This fundamental scientific and analytical edition provides a comprehensive view of the energy industry's current state and main trends of development in the era of globalization and deals with the problem of energy security - a key issue for the world community. The study focuses upon hydrocarbon (oil, gas, coal) based energy, hydropower, nuclear energy and prospects for its development, non-conventional renewable energy sources (sun, wind, biomass, etc.), extraterrestrial energy and natural resources, ecological problems of the energy industry, and energy saving among other topics. The book presents a new «Energy of the Future» paradigm, a model for the world energy- production industry in the 2T1 century, and it makes forecasts, including longterm forecasts, of the development of the world energy industry and of energy consumption, as well as projecting the introduction of next-generation energy production technologies.
The immense factual material in the text and numerous accompanying maps, tables, graphs, and diagrammes is complemented with numerous colorful illustrations which help to explain the overall situation of today and outline the contours of future developments in the world energy industry and the world in general.
The book is published in Russian and English, and its target audience includes both specialists and the general audience.
This fundamental scientific and analytical edition provides a comprehensive view of the energy industry's current state and main trends of development in the era of globalization…
