The Climate Energy Nexus

The Climate Energy Nexus: Understanding the Relationship between Energy Production Systems and Climate Trends offers fundamental material on energy and climate systems, progressing to establishing advanced and integrated energy-climate models. Describing the motivation and key challenges in the climate-energy modeling community, this reference looks at the fundamentals of climate and energy systems before integrating them into a cohesive analysis framework. The book presents various energy production optimization case studies spanning urban and national scales, annual to multi-decade long timescales, and various economic and environmental considerations Practitioners and students interested in climate and energy systems will gain a foundational platform from which to develop informed assessments of future energy use. As making informed energy planning decisions requires a better understanding of how climate trends, extreme events, and public policy could impact energy production performance, cost, and emissions, this book is an ideal resource for readers. - Includes an accessible introduction and detailed advances on climate and energy system models - Provides relevant and real case studies that can be adapted to practical applications - Presents examples using free, open-source frameworks for easy implementation

Mark Mba Wright is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, United States, with a background in lifecycle economics and environmental assessment of energy systems. He has authored over 60 journal papers and several book chapters on the costs and environmental benefits of clean energy systems. He teaches interdisciplinary courses on thermal systems, energy, economics, and policy.