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Renewable energy in nontechnical language /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Tulsa, Okla. :
PennWell Corp.,
©2004.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine derived contents note: Introduction
- Wind
- Solar
- Hydroelectric
- Geothermal
- Biomass
- United States
- Renewable futures
- World Overview
- Mexico
- Western Europe
- Industrialized Asia
- Developing Asia
- Central and South America
- Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union
- Africa/Middle East
- Solar and PV
- Solar Basics
- Concentrating solar power
- Passive solar heating and daylighting
- Solar process heat
- Market for PV
- Retail ready systems
- Case Study: Engineering Firm Saves with Solar
- System specifications
- DOE solar buildings program
- Research and development
- Case Study: Solar Patriot House Displays Green Design
- Types of Solar Cells
- Case Study: Santa Rita Jail Boasts Biggest Roof Installation
- Case Study: Largest Solar Installation in the United Kingdom
- Case Study: 4000 Solar Systems for Rural Telecom
- Case Study: 3000 Solar Panels Save University $50,000 Annually
- Case Study: Per Houses First Latin American
- Solar Grid-Connect System
- Case Study: Fun in the Sun
- Learning From Light brightens schools
- Case Study: Staying Green at Hybrid Parker Ranch
- Equipment
- Benefits
- Future views
- Case Study: HCPV: Catching Rays in Arizona
- How it works
- Efficiency measures
- Case Study: Australian Solar Tower Breaking Records
- Financing
- Design and construction
- Wind Energy
- Types of turbines
- U.S. wind resources
- Falling costs
- Industry statistics
- Merchant potential
- New wind technologies
- Siting hurdles
- Unique considerations
- Guidelines
- Land use
- For the birds
- Sound concerns
- Visionary planning
- U.S. wind resources
- Falling costs
- Industry statistics
- Merchant potential
- New wind technologies
- Siting hurdles
- Unique considerations
- Guidelines
- Land use
- For the birds
- Sound concerns
- Visionary planning
- Case Study: Big Spring Keeps on Turning
- Offshore aesthetics
- Capacity and output
- Transmission issues
- Case Study: Winds of Change in Italy
- Case Study: Arklow Bank Project Siting 200 Turbines Offshore
- Case Study: Brazil's Hydro Crisis Unleashes Wind Demand
- Bioenergy
- Case Study: Landfill Gas-to-Energy Powers Iowa
- Biomass potential
- Case Study: PGE Makes Green Power with Cows
- Biomass CHP
- Back for the future
- Biogas potential
- Biopower basics
- Transportation applications
- Ethanol
- Biodiesel
- Biodiesel market
- Case Study: Savannah River Switches to Biodiesel
- Case Study: Florida, Alabama Utilities Land Biodiesel
- Other biobased products
- Biomass at work
- World Views
- Case Study: Biomass Use in Bangladesh
- Geothermal Energy
- Steam
- High-temperature water
- Moderate-temperature water
- Power production
- The future of geothermal power
- DOE developments
- Principal research and development thrusts
- Case Study: New Nevada Campus to be Fully Powered
- by Geothermal Energy
- Case Study: Calpine and the Geysers
- Geothermal outlook
- Hydroelectric
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Central and South America
- Case Study: Energy Crisis in Brazil: Implications for Hydropower
- Hydropower Basics
- Conventional
- Pumped storage
- Types of Hydropower
- Impoundment
- Diversion
- Pumped storage
- Sizes of hydropower plants
- Turbine technologies
- Environmental Issues and Mitigation
- Development forecast
- Hydro licensing
- Legislative and Regulatory Considerations
- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
- Clean Water Act of 1977
- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934
- National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
- Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968
- Endangered Species Act of 1973
- Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- Case Study: Hydropower in Hawaii
- Kauai
- Maui
- Hawaii
- Fuel Cells
- Three Main Fuel Cell Types
- Pafc
- Mcfc
- Sofc
- PEM and alkaline
- Race to commercialization
- Gaining popularity
- Reliability
- The hydrogen economy
- Geography
- Forward view
- Case Study: Wabash River and Clean Coal Fuel Cell Trials
- Case Study: European Residential Promise
- Hydrogen issues
- Appendix A: Industry Contact List
- Domestic
- International
- Appendix B: Renewable Energy Glossary
- Index.