|
|
|
Item Details
Title:
|
RENEWABLE ENERGY
POWER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE |
By: |
Godfrey Boyle (Editor) |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
|
£43.99 |
Our price: |
£38.49 |
Discount: |
|
You save:
|
£5.50 |
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
0199545332 |
ISBN 13: |
9780199545339 |
Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
Delivery
rates
|
Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
13 September, 2012 |
Edition: |
3rd Revised edition |
Pages: |
584 |
Description: |
Examines the practical and economic potential of renewable energy sources to provide sustainable energy. The underlying physical and technological principles of these sources are examined within the context of their environmental impacts, economics and future prospects. |
Synopsis: |
The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilisation today. Renewable Energy examines both the practical and economic potential of the renewable energy sources to meet this challenge. The underlying physical and technological principles behind deriving power from direct solar (solar thermal and photovoltaics), indirect solar (biomass, hydro, wind and wave) and non-solar (tidal and geothermal) energy sources are explained, within the context of their environmental impacts, their economics and their future prospects. Together with its companion volume, Energy Systems and Sustainability, this book provides both perspective and detail on the relative merits and state of progress of technologies for utilizing the various 'renewables'. The analysis considers emissions, sustainability, cost implications and energy security, as political and economic pressures move society towards a low-carbon future.From an overview of basic energy conversion processes, through a discussion of the individual renewable sources, to a concluding examination of the prospects for their integration into national and international networks, this book provides a valuable insight into prospects for the renewables. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Renewable Energy features: For students: * Self-assessment questions. * Links to further information and up-to-date energy statistics. For registered adopters of the book: * Figures from the book in electronic format. |
Illustrations: |
Over 300 colour illustrations and photographs |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
|
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|