Renewable energy : power for a sustainable future /
edited by Godfrey Boyle.
- 3rd edition.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press in association with the Open University, 2012.
- xv, 566 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction renewable energy 1.1 introduction 1.2 Present-day energy use 1.3 Fossil fuels and climate change, etc
Chapter 2. Solar thermal energy (Bob Everett) 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The rooftop solar water heater 2.3 The nature and availability of solar radiation, etc
Chapter 3. Solar Photovoltaics (Godfrey Boyle) 3.1 Introduction 3.2 A brief history of PV 3.3 The PV: reducing costs and raising efficiency, etc
Chapter 4. Bioenergy (Dick Morris and Jonathan Scurlock) 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Bioenergy past and present 4.3 Biomass as a solar energy store, etc
Chapter 5. Hydroelectricity (Janet Ramage) 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Galloway hydros 5.3 The resource, etc
Chapters 6. Tidal power (David Elliott0 6.1 introduction 6.2 power generation from barrages 6.3 Environment considerations for the tidal barrages, etc
Chapter 7. Wind Energy (Derek Taylor) 7.1 introduction 7.2 The wind 7.3 wind turbines, etc
Chapter 8. Wave energy (Les Duckers) 8.1 introduction 8.2 introductory case studies 8.3 physical principals of wave energy, etc
Chapter 9. Geothermal Energy (John Ganish and Geoff Brown) 9.1 introduction 9.2 The physics of deep geothermal resources 9.3 Technologies for exploiting high-enthalpy steam fields, etc
Chapter 10. Integrating renewable Energy (Bob Everett and Godfrey Boyle) 10.1 introduction 10.2 The existing UK energy system 10.3 How can renewable energy decrease greenhouse gas emissions
Includes bibliographical references, Index : p.549-566