"Version: 20170501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Population and its effects -- 1.1. Population -- 1.2. Water and food -- 1.3. Pollution -- 1.4. The effects of pollution2. Energy conservation and the first law of thermodynamics -- 2.1. The first law of thermodynamics -- 2.2. …
"Version: 20170701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-17).Preface -- 1. Introduction : the uses of storage -- 2. Energy storage criteria : size, cost and utility -- 3. What's on offer : current and new developments -- 3.1. Electro-chemical storage -- 3.2. Mechanical systems -- 3.3. Thermal systems -- 3.4. Hydrogen options -- 4. Outlook : the issues ahead -- 5. Addi…