The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Electric Power Technologies

by Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy, et al.

Electricity, supplied reliably and affordably, is foundational to the U.S. economy and is utterly indispensable to modern society. However, emissions resulting from many forms of electricity generation create environmental risks that could have significant negative economic, security, and human health consequences. Large-scale installation of cleaner power generation has been generally hampered because greener technologies are more expensive than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309371422
• ISBN13: 9780309371421
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"