Screen LibraryRenewable energy : prospects for implementation /
Renewable Energy.
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Butterworth-Heinemann,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, England : |
| Publication Dates: |
1993. ©1993 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781483256955 |
| Summary: |
Renewable Energy. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9781483256955 1483256952 |
| Index Number: | TJ808 |
| CLC: | TK01 |
| Contents: |
Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Preface; Editor's Introduction; Acknowledgements; PART I: RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; Chapter 1: The Cinderella options: A study of modernized renewable energy technologies Part 1 -- A technical assessment; Chapter 2: Biomass Energy; BIOMASS RESOURCES; CONVERSION AND END PRODUCTS; CASE STUDIES -- SUCCESSES AND FAILURES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; SOCIAL ISSUES; CONCLUSIONS; Modern uses of biomass; Chapter 3: Solar Energy Systems: -- assessment of present and future potential; THEORETICAL POTENTIAL OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. CONCEPTS FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSIONTECHNICAL POTENTIAL AND INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; SOLAR-ASSISTED OPERATION OF CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS; STORAGE OF SOLAR ENERGY; COSTS OF SOLAR ENERGY; PERSPECTIVES FOR COST REDUCTION OF SOLAR POWER PLANTS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: Wind Energy: -- experience from California and Denmark; THE CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCE; THE DANISH EXPERIENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; COST OF WIND GENERATION; POTENTIAL FOR WIND IN THE USA; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: Ocean Wave Energy; DIVERSITY OF WAVE-ENERGY CONVERTERS; THE NATURE OF WAVE ENERGY. COST ESTIMATES AND PRESENT TECHNOLOGY STATEFUTURE PROSPECTS; POWER FROM WAVES TO THE ELECTRIC GRID; ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS WITH EXISTING ACTIVITIES; POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CHALLENGES; INSTITUTIONAL INERTIA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: Hydroelectric Energy; RESTRAINTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROPOWER; TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 7: Tidal Energy; OPERATION; COMPONENTS OF A BARRAGE; THE RESOURCE; PROSPECTS IN THE UK; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; CONCLUSIONS. Chapter 8: Geothermal Energy: -- electricity generation and environmental impactENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND CONTROLS; COSTS AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTS; CONCLUSION; PART II: FEASIBILITY AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION; Chapter 9: Energy Analysis of Renewable Energy Sources; Chapter 10: Integration of Renewable Electricity Sources; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Chapter 11: Solar Hydrogen Energy Trade; PART III: RENEWABLES AND DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 12: Biomass Energy: -- lessons from case studies in developing countries. Chapter 13: Renewable Energy in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: -- some recommendations for a sustainable strategyCAUSES AND IMPACTS OF THE RURAL ENERGY CRISIS; POSTULATES FOR ENERGY PLANNING; TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STRATEGY; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 14: Renewed Prosperity for the Country Boats of Bangladesh; Chapter 15: Renewable Energy in Third World Development Assistance: -- learning from experience; THE ENERGY EVENTS OF THE 1970s; A CATALOGUE OF DISAPPOINTMENTS; UNDERSTANDING WHAT WENT WRONG; RENEWABLES IN THE ENERGY ASSISTANCE OF THE 1990s; CONCLUSION. |