Synopses & Reviews
Life-cycle analyses (LCA), vital in detailing the range of a technology's effects upon the environment and human health, afford us solid information for judiciously selecting those that provide the least damage. This book bring us a major step forward in generating well-balanced, accurate assessments of the environmental impacts of new energy conversion and storage technologies. It presents information on the life cycle of photovoltaics. Since this technology is rapidly evolving, periodic updates are essential for ensuring well-balanced comparisons with other technologies. It also focuses on nanomaterial-based technologies for energy storage and includes comprehensive overviews on the use of nanostructured materials in hydrogen storage, environmental issues related to such storage, and descriptions of new nanoscale systems for energy storage and offers interesting new energy storage technologies. The book also features LCA methodologies applicable to energy-systems analysis, detailing ways of quantifying land use and suggesting applicable metrics.
Synopsis
Fthenakis (Center for Life Cycle Analysis, Columbia U.), Dillon (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Savage (National Center for Environmental Research) present the proceedings of the eponymous symposium from the November 2007 meeting of the Materials Research Society. The symposium was dedicated to the topic of life-cycle analysis (which is used to detail the range of a technology's detrimental effects upon the environment and human health) for new energy conversion and storage systems. Twenty presentations are organized into sections on photovoltaics, nanomaterial-based technologies for energy storage, novel energy storage technologies, and life cycle analysis methodologies applicable to energy systems analysis.