Contents Preface vii Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering xi Editors xiii Chapter Lead Contributors xv 1 Energy Options in a Carbon-Constrained World: An Advent of Carbon-Neutral Technologies - Nazim Z. Muradov and Nejal V. 1 2 Hydrogen Energy-Abundant, Efficient, Clean: A Debate over the Energy-System-of-Change - Carl'fochen Winter 115 3 Nuclear Power for the Production of Carbon-Free Energy and Fuels - Kenneth R. Schultz, Maximilian B. Gorensek, J. Stephen Herring, Michele A. Lewis, Robert Moore, James E. O'Brien, Paul S. Pickard, Benjamin E. Russ, and William A. Summers 203 4 Solar Production of Fuels from Water and CO2 Gabriele Centi, Siglinda Perathoner, Rosalba ljassa!aa]ua, and Ciaudio Ampelli291 5 Efficient Utilization of Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Energy Sources through Exergy Analysis - ArifHepbusli 325 6 Electrochemical Reduction of COZ to Fuels - Serguei N. Lvov, Justin R. Beck, and Mark S. LaBarbera 363 7 Energy Storage and Other Ways of Handling Intermittent Energy Production from Renewable Sources. - Bent Serensen 401 8 Energy Bionics: The Bio-Analogue Strategy for a Sustainable Energy Future - Helmut Tributsch 415 9 Synthetic Hydrocarbon Fuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass - Georg Schaub and Kyra Pabst 465 10 Fundamentals of Biohydrogen Production Processes - Chitralckha Nag Dasgupta and Dvbabrala Das491 11 Photobiological and Photobiomimetic Production of Solar Fuels - Paul W. King, Katherine A. Brown, Kathleen Katdiff, and Laura L. Beer 547 12 Fermentative Biofuels: Prospects of Practical Application - Duind B. Levin, Carlo Carere, Umesh Ramachundrun, Tom Rydzak, and Jessica Saunders 608 13 Biofuels from Oily Biomass - Maximino Manzanera 637 14 Fossil Fuel Decarbonization: In the Quest for Clean and Lasting -Fossil Energy - Nazim 7,. Muradov 667 15 Clean Car Options for the Twenty-First Century - C.t'. (Sandy) Thomas 787 Index. 817