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Renewables : a review of sustainable energy supply options /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elliott, David, 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2013]
Series:IOP expanding physics.
Subjects:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable.
Renewable energy sources.
Power resources.
Energy supply.
Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments and dedications
  • Author biography
  • Introduction
  • Why renewables?
  • Which sources are emerging?
  • What are the problems?
  • The structure of this book
  • Power
  • Hydro
  • Wind power
  • Wave power
  • Tidal power
  • Power in perspective
  • Heat
  • Bioenergy
  • Solar heat
  • Geothermal heat and power
  • Heat pumps and CHP
  • Light
  • PV solar
  • Beyond PV-PE, thermoelectric and photochemical systems
  • One world under the Sun : a global grid?
  • Integration
  • Dealing with variability
  • Grid balancing : beyond electricity
  • Energy storage
  • A balanced future
  • Energy conservation and energy efficiency
  • A sustainable energy future : costs and policy choices
  • Policy
  • Prospects and problems
  • Europe
  • Asia and the Pacific area
  • The Americas
  • Africa
  • What next : the issues of cost and scale
  • Conclusions
  • Afterword.