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Global Energy Demand in Transition

The New Role of Electricity

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Behram N. Kursunoglu

    1. Global Foundation, Inc., Coral Gables, USA

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  2. Stephan L. Mintz

    1. Florida International University, Miami, USA

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  3. Arnold Perlmutter

    1. University of Miami, Miami, USA

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Summary of the Conference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Presentations on Global Energy Demand in Transition: Informal Notes

      • José G. Martín
      Pages 3-28

  3. Foreseeable Expansion of the Global Market for Electricity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Energy Black Hole

      • Behram N. Kursunoglu
      Pages 31-32

    3. Global Energy and Electricity Futures

      • Chauncey Starr
      Pages 33-39

    4. U.S. and World Electric Generation Forecast

      • Thomas F. Garrity
      Pages 41-49

    5. Environmental Impacts of Electricity Production

      • Richard Wilson
      Pages 51-65

  4. Factors that Drive the Evolution of the Market Shares of Energy Sources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Issues Related to the Growth of Electricity in Global Energy Demand

      • Marcelo Alonso
      Pages 69-70

    3. Forecast of the Global Electricity Market

      • A. Langmo, C. Braun
      Pages 71-88

    4. Remarks before the International Conference on Global Energy Demand in Transition

      • James D. Shiffer
      Pages 89-95

  5. The Role of Natural Gas in Electrcity Generation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. An Objective Analysis of the Prospects for Gas-Fired Electric Generation in the U.S.

      • Glenn R. Schleede
      Pages 99-119

  6. Energy Interdependency and its Impact on Environment and International Security

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. The Use of Energy Interdependence as a Political Tool

      • Leon Gouré
      Pages 123-127

    3. Protection of the Environment through Power from Space: Science Fiction or Future Reality?

      • Curt Mileikowsky
      Pages 129-142

    4. New Coal-Based Technologies for Nuclear Graphite and Strategic Carbon Materials

      • Alfred H. Stiller, John W. Zondlo, Caulton L. Irwin
      Pages 143-149

  7. Nuclear Reactors, New Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) First-of-a-Kind Engineering (FOAKE) Program

      • Steven A. Hucik
      Pages 153-159
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The annual conferences on energy, which were begun in 1977, continued to 1992 and resumed again in 1994. The theme of the 1994 conference was "Global Energy Demand in Transition: The New Role ofElectricity. " Global energy production, distribution, and utilization is in astate of transition toward an increased and more diversified use of electricity, which is the safest, most versatile, and cleanest form of secondary energy. Electricity is easy to generate, transmit, and distribute, making its use practically universal. These facts make it urgent to explore the technological prospects and long term availability of environmentally benign energy sources for generating electricity. It is expected that the conference will be useful to the governments in formulating their energy policies and to the public utilities for their long term planning. The conference has: 1) assessed the increase and diversification in the use of electricity; 2) assessed the technological prospects for clean energy sources that still require more research and development, i. e. solar, hydrogen, nuclear (fission and fusion), etc. ; 3) assessed the roles of non-market factors and possible improved decision processes on energy and environmental issues; 4) made concrete recommendations regarding research and development policies and regulations to expedite the transition to a dependable, safer, and benign electricity-based energy complex; 5) studied the cost impact: price, environment, safety, and international security; 6) provided an analysis of an expected transition from the fossil fuel transportation to electrical transportation (e. g.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Global Foundation, Inc., Coral Gables, USA

    Behram N. Kursunoglu

  • Florida International University, Miami, USA

    Stephan L. Mintz

  • University of Miami, Miami, USA

    Arnold Perlmutter

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