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This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction: all energy options kept open in 2006 Green Book
Nuclear energy: 50 years of industrial experience
Main actors: common needs, international vision and strategic instruments
On the eve of a technological breakthrough: six challenges for research and development
Generation II: supply security and environmental protection
Generation III: continuous...
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Co‐generation
Overview of existing technologies
Co‐generation installation dimensioning
Assessment of the energy advantage of co‐generation
Energy advantage allocation
The electrical aspects of co‐generation installations
Cooling by absorption and tri‐generation
Estimation of the potential of co‐generation
Influence of co‐generation on the environment
Conclusions...
This chapter contains sections titled:
Context
Hydrogen: an energy vector for the future?
How do we produce hydrogen?
Hydrogen transportation
Distribution
Hydrogen storage
Applications of hydrogen as energy vector
Risks, standards, regulations and acceptability
A hydrogen economy
The hydrogen players
Conclusions and perspectives
Bibliography
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Operation principles in different cell types
The system aspect
Energy conversion efficiency
Main applications
Bibliography
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Energy and buildings: some key figures in Europe
How to move from buildings “addicted to fossil energy” toward “low energy buildings” (LEB) and, further, toward buildings as power plants (BaPP)
The Minergie trademark
The PassivHaus label (passive house)
The zero‐energy houses: zero‐energy house – zero‐energy home (ZEH) – zero‐energy buildings (ZEB)...
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Lighting in the past and today
Light sources and energy conversion
Energy savings in the lighting field: some typical case studies
What is the future for light sources?
Bibliography
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Introduction: a threat or an opportunity?
Deregulation
New generation equipment
Impact of distributed generation on electric networks
Solution elements
Conclusion: a challenge and a development opportunity for the electricity sector
Bibliography
This chapter contains sections titled:
Nomenclature
Introduction
Stakes of the load control
Choice of loads to control
Needs in communications, measurements and monitoring to control the loads
Model and algorithm needs for load control
Conclusion
Bibliography
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