2 edition of Renewable and other alternative energy sources found in the catalog.
Renewable and other alternative energy sources
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development.
Published
1991
by U.S. G.P.O., For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O. in Washington
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Series | S. hrg. ;, 101-1178 |
Contributions | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and Production. |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | KF26 .E554 1990h |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | iii, 127 p. : |
Number of Pages | 127 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL1665894M |
LC Control Number | 91600375 |
But as a Brookings Institution report notes, U.S. electricity demand has been stagnant, the price of natural gas has fallen as production has soared, and government policy has until recently favored other energy sources such as wind and solar. In , coal accounted for just 16% of total domestic energy production, less than half its share a. 3. The solar energy alternative. • What does it mean by renewable and non-renewable sources of energy? Give one example for each. • Discuss the pros and cons of solar energy at the present time (compare to other energy sources). • What advances in technology are underway which brighten our prospects for the future with solar energy?
Get this from a library! Renewable energy made easy: free energy from solar, wind, hydropower, and other alternative energy sources. [David Craddock] -- Studies have shown that the average North American family will spend more than a quarter of a million dollars on energy in a lifetime. What many other countries, including Germany, Spain, France. Please no books on sustainability unless it profiles renewable energy types. Score A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
But unlike many books about alternative energy, Renewable is not obsessed with megawatts and tips for building home solar panels. Instead, Shere digs into the rich, surprisingly long histories of these technologies, bringing to life the pioneering scientists, inventors, and visionaries who blazed the way for solar, wind, hydro, and other forms. Developing reliable renewable energy sources Date: J Source: Bournemouth University Summary: As the world’s population continues to grow, so does our consumption of natural resources.
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"Renewable Energy Made Easy is a great read for people of all knowledge levels when it comes to going green. David Craddock does an amazing job at laying out the history, facts, pros, and cons of a variety of renewable energy sources, and then gives the reader a step-by-step DIY guide to all sorts of projects you can use to make your house, office, and life help the by: 4.
An Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources: Environment Books for Kids | Children's Environment Books by Baby Professor | out of 5 stars 2. So, renewable energy sources are essential for the 21st Renewable and other alternative energy sources book. The increasing number of wind power plants, solar collectors and photovoltaic installations demonstrates perceptibly that many innovations for tapping renewable energy sources have matured: very few other technologies have developed so dynamically in the past years.5/5(2).
This is a bibliography of renewable energy. Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and % from hydroelectricity.
using coal. If used wisely, however, renewable energy supplies can last forever. There are other alternatives to our typical energy sources that are not renewable. Although these are “alternative energy” rather than “renewable energy”, they use the energy we have more efficiently than older technologies.
In doing this, they help us make. Unlike other books that deal with alternative sources of energy from a mechanical point of view, Integration of Alternative Sources of Energy takes an electrical engineering perspective.
Moreover, the authors examine the full spectrum of alternative and renewable energy with the goal of developing viable methods of integrating energy sources. Book Detail: Language: English Pages: Author: TNAU Price: Free COURSE OUTLINES: Renewable Energy Module –I Overview of renewable energy sources Lecture Classification of energy sources LectureIntroduction to renewable energy Lecture ble Energy-Potentials and Achievements Module –II Characterization of Biomass LectureCharacterization of biomass.
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Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Renewable Energy Made Easy: Free Energy from Solar, Wind, Hydropower, and Other Alternative Energy 4/5(5). Capacitive Deionization is an energy efficient technology that provides an ideal alternative solution to this problem.
the most abundant renewable energy source book can also be useful for. This book really does make renewable energy seem easy. Written in a conversational, casual tone, it includes interesting historical tidbits, and is for the most part easy to understand and engaging.
Alternative energy is a hot topic right now, so good timing with the book [although the gas price example is already out of date!].4/5. The measure was designed to expand Ohio’s energy portfolio to utilize more solar, wind and other renewable sources of electricity.
It was a comprehensive bill Sections. But unlike many books about alternative energy, Renewable is not obsessed with megawatts and tips for building home solar panels. Instead, Shere digs into the rich, surprisingly long histories of these technologies, bringing to life the pioneering scientists, inventors, and visionaries who blazed the way for solar, wind, hydro, and other forms Cited by: 3.
This book bridges the gap between overly simplistic information and high-level engineering materials. Instead, Alternative Energy: Sources & Systems serves as a comprehensive guide that explores solar, wind, and other sources, and the technology available to harness them/5(7).
Other Alternative Energy Sources. These two types of renewable energy have to be produced using mechanical means, rather than by harnessing a natural process.
Bioenergy is a type of renewable energy derived from biomass to create heat and electricity or to produce liquid fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel used for transportation. Other sources of renewable energy are available for hydrogen production: hydroelectricity, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal energy, solar thermal energy and biomasses can all.
As global demand for energy grows, so does the world's reliance on alternative, renewable energy sources. Learn to invest your money into a clean energy future. Best Renewable Energy. Renewable Energy Made Easy will provide you with everything you need to know about these alternative energy sources.
You will learn about solar power, wind power, water power, biofuels, geothermal energy, ethanol, wave farms, photovoltaic power plants, and hydrogen fuels. Alternative Energy For Dummies explores the current fossil fuel conundrum and society's growing need for more and more energy.
Cutting through the competing claims, this book offers a multifaceted examination of alternative energy, including solar, wind, nuclear, biomass, geothermal, biofuel, and other s: Renewable energy sources - including biomass, geothermal, ocean, solar, and wind energy, as well as hydropower - have a huge potential to provide energy services for the world.
The renewable energy resource base is sufficient to meet several times the present world energy demand and potentially even 10 to times this demand. This book is an ideal reference text for teaching renewable energy to engineering and science students, as well as a reference book for scientists and professionals doing self study on the subject.
The book has twelve chapters and starts with the definition and classification of renewable and non renewable energy and their status at global level.5/5(2).Source: EIA; full references are provided starting on p.
Note: Because hydropower is considered a conventional source of energy, it is accounted for separate from other new renewable sources of energy.
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The first half of the book reads a lot like Robert Bryce's book Power Hungry. If you only read this part of the book, you might think Zehner was an anti renewable energy activist, but if.