Talking Renewables: A Renewable Energy Primer for Everyone

ISBN-13: 9781681748986 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 98 str.

Anirudh Singh

Opis

Provides a clear and factual picture of the status of renewable energy and its capabilities today. The book covers all areas of renewable energy, starting from biomass energy and hydropower and proceeding to wind, solar and geothermal energy before ending with an overview of ocean energy.

Spis treści

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of acronyms
• Author biography
• 1. Energy and its uses
• 2. Principles of renewable energy technologies--biomass and hydropower
• 3. Principles of renewable energy technologies--solar, wind, geothermal and ocean energy
• 4. Assessing renewable energy resources
• 5. Other requirements for renewable energy
• 6. Using renewable energy
• 7. Our energy future
• Bibliography