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Power (Mechanics) --- Power resources --- Fuel --- Power resources. --- Fuel. --- Fuels --- Energy --- Mechanics --- Energy resources --- Power supply --- Natural resources --- Energy harvesting --- Energy industries --- energy --- fuel --- low carbon energy generation --- bioenergy

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This book is intended for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the dynamics and governance of low-carbon transitions. Drawing on the Multi-Level Perspective, it develops a whole system reconfiguration approach that explains how the incorporation of multiple innovations can cumulatively reconfigure existing systems. The book focuses on UK electricity, heat, and mobility systems, and it systematically analyses interactions between radical niche-innovations and existing (sub)systems across techno-economic, policy, and actor dimensions in the past three decades. Comparative analysis explains why the unfolding low-carbon transitions in these three systems vary in speed, scope, and depth. It evaluates to what degree these transitions qualify as Great Reconfigurations and assesses the future potential for, and barriers to, deeper low-carbon system transitions. Generalising across these systems, broader lessons are developed about the roles of incumbent firms, governance and politics, user engagement, wider public, and civil society organisations. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Energy policy --- Carbon dioxide mitigation --- Technological innovations --- Environmental protection --- Pollution prevention --- Atmospheric carbon dioxide mitigation --- Carbon dioxide capture --- Mitigation of carbon dioxide --- climate change --- low-carbon energy transitions --- sustainability --- energy --- transport --- energy economics --- energy policy --- renewable energy --- environmental studies

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The circular economy, as a new business model that is different from the economy, can achieve the reuse and recycling of waste for waste minimization, improve the efficiency of resource utilization, and mitigate carbon emissions. It is no doubt that promoting the development of the circular economy can facilitate the transition to low-carbon processes and carbon-neutral development. However, there are still several questions that need to be answered: (1) How can the circular economy contribute to a low-carbon transition? (2) How do we address the fact that the circular economy model may also cause some new environmental problems, and how should we identify what the most environmentally friendly solution is among multiple alternatives for the circular economy? (3) Governmental regulation, policies and incentives play a significant role in promoting the development of the circular economy, so what are the policy instruments that can contribute to its development? (4) How can technological progress and solutions contribute to the circular economy? (5) How can environmental impact assessments contribute to the circular economy? (6) How can we achieve a circular economy or low-carbon transition through changes in consumption behaviors? In order to answer the above-mentioned questions, we launched a Special Issue in Energies. There are a total of six papers published in this Special Issue. This e-book collects these papers to build a platform for sharing advanced concepts, tools and methods for the users to take actions to achieve a circular economy.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Industry & industrial studies --- carbon label --- bibliometric analysis --- CiteSpace --- carbon labeling scheme --- purchase intention --- willingness to pay --- eco-efficiency --- environmental impact --- GHG emissions --- energy consumption --- food chain --- short food supply chains (SFSCs) --- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) --- rice husk --- gasification --- CHP --- Aspen Plus --- simulation --- economic assessment --- circular economy --- low-carbon energy --- waste-based bioenergy --- resource efficiency --- product policy --- energy efficiency --- digitalization --- life cycle assessment --- easy-to-repair design --- built environment --- gas boilers --- heat pumps --- carbon label --- bibliometric analysis --- CiteSpace --- carbon labeling scheme --- purchase intention --- willingness to pay --- eco-efficiency --- environmental impact --- GHG emissions --- energy consumption --- food chain --- short food supply chains (SFSCs) --- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) --- rice husk --- gasification --- CHP --- Aspen Plus --- simulation --- economic assessment --- circular economy --- low-carbon energy --- waste-based bioenergy --- resource efficiency --- product policy --- energy efficiency --- digitalization --- life cycle assessment --- easy-to-repair design --- built environment --- gas boilers --- heat pumps

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The circular economy, as a new business model that is different from the economy, can achieve the reuse and recycling of waste for waste minimization, improve the efficiency of resource utilization, and mitigate carbon emissions. It is no doubt that promoting the development of the circular economy can facilitate the transition to low-carbon processes and carbon-neutral development. However, there are still several questions that need to be answered: (1) How can the circular economy contribute to a low-carbon transition? (2) How do we address the fact that the circular economy model may also cause some new environmental problems, and how should we identify what the most environmentally friendly solution is among multiple alternatives for the circular economy? (3) Governmental regulation, policies and incentives play a significant role in promoting the development of the circular economy, so what are the policy instruments that can contribute to its development? (4) How can technological progress and solutions contribute to the circular economy? (5) How can environmental impact assessments contribute to the circular economy? (6) How can we achieve a circular economy or low-carbon transition through changes in consumption behaviors? In order to answer the above-mentioned questions, we launched a Special Issue in Energies. There are a total of six papers published in this Special Issue. This e-book collects these papers to build a platform for sharing advanced concepts, tools and methods for the users to take actions to achieve a circular economy.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Industry & industrial studies --- carbon label --- bibliometric analysis --- CiteSpace --- carbon labeling scheme --- purchase intention --- willingness to pay --- eco-efficiency --- environmental impact --- GHG emissions --- energy consumption --- food chain --- short food supply chains (SFSCs) --- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) --- rice husk --- gasification --- CHP --- Aspen Plus --- simulation --- economic assessment --- circular economy --- low-carbon energy --- waste-based bioenergy --- resource efficiency --- product policy --- energy efficiency --- digitalization --- life cycle assessment --- easy-to-repair design --- built environment --- gas boilers --- heat pumps --- n/a

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The present book contains nine articles that were accepted and published in the Special Issue “Modeling and Control of Energy Conversion during Underground Coal Gasification Process” of the MDPI Energies journal. This book focuses on the energy conversion processes in underground coal gasification (UCG), as well as on the modeling and control of this process. The articles published in this book can be divided into three thematic parts of research in the field of underground coal gasification technology: the first part is the impact of technology on the environment, the second is research (studies) on the coal areas and coal properties of UCG technology, and the third is the monitoring, modeling, and control processes within UCG. We hope that this book will be interesting and useful for workers and researchers in the field of underground coal gasification technology, as well as for those who are interested in the mathematical modeling and control of this process.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- low-carbon energy --- UCG technology --- grouting --- solidification soil --- soil air --- statistic model --- soil contamination --- atmospheric geochemical survey --- environmental burden --- underground coal gasification (UCG) --- optimization --- syngas --- calorific value --- optimal control --- operating variables --- control algorithm --- coal gasification --- rocks --- coal seam --- material balance --- heat balance --- tightness --- gas --- underground coal gasification --- georeactor --- char --- melted waste rock --- gas permeability --- tortuosity --- porosity --- measurement --- temperature --- regression --- model --- analyses --- cavity --- lignite --- UCG --- ex situ tests --- high temperature --- strength and structural parameters of rocks after heating --- destruction zone around gasified channel --- SNG --- UCG wastewater --- environmental impact assessment --- correlation analysis --- effluents --- n/a