Sustainable Electricity: Case Studies from Electric Power Companies in North America

By Jessica Fox

Book Overview

This resource is the first-ever compilation of industry-authored case studies on how power companies are making strides toward achieving sustainable electricity in North America. The book features recent game changing efforts, candid insider stories about challenges and process, and forecasts for the next decade of innovation. Each chapter shares topic-focused case studies regarding the reality of implementing operational changes and strategies that will lead to sustainable electricity. Key technical staff and managers from top companies candidly report on failures, insights, trade-offs, internal process, resulting improvements to operational efficiencies, and natural resource and stakeholder benefits. Electric power company managers seeking to identify specific opportunities and understand the process for advancing sustainability in their own organizations will discover solid paths forward through potentially treacherous terrain. Educated stakeholders, agencies, and regulators will benefit from the greater understanding of the reality of realizing change in the electric power industry engendered by this unique strategic resource.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319289519
• ISBN13: 9783319289519
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"