Energy
Human history can be told in terms of the history of energy. The discovery of fire, the domestication of animals, the discovery of fossil fuels, the electrification of cities, the oil wars in the Middle East, and advances in nuclear physics are all pivotal points in human history. Energy is a multifaceted concept; it is central to science and education, it plays pivotal role in economic growth, and it has a dominant position in international affairs. Conventional energy sources are major sources of environmental stress at global as well as local levels. Emissions from fossil fuels drive a range of global and regional environmental changes, including global climate change, acid deposition and urban smog. Coal mining disturbs vast areas of natural habitat, hydropower development can have significant environmental and social costs, and the exploration for and extraction of oil and natural gas can have significant impacts, particularly in sensitive ecosystems
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Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the generation of electricity from controlled reactions within the nucleii of atoms that release energy used to boil water, the steam from which drives a... More »
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Photovoltaic energy valuation model
Photovoltaic Energy Valuation Model Sandia National Laboratories in collaboration with Solar Power Electric™ has developed PV ValueTM, an electronic form to... More »
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Bibliography on energy transitions
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2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy...
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All: 2012 On 16 February 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a Resolution (A/RES/65/151) declaring Year... More »
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Petroleum refining processes
Petroleum refining processes are those chemical engineering processes and other facilities used in petroleum refineries (also referred to as oil refineries) to transform... More »
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Comment on DOE Shale Gas Recommendations
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Subcommittee Releases Shale Gas Recommendations The draft 90-day report is now available. ... More »
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Fossil fuel
Introduction Fossil fuel is any naturally occurring carbon compound found in the Earth's crust that has been produced by anaerobic conditions and high... More »
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California
California, situated on the Pacific coast of the USA, is the third largest state of the United States in land area and most populous state. The 2009 population... More »
Bosporus Straits, Turkey
Last Updated on 2013-05-21 at 12:23
The Bosporus or Bosphorus (also known as the Istanbul Strait) is a strait connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (and beyond it, through the Dardenelles to the... More »
Strait of Hormuz
Last Updated on 2013-05-20 at 13:48
Located between Oman and Iran, the Strait of Hormuz (26°34'0.00"N, 56°15'0.00"E) connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian... More »
Bab el-Mandeb
Last Updated on 2013-05-19 at 23:05
The Bab el-Mandeb (Bab al-Mandab) strait (12° 34' 34” North, 43° 21' 11” East) separates Africa (Djibouti and Eritrea), and Asia (Yemen), and... More »
Strait of Malacca
Last Updated on 2013-05-19 at 18:27
The Strait of Malacca, located between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, links the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea and Persian Gulf. The length of the strait is about 800... More »
Oil transit chokepoints
Last Updated on 2013-05-16 at 12:45
World oil chokepoints for maritime transit of oil are a critical part of global energy security. About half of the world's oil production... More »
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