Surprisingly, there are no authoritative books giving an overall introduction to energy for general readers, students, engineers, geographers or architects, offering adequate coverage of the scientific, engineering, environmental, social and economic dimensions in a single, reasonably-sized and easily-readable volume. This book seeks to fill that gap.

Table of Contents

• About the Author
• Foreword
• 1 Energy: all that matters?
• 2 No, really: energy is matter!
• 3 The providence of Prometheus: energy resources
• 4 The energy system: securing affordable and sustainable supplies
• 5 Upstream activities: preparing for energy conversion
• 6 Energy conversion technologies
• 7 Power to the people: energy grids in transition
• 8 Secure, green and cheap energy: can we really have it all?
• 100 ideas
• Sources and further reading