Renewable Energy, Third Edition

Hardback  952pp  ISBN 9780126561531      £62.00

• The only rigorous theory and applications book available
• Provides the principles of renewable energy flows/sources and energy conversion processes
• Details the significant expansion of the field since the publication of the previous editions

This book covers all aspects of renewable energy, from the processes on the sun and in the atmosphere that gives rise to solar radiation, wind, waves, evaporation and the precipitation, forests and plants, over the techniques for deriving energy for society from each of the natural energy flows, and to the economic environmental impacts of each of the natural energy flows, and to the economic and environmental impacts of using renewable energy. Along the way, auxiliary technologies for energy management and storage are introduced, in order to show how demand can be met at all times despite use of variable energy sources.

Contents

Preface; Units and Conversion Tables; Perspective; The Origin of Renewable Energy Flows; The Individual Energy Sources; The Energy Conversion Processes; Energy Transmission and Storage; Energy Supply Systems; Socio-Economic Assessment of Energy Supply Systems; Winding Up; References; Subject Index.