Implementing Energy Transitions - Issues and Operational Strategy for Integrative Management, by Jacques de Gerlache
Editions Dunod, February 2019 - 288 Pages
Gaz greenhouse effect, energy production (fossil, renewable, nuclear), transformation, transport or storage: the challenges of the global energy transition are many and varied. So much so that political decision-makers, economists and business leaders often tend to consider them individually.
This book proposes an integrative approach to energy transitions, taking into account all the dimensions of these issues. After taking stock of the current energy issues, it explains how all these aspects are intimately linked and why dealing with them independently will only lead to inefficient solutions. He then summarizes them in a global strategy and proposes an operational methodology for implementing action plans, whether at the local, national or international level.
Summary of the book :
An inventory of fixtures. Demographics, consumption and future demand. Climate issues. Resources. Storage and transport. The electric power option.
Integrative management. Operational management of carbon emissions. Current climate change initiatives.
Synthesis and recommendations. The basics of a specific plan. A mental transition. The integration of externalities. The different options.
Integrative methodology of energy transitions. Structure interactions. Functional and circular energy transitions. The three-dimensional matrix. The integrated energy transition plan. Making integration a reality (climate, pollution, health, etc.).
Jacques de Gerlache is (Eco)toxicologist, Professor at the Paul-Lambin Institute of Brussels (University of Louvain). Co-founder and general coordinator of GreenFactsThe International Health and Environment Association, a non-governmental association, provides on its website verified and written summaries in accessible language of international health and environment reports.
