RENEWABLE ENERGY: POWER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE BY BOYLE, GODFREY (AUTHOR)PAPERBACK by Boyle Godfrey

RENEWABLE ENERGY: POWER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE BY BOYLE, GODFREY (AUTHOR)PAPERBACK by Boyle Godfrey

The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilization today. Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, Third Edition, examines both the practical and economic potential of the renewable energy sources to meet this challenge.

The underlying physical and technological principles behind deriving power from direct solar (solar thermal and photovoltaics), indirect solar (biomass, hydro, wind, and wave) and non-solar (tidal and geothermal) energy sources are explained, within the context of their environmental impacts, their economics, and their future prospects.

Together with its companion volume, Energy Systems and Sustainability, Second Edition (OUP, 2012, 9780199593743), 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.

From an overview of basic energy conversion processes to a discussion of the individual renewable sources to a concluding examination of the prospects for their integration into national and international networks, Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, Third Edition, provides a valuable insight into prospects for the renewables.

FEATURES

Covers all principal sources of renewable energy currently being exploited

Uses an interdisciplinary approach in considering economic, social, environmental, and policy issues

Rich pedagogy including detailed color illustrations and tables of data

COMPANION WEBSITE (www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199545339)

For students: Self-assessment questions and links to further information and up-to-date energy statistics

For instructors: Figures from the book in electronic format (available to registered adopters of the book)

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	9780199681273
ISBN 10	0199681279
Title	RENEWABLE ENERGY: POWER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE BY BOYLE, GODFREY (AUTHOR)PAPERBACK
Author	Boyle Godfrey
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Open University/Oup
Year published	2005-01-01
Number of pages	566
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