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Talking renewables : a renewable energy primer for everyone /
This book provides a clear and factual picture of the status of renewable energy and its capabilities today. The book covers all areas of renewable energy, starting from biomass energy and hydropower and proceeding to wind, solar and geothermal energy before ending with an overview of ocean energy....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
[2018]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 4.
IOP concise physics. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Talking renewables : |b a renewable energy primer for everyone / |c Anirudh Singh. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Renewable energy primer for everyone. |
| 264 | 1 | |a San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : |b Morgan & Claypool Publishers, |c [2018] | |
| 264 | 2 | |a Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : |b IOP Publishing, |c [2018] | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (various pagings) : |b illustrations (some color). | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a electronic |2 isbdmedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a [IOP release 4] | |
| 490 | 1 | |a IOP concise physics, |x 2053-2571 | |
| 500 | |a "Version: 20180301"--Title page verso. | ||
| 500 | |a "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Energy and its uses -- 1.1. Our energy needs -- 1.2. Forms of energy -- 1.3. Primary and end-use energy -- 1.4. Renewable energy -- 1.5. Why renewable energy? -- 1.6. Availability of renewable energy -- 1.7. Activities -- 1.8. Summary | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2. Principles of renewable energy technologies--biomass and hydropower -- 2.1. Introduction to renewable energy technologies -- 2.2. Biomass energy -- 2.3. Hydro energy -- 2.4. Summary | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3. Principles of renewable energy technologies--solar, wind, geothermal and ocean energy -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Solar energy -- 3.3. Wind energy -- 3.4. Geothermal energy -- 3.5. Ocean energy -- 3.6. Summary | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4. Assessing renewable energy resources -- 4.1. Introduction : the essential requirements for renewable energy development -- 4.2. Solar resources -- 4.3. Wind resources -- 4.4. Hydro resources -- 4.5. Biomass and biofuels -- 4.6. Summary | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5. Other requirements for renewable energy -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Human capacity -- 5.3. Institutional capacity -- 5.4. Policies and legislations -- 5.5. Summary | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 6. Using renewable energy -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Global overview of energy -- 6.3. Issues with renewable energy -- 6.4. Developments in the energy distribution paradigm -- 6.5. Renewable energy and energy poverty -- 6.6. Renewable energy and climate change -- 6.7. Summary | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 7. Our energy future -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Motivation for change -- 7.3. Free market forces and the renewable energy industry -- 7.4. Barriers to change -- 7.5. Towards advanced biofuels -- 7.6. The future of power generation -- 7.7. Summary. | |
| 520 | 3 | |a This book provides a clear and factual picture of the status of renewable energy and its capabilities today. The book covers all areas of renewable energy, starting from biomass energy and hydropower and proceeding to wind, solar and geothermal energy before ending with an overview of ocean energy. The book also explores how the technologies are being implemented today and takes a look at the future of renewable energy. | |
| 530 | |a Also available in print. | ||
| 538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
| 538 | |a System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader. | ||
| 545 | |a Anirudh Singh, PhD, is a researcher, writer, and consultant in renewable energy and climate change currently based at the University of Fiji where he is developing a Master's programme in renewable energy management. After obtaining his PhD in condensed matter physics at Leicester University, he spent most of his research and teaching career the University of the South Pacific, where he managed two major capacity-building projects in renewable energy. He has also managed two international conferences and fourteen renewable energy capacity-building workshops, and has been Associate/Guest Editor for international publishers. | ||
| 588 | |a Title from PDF title page (viewed on April 5, 2018). | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Renewable energy sources. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology. |2 bicssc | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental). |2 bisacsh | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Morgan & Claypool Publishers, |e publisher. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Institute of Physics (Great Britain), |e publisher. | |
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| 830 | 0 | |a IOP (Series). |p Release 4. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a IOP concise physics. | |
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