Power and energy

Unnaturally splendid weather in Northern Europe and Britain and a stupendous stretch of dry, sunny days in much of the United States were last summer´s pointers to the year´s weightiest technical development for the electric power sector: the growing confidence among atmospheric scientists in their computer models´ warnings that the Earth will warm up markedly over the next century. This paper presents an overview of the power generation-based global warming argument and highlights how: global warming scenarios have gained credibility; international rivalry has quickened in power supply; combined-cycle power plants have attained record efficiencies; and how technical gains have strengthened the renewable energy sector