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Capitalism is under attack. Defenders say that capitalism has raised billions of people from poverty. But a central activity of capitalism today, Wall Street style, is speculation (gambling), using other people’s money, and privatizing the profits while socializing the...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-05-29
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This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of energy, environmental and construction engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the International Scientific Conference Energy, Environmental and...
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Springer
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2020-04-29
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Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
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This book provides an in-depth assessment of the modern geopolitics of hydrocarbon resources in the territorial waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, highlighting the current conflicts and disputes in the maritime territories of Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Cyprus, and...
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Springer
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2020-04-27
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Lecture Notes in Energy
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This book tells the story of one nation’s sustained efforts to steer its economy toward low carbon technologies and to define national and global pathways for mitigating climate change. Drawing on a long career in Germany’s energy sector, and on subsequent academic...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-27
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Energy
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This book gathers contributions from a multidisciplinary research team comprised of control engineering and economics researchers and formed to address a central interdisciplinary social issue, namely economically enabled energy management. The book’s primary focus is...
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Springer
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2020-04-21
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This book shows how the links between energy security and national and international law and policies on green energy pose challenges to a transition towards a green energy system. Based on empirical work carried out in two very different country case studies – Great...
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Springer
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2020-04-16
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International Law and Economics
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This book presents a comprehensive overview on origin, structure, properties, modification strategies and applications of the biopolymer lignin. It is organized into four themed parts. The first part focuses on the analysis and characterization of the second most...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-13
Collection :
Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials
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This book offers a comprehensive reference guide to the important topics of fault analysis and protection system design for DC grids, at various voltage levels and for a range of applications. It bridges a much-needed research gap to enable wide-scale implementation of...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-13
Collection :
Power Systems
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Ein wesentlicher Anteil der in Deutschland benötigten Endenergien entfällt auf die Sektoren Industrie, Gewerbe, Handel und Dienstleistungen. Wegen der Vielfalt der dort eingesetzten Maschinen- und Anlagentechniken sowie Fertigungsverfahren stellen sich besondere...
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Springer Vieweg
Parution :
2020-04-01
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This book defines oil price as a social institution that exists beyond supply-demand mechanisms. Discussing oil markets in the context of the broader sociology of prices, it covers a number of theoretical and practical dimensions, such as new market uncertainties and...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-03-26
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This book investigates the overall natural gas reform performance of Turkey, addressing both shortfalls and setbacks that have prevented Turkey from the fulfillment of the regulatory implementation since 2001, and how the prospectively liberalised natural gas market can...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-03-21
Collection :
The Political Economy of the Middle East
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Advances in Nuclear Fuel Chemistry presents a high-level description of nuclear fuel chemistry based on the most recent research and advances. Dr. Markus H.A. Piro and his team of global, expert contributors cover all aspects of both the conventional uranium-based...
Editeur :
Woodhead Publishing
Parution :
2020-03-20
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This book offers a comprehensive yet accessible snapshot of the latest consumer research on the adoption and use of electric vehicles. It discusses the importance of developing a better understanding of consumer behavior in relation to electric vehicles, and the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-03-17
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Mobility
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This book highlights the latest advances in waste management, resource recovery and resource circulation in various countries, with a special emphasis on India. It leads the way towards a sustainable circular economy developing local economy and enhances the...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-03-13
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This book analyzes new electricity pricing models that consider uncertainties in the power market due to the changing behavior of market players and the implementation of renewable distributed generation and responsive loads. In-depth chapters examine the different...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-03-10
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An “informative and highly readable” (Foreign Affairs) breakdown of the history of electricity and the impact of global energy use on the world and the environment Global demand for power is doubling every two decades, but electricity remains one of the most...
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PublicAffairs
Parution :
2020-03-10
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This book brings together the state-of-the-art in energy and resources research. It covers wind, solar, hydro and geothermal energy, as well as more conventional power generation technologies, such as internal combustion engines. Related areas of research such as the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-03-06
Collection :
Springer Proceedings in Energy
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Die Autoren stellen die Ergebnisse des Projekts IER-SEK zusammenfassend vor. IER-SEK ist das Instrument zur Entscheidungsunterstützung für Großvermieter zur Realisierung von Stadtentwicklungskonzepten und wurde im Rahmen der BMBF-Initiative Kommunen...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2020-02-25
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This book examines the implementation of, the spread of, and compliance with emerging global norms. Based on empirical country studies on the implementation of transparency norms defined by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) – a multi-stakeholder...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-02-24
Collection :
Norm Research in International Relations
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This book aims to make the best use of fine-grained smart meter data to process and translate them into actual information and incorporated into consumer behavior modeling and distribution system operations. It begins with an overview of recent developments in smart...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-02-24
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