Renewables :a review of sustainable energy supply options /

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"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Renewable energy an overview of the issues and options -- 1.2. Why renewables? -- 1.3. Which sources and technologies will dominate? -- 1.4. What are the problems? -- 1.5. The structure of this book2. Power -- 2.1. Power for machines : hydro, wind, wave and tidal power plants -- 2.2. Hydro -- 2.3. Wind power -- 2.4. Wave power -- 2.5. Tidal power -- 2.6. Power in perspective3. Heat -- 3.1. Renewable heat : bioenergy, solar thermal, geothermal -- 3.2. Bioenergy -- 3.3. Solar heat -- 3.4. Geothermal heat and power -- 3.5. Heat pumps and CHP/DH -- 3.6. Heat in perspective4. Light -- 4.1. Energy from light : PV solar and direct conversion -- 4.2. PV solar -- 4.3. The next generation of solar -- 4.4. One world under the Sun5. Integration -- 5.1. Integration : grid balancing, energy storage and saving -- 5.2. Dealing with variability -- 5.3. Grid balancing--beyond electricity -- 5.4. Energy storage -- 5.5. A balanced future -- 5.6. Energy conservation and energy efficiency -- 5.7. A sustainable energy future : costs and policy choices6. Policy -- 6.1. Policy : global review and strategic development issues -- 6.2. Prospects and problems with rivals -- 6.3. Europe, Russia and the Middle East -- 6.4. Asia and the Pacific Area -- 6.5. The Americas -- 6.6. Africa -- 6.7. The way ahead -- 6.8. Conclusions7. Afterword -- 7.1. On the other hand : sceptical views .Renewable energy is a rapidly expanding field, welcomed by many as part of the answer to climate change and energy security concerns. This book offers a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date overview of this globally-expanding field, including a thorough review of fluid-driven mechanical power, heat-based systems and light conversion. It also examines the challenges involved with the unpredictable nature of renewable energy sources, and how these variable energy inputs can be balanced and integrated into a viable energy supply system. Finally, the book discusses both the developing technologies and support policies from around the world. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated and remains an invaluable reference text for scientists and professionals involved with the technology, policy and implementation of renewable energy. It is essential reading for renewable energy courses. Part of IOP Series in Renewable and Sustainable Power.Postgraduate students studying on renewable energy courses and scientists/professionals involved with the technology, policy and implementation of renewable energy.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Professor David Elliott is Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University, where he specialises in renewable energy development policy. He writes a regular column for the magazine Physics World.Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 18, 2019).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (cheifly color).

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English

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9780750323048

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Second edition.

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Renewable energy sources.

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