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Introduction to Renewable Energy, Third Edition covers the fundamentals of renewable energy and serves as a resource to undergraduates in renewable energy courses, nonspecialists within the energy industries, or anyone working to support the successful implementation of renewable energy. This revised edition discusses developments that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition and considers the growing environmental impact of human activity on planet Earth. Dedicated to converging science and technology in a way that ensures a sustainable future, this book outlines the basics of renewable energy and focuses on current and developing policies that support the shift to renewable energy. New in the third edition, the book addresses bioenergy, energy balance, biodiesel, and photovoltaic applications, and includes an all-new chapter addressing climate change.
·Revised throughout and includes an all-new chapter on climate change.
Includes color images throughout for this new edition.
Adds revised end-of-chapter problems, and a solutions manual and PowerPoint slides for instructors.
Includes several appendices: mathematics, exponential growth, lifetime of finite resource, order of magnitude estimates, and conversions.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Energy
Chapter 3 Climate Change
Chapter 4 Sun
Chapter 5 Heat Transfer and Storage Chapter
Chapter 6 Solar Heating and Cooling
Chapter 7 Photovoltaics
Chapter 8 Concentrating Solar Power
Chapter 9 Solar Systems
Chapter 10 Wind Energy
Chapter 11 Bioenergy
Chapter 12 Geothermal Energy
Chapter 13 Water
Chapter 14 Storage
Chapter 15 Institutional Issues
Chapter 16 Economics
Chapter 17 Observations Chapter 18 Appendix
