1160 pages : 24 cm
"Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity provides a sound and thorough look at the need to find new ways to meet the growing demand for energy. Because of the increasing severity of problems posed by conventional sources of energy - threats to the security of the world's oil supply, the environmental costs of burning fossil fuels, issues of safety and weapons proliferation related to nuclear power - the world's dependence on conventional energy sources must be reduced both by using energy more efficiently and by shifting to alternative, less problematic supply sources. Renewable energy can play a central role in addressing this challenge." "This book offers a cutting-edge review of the prospects for renewable energy. Overall performance, cost, market potential, and environmental impact are assessed for fuels and electricity derived from hydroelectric, wind, photovoltaics, solar-thermal, geothermal, ocean and biomass energy sources. In addition, policies for adopting renewables on a broad scale are provided." "This book will serve as an essential reference tool for policymakers, industrial leaders, economists, scientists, and environmentalists who are concerned with matters of energy, the environment, and development."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references and index
Renewable fuels and electricity for a growing world economy: defining and achieving the potential / Thomas B. Johansson, Henry Kelly, Amulya K.N. Reddy, Robert H. Williams -- Hydropower and its constraints / Jose Roberto Moreira, Alan Douglas Poole -- Wind energy: technology and economics / Alfred J. Cavallo, Susan M. Hock, Don R. Smith -- Wind energy: resources, systems and regional strategies / Michael J. Grubb, Niels I. Meyer -- Solar-thermal electric technology / Pascal De Laquil III, David Kearney, Michael Geyer, Richard Diver -- Introduction to photovoltaic technology / Henry Kelly -- Crystalline-and polycrystalline-silicon solar cells / Martin A. Green -- Photovoltaic concentrator technology / Eldon C. Boes, Antonio Luque -- Amorphous silicon photovoltaic systems / David E. Carlson, Sigurd Wagner -- Polycrystalline thin-film photovoltaics / Ken Zweibel, Allen M. Barnett -- Utility field experience with photovoltaic systems / Kay Firor, Roberto Vigotti, Joseph J. Iannucci -- Ocean energy systems / James E. Cavanagh, John H. Clarke, Roger Price -- Geothermal energy / Civis G. Palmerini
Biomass for energy: supply prospects / David O. Hall, Frank Rosillo-Calle, Robert H. Williams, Jeremy Woods -- Bioenergy: direct applications in cooking / Gautam S. Dutt, N.H. Ravindranath -- Open-top wood gasifiers / H.S. Mukunda, S. Dasappa, U. Shrinivasa -- Advanced gasification-based biomass power generation / Robert H. Williams, Eric D. Larson -- Biogas electricity--the Pura Village case study / P. Rajabapaiah, S. Jayakumar, Amulya K.N. Reddy -- Anaerobic digestion for enery production and environmental protection / Gatze Lettinga, Adriaan C. van Haandel -- The Brazilian fuel-alcohol program / Jose Goldemberg, Lourival C. Monaco, Isaias C. Macedo -- Ethanol and methanol from cellulosic biomass / Charles E. Wyman, Richard L. Bain, Norman D. Hinman, Don J. Stevens -- Solar hydrogen / Joan M. Ogden, Joachim Nitsch -- Utility strategies for using renewables / Henry Kelly, Carl J. Weinberg -- A renewables-intensive global energy scenario / Thomas B. Johansson, Henry Kelly, Amulya K.N. Reddy, Robert H. Williams
"Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity provides a sound and thorough look at the need to find new ways to meet the growing demand for energy. Because of the increasing severity of problems posed by conventional sources of energy - threats to the security of the world's oil supply, the environmental costs of burning fossil fuels, issues of safety and weapons proliferation related to nuclear power - the world's dependence on conventional energy sources must be reduced both by using energy more efficiently and by shifting to alternative, less problematic supply sources. Renewable energy can play a central role in addressing this challenge." "This book offers a cutting-edge review of the prospects for renewable energy. Overall performance, cost, market potential, and environmental impact are assessed for fuels and electricity derived from hydroelectric, wind, photovoltaics, solar-thermal, geothermal, ocean and biomass energy sources. In addition, policies for adopting renewables on a broad scale are provided." "This book will serve as an essential reference tool for policymakers, industrial leaders, economists, scientists, and environmentalists who are concerned with matters of energy, the environment, and development."--Jacket
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