Renewable Energy by Godfrey Boyle
The prospect of producing clean, sustainable power in substantial quantities from renewable energy sources is arousing interest world-wide. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the principal renewable energy sources; solar thermal, biomass, tidal, wave, photovoltaic, hydro, wind, geothermal. With the aid of 370 detailed illustrations and 50 tables of data, it explains the physical and technological principles underlying each source and examines its environmental impact and future prospects.
Godfrey Boyle is Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit at the UK Open University, where has chaired several renewable and sustainable energy course teams. He has published widely on these subjects, including the textbooks Energy Systems and Sustainability (2003) and Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future (2004). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly the Institution of Electrical Engineers) and a Trustee of the National Energy Foundation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198564522 |
| ISBN 10 | 019856452X |
| Title | Renewable Energy |
| Author | Godfrey Boyle |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1996-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 491 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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