Renewable energy in nontechnical language

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Main Author Chambers, Ann
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp., ©2004.
Subjects
Renewable energy sources.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781628702958
1628702958
9781593700058
1593700059
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : illustrations

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505 0 |a Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Wind -- Solar -- Hydroelectric -- Geothermal -- Biomass -- United States -- Renewable futures -- World Overview -- Mexico -- Western Europe -- Industrialized Asia -- Developing Asia -- Central and South America -- Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union -- Africa/Middle East -- Solar and PV -- Solar Basics -- Concentrating solar power -- Passive solar heating and daylighting -- Solar process heat -- Market for PV -- Retail ready systems -- Case Study: Engineering Firm Saves with Solar -- System specifications -- DOE solar buildings program -- Research and development -- Case Study: Solar Patriot House Displays Green Design -- Types of Solar Cells -- Case Study: Santa Rita Jail Boasts Biggest Roof Installation -- Case Study: Largest Solar Installation in the United Kingdom -- Case Study: 4000 Solar Systems for Rural Telecom -- Case Study: 3000 Solar Panels Save University $50,000 Annually -- Case Study: Per Houses First Latin American -- Solar Grid-Connect System -- Case Study: Fun in the Sun -- Learning From Light brightens schools -- Case Study: Staying Green at Hybrid Parker Ranch -- Equipment -- Benefits -- Future views -- Case Study: HCPV: Catching Rays in Arizona -- How it works -- Efficiency measures -- Case Study: Australian Solar Tower Breaking Records -- Financing -- Design and construction -- Wind Energy -- Types of turbines -- U.S. wind resources -- Falling costs -- Industry statistics -- Merchant potential -- New wind technologies -- Siting hurdles -- Unique considerations -- Guidelines -- Land use -- For the birds -- Sound concerns -- Visionary planning -- U.S. wind resources -- Falling costs -- Industry statistics -- Merchant potential -- New wind technologies -- Siting hurdles -- Unique considerations -- Guidelines -- Land use -- For the birds -- Sound concerns -- Visionary planning -- Case Study: Big Spring Keeps on Turning -- Offshore aesthetics -- Capacity and output -- Transmission issues -- Case Study: Winds of Change in Italy -- Case Study: Arklow Bank Project Siting 200 Turbines Offshore -- Case Study: Brazil's Hydro Crisis Unleashes Wind Demand -- Bioenergy -- Case Study: Landfill Gas-to-Energy Powers Iowa -- Biomass potential -- Case Study: PGE Makes Green Power with Cows -- Biomass CHP -- Back for the future -- Biogas potential -- Biopower basics -- Transportation applications -- Ethanol -- Biodiesel -- Biodiesel market -- Case Study: Savannah River Switches to Biodiesel -- Case Study: Florida, Alabama Utilities Land Biodiesel -- Other biobased products -- Biomass at work -- World Views -- Case Study: Biomass Use in Bangladesh -- Geothermal Energy -- Steam -- High-temperature water -- Moderate-temperature water -- Power production -- The future of geothermal power -- DOE developments -- Principal research and development thrusts -- Case Study: New Nevada Campus to be Fully Powered -- by Geothermal Energy -- Case Study: Calpine and the Geysers -- Geothermal outlook -- Hydroelectric -- North America -- United States -- Canada -- Central and South America -- Case Study: Energy Crisis in Brazil: Implications for Hydropower -- Hydropower Basics -- Conventional -- Pumped storage -- Types of Hydropower -- Impoundment -- Diversion -- Pumped storage -- Sizes of hydropower plants -- Turbine technologies -- Environmental Issues and Mitigation -- Development forecast -- Hydro licensing -- Legislative and Regulatory Considerations -- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 -- Clean Water Act of 1977 -- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934 -- National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 -- Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 -- Endangered Species Act of 1973 -- Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 -- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 -- Case Study: Hydropower in Hawaii -- Kauai -- Maui -- Hawaii -- Fuel Cells -- Three Main Fuel Cell Types -- Pafc -- Mcfc -- Sofc -- PEM and alkaline -- Race to commercialization -- Gaining popularity -- Reliability -- The hydrogen economy -- Geography -- Forward view -- Case Study: Wabash River and Clean Coal Fuel Cell Trials -- Case Study: European Residential Promise -- Hydrogen issues -- Appendix A: Industry Contact List -- Domestic -- International -- Appendix B: Renewable Energy Glossary -- Index. 
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