Cercanas pero distintas

La desigual trayectoria de la industria del gas en las regiones del sur de Europa (siglos XIX-XX)

El libro Cercanas pero distintas. La desigual trayectoria de la industria del gas en las regiones del sur de Europa (siglos xix-xx) intenta subsanar algunas de las carencias de las que todavía adolece la historiografía de un sector imprescindible para comprender el proceso de modernización ...

Petrocalipsis

Crisis energética global y cómo (no) la vamos a solucionar

Petrocalipsis es un análisis crudo y claro de las posibles alternativas a nuestro sistema energético actual. Frente al triunfalismo que muchas veces exhiben las noticias sobre la futura utilización de nuevas fuentes energéticas, el libro plantea con concisión por qué no funcionan ni funcionarán cada ...

Natural gas

An analysis of the global gas industry and the many geopolitical challenges that will shape its ongoing role in the global ebergy system.

Oil and world politics

The real story of today's conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more

Petroleum is the most valuable commodity in the world and an enormous source of wealth for those who sell it, transport it and transform it for its many uses. As the engine of modern economies and industries, governments everywhere want to assure steady supplies. Without ...

Behavioral aspects of the European Carbon Market

This work is based on one of the most researched fields nowadays in finance, known as behavioral finance, which proposes psychology and sociology based theories to explain market anomalies. Behavioral finance tries to fill the gap of classical financial models that, based on the idea ...

Caminos de incertidumbre

tecnologías y sociedad

Este ensayo tiene como norte argumental diferenciar entre riesgo e incertidumbre. Hay riesgo al apostar cara o cruz con una moneda, pero cuando la moneda desaparece nos hayamos en un escenario completamente imprevisible: el de la incertidumbre. La pandemia del coronavirus ha expuesto a nuestras ...

Global energy politics

Ever since the Industrial Revolution energy has been a key driver of world politics. From the oil crises of the 1970s to today’s rapid expansion of renewable energy sources, every shift in global energy patterns has important repercussions for international relations. In this new ...

Power after carbon

building a clean, resilient grid

As the damaging and costly impacts of climate change increase, the rapid development of sustainable energy has taken on great urgency. The electricity industry has responded with necessary but wrenching shifts toward renewables, even as it faces unprecedented challenges and disruption brought on by new ...

La energía nuclear salvará el mundo

derribando mitos sobre la energía nuclear

Ni los operadores nucleares son como Homer Simpson, ni en España se puede producir una catástrofe como la de Chernóbil, ni hoy en día podemos prescindir de la energía nuclear sin aumentar las emisiones de dióxido de carbono y la contaminación atmosférica. Así que si ...

The evolution and social impact of video game economics

Today, consumers of video games spend over $22.4 billion each year; using more complex and multi-layered strategies, game developers attempt to extend the profitability of their products from a simple one-time sale, to continuous engagement with the consumer. The Evolution and Social Impact of ...

Renewable energy

a very short introduction

Energy is vital for a good standard of living, and much of the world's population does not have enough. Affordable and adequate sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial; and renewables provide the answer. Wind and solar farms ...

The bridge

natural gas in a redivided Europe

Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet empire, the West faces a new era of East-West tensions. Any vision of a modern Russia integrated into the world economy and aligned in peaceful partnership with a reunited Europe ...

Industria 4.0

conceptos, tecnologías habilitadoras y retos

La Industria 4.0 se basa en el uso de nuevas tecnologías para mejorar la competitividad de las empresas a través de la supervisión de los procesos, los materiales y los bienes fabricados, la creación de productos personalizados, el desarrollo de nuevos servicios basados en ...

Energía sostenible

sin malos humos

Esta obra es la adaptación al caso de España del libro Sustainable energy. Without the hot air de D. MacKay, llevada a cabo por siete investigadores de la Universidad Pública de Navarra de diferentes áreas relacionadas con la generación de energía y la sostenibilidad energética ...

Empowering the great energy transition

policy for a low-carbon future

At a time when climate-change deniers hold the reins of power in the United States and international greenhouse gas negotiations continue at a slow crawl, what options are available to cities, companies, and consumers around the world who seek a cleaner future? Scott Victor Valentine ...

Pollution, politics, and power

the struggle for sustainable electricity

The electric power industry has been transformed over the past forty years, becoming more reliable and resilient while meeting environmental goals. A big question now is how to prevent backsliding. Pollution, Politics, and Power tells the story of the remarkable transformation of the electric power ...

Clothing poverty

the hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes

Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you donate them for recycling? Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a vivid around-the-world tour to reveal ...

El oligopolio que domina el sistema eléctrico

consecuencias para la transición energética

Cinco grandes compañías eléctricas poseen la mayor parte de la capacidad instalada y de la energía que se produce en España, a la vez que controlan la totalidad de las redes de distribución y la mayor parte de la electricidad que se vende a los ...

Crude volatility

the history and the future of boom-bust oil prices

As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s ...

La guerra de los metales raros

la cara oculta de la transición energética y digital

Después de la máquina de vapor y el motor de combustión interna, las tecnologías «verdes» han puesto a la humanidad en vías de una tercera revolución industrial y energética. Como las dos anteriores, se basa en un recurso primordial, una materia prima tan vital que ...