Net Energy Analysis: The State of the Art (Routledge Explorations in Energy Studies)

This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of recent advances in Net Energy Analysis (NEA), bridging gaps in the literature, integrating insights from multiple disciplines, and providing practical tools for future research. Modern societies are built upon energy and, more precisely, net energy-the energy available after accounting for the energy required to build, operate, and maintain the energy system.NEA provides the science to assess net energy and its implications, often through the concept of energy return on investment (EROI).Over the past five decades, NEA has expanded from early EROI studies into a toolkit spanning process-based accounting, input-output analysis, hybrid methods, and system-wide assessments.This toolkit is increasingly used to evaluate transition pathways, yet the field still lacks a comprehensive synthesis.Net Energy Analysis: The State of the Art brings together leading scholars to clarify the definitions, concepts, metrics, and methods that define contempora