Title :
Evolving the Nation´s Energy Infrastructure: A Challenging System Issue for the Twenty-First Century
Author :
Garrett, Bobi A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden
Abstract :
Over the next several decades, a profound transformation of the global energy enterprise will occur driven largely by population growth and economic development. How this growing demand for energy is met poses one of the most complex and challenging issues of our time. The current national energy dialogue reflects the challenge in simultaneously considering the social, political, economic, and technical issues as the energy system is defined, technical targets are established, and programs and investments are implemented to meet those technical targets.
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; power system economics; economic development; economic issues; energy infrastructure; global energy enterprise; national energy dialogue; political issues; population growth; social issues; technical issues; Carbon dioxide; Energy consumption; Environmental economics; Laboratories; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system reliability; Renewable energy resources; Security; Social implications of technology;
Conference_Titel :
System of Systems Engineering, 2007. SoSE '07. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1159-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1160-2
DOI :
10.1109/SYSOSE.2007.4304315