Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future
Stephen (Ed) Peake
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Description for Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Peake, Stephen. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: RNFY; RNU; THX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilisation today. Renewable Energy 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. Renewable Energy provides both perspective and detail ... Read more
The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilisation today. Renewable Energy 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. Renewable Energy provides both perspective and detail ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
680
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198759751
SKU
V9780198759751
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-11
About Stephen (Ed) Peake
Dr Stephen Peake is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Technology at The Open University. At the University of Cambridge, Dr Peake is Fellow of the Judge Business School and Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Reviews for Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future
This textbook continues the high standards of previous editions in terms of the clarity with which it explains the technologies while offering high quality graphics.
Peter Connor, University of Exeter
Excellent textbook for an introductory course on renewable energy systems. Some mathematical principles are introduced to reinforce concepts. Overall excellent material to get undergraduate students engaged with the ... Read more
Peter Connor, University of Exeter
Excellent textbook for an introductory course on renewable energy systems. Some mathematical principles are introduced to reinforce concepts. Overall excellent material to get undergraduate students engaged with the ... Read more