xii, 308 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-302) and index.
Contents
Our hunger for energy -- The climate before the collapse? -- From wasting energy to saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide -- Carbon-free energy --vision or utopia? -- Photovoltaics -- energy from sand -- Solar thermal systems -- year-round heating from the sun -- Solar power plants -- even more energy from the sun -- Wind power systems -- electricity from thin air -- Hydropower plants -- wet energy -- Geothermal energy -- power from the deep -- Heat pumps -- from cold to hot -- Biomass -- energy from nature -- The hydrogen industry and fuel cells -- Sunny prospects -- examples of sustainable energy supply.
Summary
Encompasses the range of today's important renewable energy technologies, providing an analysis of their development potential; an evaluation of the economic aspects involved; guidance for practical implementation; and advice on how to reduce your own energy wastage. Focuses on eliminating the various prejudices toward renewable energy and showing the interaction between the different technologies.
