Renewable Energy

Power for a Sustainable Future
Herausgeber: Peake, Stephen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 680
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 210mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1914g
• ISBN-13: 9780198759751
• ISBN-10: 0198759754
• Artikelnr.: 47492998

Autorenporträt

Dr Stephen Peake is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Technology at The Open University. At the University of Cambridge, Dr Peake is Fellow of the Judge Business School and Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introducing Renewable Energy
2: Thermodynamics and Heat Pumps
3: Solar Thermal Energy
4: Solar Photovoltaics
5: Bioenergy
6: Hydroelectricity
7: Tidal Power
8: Wind Energy
9: Wave Energy
10: Geothermal Energy
11: Integrating Renewable Energy
12: Renewable Energy Futures
A1: Appendix: Investing in renewable energy
A2: Appendix: Units