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MANAGING ENERGY SECURITY: AN ALL HAZARDS APPROACH TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

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MANAGING ENERGY SECURITY: AN ALL HAZARDS APPROACH TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Author: MARIA G. BURNS
ISBN: 9781498772952
Publisher: CRC PRESS
Category: ENGINEERING | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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Level: None
BookCover: Hard Cover
Number Of Pages: 416
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Edition No: 1

This interdisciplinary book is written for government and industry professionals who need a comprehensive, accessible guide to modern energy security. Introducing the ten predominant energy types, both renewable and non-renewable, the book illustrates the modern energy landscape from a geopolitical, commercial, economic, and technological perspective. Energy is presented as the powerhouse of global economic activities. To ensure the uninterrupted supply of energy, nations, industries, and consumers need to have options. Efficient energy security planning ensures that when a primary energy source is depleted, compromised, or interrupted, an alternative energy source must be readily available. For this reason, the foundations of energy security are built upon the five pillars of Sustainability, Independence, Efficiency, Affordability, and Accessibility. The numerous case studies presented in this book demonstrate that energy security may be compromised in the absence of one out of these

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