Sustainable power generation : current status, future challenges, and perspectives / Nikolay Belyakov.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concept of energy -- Evaluation of energy resources -- Energy system and basic electricity market -- The system boundaries of sustainability -- Sustainable energy development -- Power system and the environment -- Concept of a thermal power plant -- Efficient and clean combustion of fossil fuels within boiler island -- Power island and balance of plant -- Fossil energy economics and project lifecycle -- Nuclear energy -- Modern nuclear power plant -- Development of sustainable nuclear power plant project -- Traditional hydropower plant technology -- Hydropower project lifecycle -- Wind energy -- Solar energy -- Energy from municipal solid waste -- Bioenergy -- Geothermal energy -- Ocean energy conversion -- Can we build a sustainable power generation system? -- Sustainable electricity management beyond generation -- Transitions towards a sustainable power generation system of the future.

Sustainable Power Generation: Current Status, Future Challenges, and Perspectives addresses emerging problems faced by the transition to sustainable electricity generation and combines perspectives of engineering and economics to provide a well-rounded overview. This book features an in-depth discussion of the main aspects of sustainable energy and the infrastructure of existing technologies. It goes on to evaluate natural resources that are sustainable and convenient forms of energy, and finishes with an investigation of the environmental effects of energy systems and power generating systems of the future. Other sections tackle fundamental topics such as thermal power, nuclear energy, bioenergy, hydropower, challenges and risks to sustainable options, and emerging technologies that support global power trends. Sustainable Power Generation explores the future of sustainable electricity generation, highlighting topics such as energy justice, emerging competences, and major transitions that need to be navigated. This is an ideal reference for researchers, engineers, and other technical specialists working in the energy sector, as well as environmental specialists and policy makers.