Technology and the future of energy / [compiled by] The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.

A collection of papers presented to the 18th Annual Energy Conference held on November 12-13, 2012 at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE, organized by the ECSSR.

Conference program handbook (Eng. and Arabic) includes summary of papers and short biography of the scholars who presented the papers to the 18th Annual Energy Conference.

Includes notes, bibliographical references (pages 429 -472) and index.

Foreward / Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi -- INTRODUCTION -- Technology and the Future of Energy -- TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE GLOBAL ENERGY INDUSTRY -- Changes in Global Energy Supply and Demand / Ken Koyama -- Impact of Evolving Energy Technologies on Future World Oil Production / Ray Leonard -- The Impact of Technological Innovation on the Oil and Gas Industry / Erdal Ozkan -- Public Policy and Investment Trends in Energy Technologies / Robert G. Skinner -- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ENERGY-INTENSIVE SECTORS -- Reducing Energy Consumption in Manufacturing: Opportunities and Impacts/ Bin Song and Dwayne Wang -- Technological Challenges and Opportunities in the Power Generation Sector/ Essam A. Al-Ammar -- Technological Challenges and Opportunities in the Transport Sector / Ibrahim Abdel Gelil -- TECHNOLOGICAL PROSPECTS FOR NUCLEAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES -- Prospects for Renewable Energy Technology Advancements in the Electricity Sector / Nawal Al-Hosany, Steven Griffiths and Dolf Gielen -- Nuclear Energy Technology: From Koreanization to Emiratization / Byung Koo Kim -- GREEN CONSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES -- Carbon Emissions of Buildings: Challenges and Solutions / Khaled A. Al-Sallal -- Urbanization, Sustainable Cities and the Arab Gulf States / Mohsen N. Aboulnaga.

Energy plays a key role in realizing sustainable development in both advanced and developing countries alike, and it is therefore vital that investment in technological development be sustained in order to maximize the benefits of currently available energy resources. However, the question as to how that investment should be directed is a contentious one, and involves numerous parallel questions relating to efficiency, resource availability, cost effectiveness and environmental impact, among others. Furthermore, uncertainty remains as to the extent to which technological innovation can satisfy future global energy requirements, regardless of the future energy balance. The ECSSR 18th Annual Energy Conference, Technology and the Future of Energy, held at the Center on November 12{u2013}13, 2012, and the resultant papers compiled in this volume, provide a variety of informed views on current and future technological trends in the energy industry, and their consequences for both producers and consumers. They present a strategic outlook for technological development in the industry, based on analysis of global energy supply and demand, current and future investment trends in energy technology, the potential impact of technological advances in the oil and gas industry, and the viability of alternative energy technologies. Also discussed are technological challenges and opportunities in energy-intensive sectors in the oilproducing countries of the Arabian Gulf.