon Capture and Storage Need and Prospects

1.1 The Background

1.2 Copenhagen Climate Accord “Falls Short of What is Needed

1.3 The Need for CCS

1.4 CCS and Mitigation

1.5 CCS in Electrical Power Generation

1.6 IGCC and Polygeneration

1.7 A Road Map for CCS

1.8 The Future of CCS

1.9 The Future of CCS is Linked to Future of Coal

2 The Economics of Sustainability: The Business Case that Makes Itself.

3 Bioenergy in Developing Countries: Lessons Learned in Brazil and Perspectives in Other Countries

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Biofuels Programs in Brazil

3.3 Environmental Aspects of Biofuels Production

3.4 Scenarios for Biofuels Worldwide

3.5 Existing Barriers to Replicate the Brazilian Program

3.6 Discussion

3.7 Conclusions

References

4 Technical Feasibility of Renewable Electricity Generation in Nunavut

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Background

4.2.1 Current Electricity Systems in Nunavut

4.2.2 Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs)

4.3 Methodology

4.3.1 RETScreen Renewable Energy Simulations

4.3.2 Energy Savings, Diesel Fuel Savings, Economic Savings and GHG Savings

4.4 Results

4.5 Discussion

4.5.1 Potential for PV and Wind

4.5.2 Economics

4.5.3 Natural Resource Portfolio

4.6 Conclusions

References

5 The Role of Renewable Energy Technology in Holistic Community Development

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Philosophy and Rationale of Holistic Community Development

5.2.1 A Glimpse at the History of Development

5.2.2 Comprehensive vs. Selective Approaches to Development

5.3 Holistic Community Development Concepts —“Family of 4” and “Family of 4 PLUS”

5.3.1 The “Family of 4”

5.3.2 Contextualised Technologies as part of the HCD Concept

5.3.3 The “Family of 4 PLUS”

5.3.4 Synergistic Effects

5.3.5 The Importance of Education

5.4 Project Planning and Evaluation Procedures

5.5 Results and Discussion

5.6 Conclusions

References

6 Europe’s Sunny Future.

6.1 Misconceptions

6.2 Transition model

6.3 Fertile land

6.4 Crystal clear

6.5 Sunny Future

Authors

Index