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Mad Like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and Their Relentless Pursuit

by Renewable Energy

A search for the contemporary Nikola Tesla—considered a mad scientist by his society for predicting global warming more than 100 years ago—fuels this analysis of climate issues, which introduces thinkers and inventors who are working to find possible ways out of the energy crisis. From Louis Michaud, a retired refinery engineer who claims we can [...]

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Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells: Modeling,

by Renewable Energy

Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells: Modeling, Materials and Device Technology provides a comprehensive overview of materials for application in thin film solar cells. It is the first book that compares experimental and computer-modeling methods, combining the state of the art in technology with the latest insights in device modeling. A wide range of experimental [...]

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Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st

by Renewable Energy

Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision. Burton Richter is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who has [...]

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Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building

by Renewable Energy

Published at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Sustainable Landscape Construction took a new approach to what was then a nearly new subject: how to construct outdoor environments based on principles of sustainability. This enormously influential book helped to spur a movement that has taken root around the U.S. and throughout the world. The second [...]

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Solar Energy: Fundamentals, Design, Modeling and Applications

by Renewable Energy

Provides detailed information on design and construction of solar energy devices, from collectors and storage systems to advanced photovoltaic systems. Contains 55 tables, a multitude of illustrations, and a complete list of references. Tags: storage systems, Technology Internet, solar power, solar energy devices, energy fundamentals

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Active Solar Systems (Solar Heat Technologies)

by Renewable Energy

Active Solar Systems is volume 6 in a series that surveys advances in solar energy research since the oil shock of the early 1970s. Books in the series document in particular the period 1973 to 1985, which spawned a rich array of federally financed technological programs and developments facilitating the practical use of solar energy.The [...]

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Power to the People: Sunlight to Electricity Using Solar Cells

by Renewable Energy

Traces the history of the development of photovoltaics, charts the current research priorities, and shows how solar energy is being tapped in a variety of innovative cases. Tags: solar cells, Technology Internet, current research priorities, research priorities

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And

by Renewable Energy

Thomas L. Friedman’s no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His [...]

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Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options

by Renewable Energy

Human survival depends on a continuing energy supply, but the need for ever-increasing amounts of energy poses a dilemma: How can we provide the benefits of energy to the population of the globe without damaging the environment, negatively affecting social stability, or threatening the well-being of future generations? The solution will lie in finding sustainable [...]

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Hydraulic Fracturing and Geothermal Energy (Mechanics Of

by Renewable Energy

Proceedings of the 1st Japan-US Seminar on Hydraulic Fracturing and Geothermal Energy and Symposium on Fracture Mechanical Approach to Hydraulic Fracture and Geothermal Energy Hydraulic Fracturing and Geothermal Energy (Mechanics of Elastic and Inelastic Solids) Tags: Hydraulic Fracture, geothermal energy, natural gas, Geothermal electricity

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Photovoltaic Systems Engineering, Third Edition

by Renewable Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy now estimates a factor of 14 increase in grid-connected systems between 2009 and 2017, depending upon various factors such as incentives for renewables and availability and price of conventional fuels.With this fact in mind, Photovoltaic Systems Engineering, Third Edition presents a comprehensive engineering basis for photovoltaic (PV) system design, so [...]

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From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel

by Renewable Energy

Product DescriptionFrom the Fryer to the Fuel Tank is the first and only book that details all aspects of running diesel engines on vegetable oil. Includes information on biodiesel, the diesel fuel substitute made from new or used vegetable as well as information on running any diesel engine on straight vegetable oil (SVO). This book [...]

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Fuel Cell Fundamentals

by Renewable Energy

As the search for alternative fuels heats up, no topic is hotter than fuel cells. Filling a glaring gap in the literature, Fuel Cell Fundamentals, Second Edition gives advanced undergraduate and beginning level graduate students an important introduction to the basic science and engineering behind fuel cell technology. Emphasizing the foundational scientific principles that apply [...]

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The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream

by Renewable Energy

Americans are voting with their feet to abandon strip malls and suburban sprawl, embracing instead a new type of community where they can live, work, shop, and play within easy walking distance. In The Option of Urbanism visionary developer and strategist Christopher B. Leinberger explains why government policies have tilted the playing field toward one [...]

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Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, Policy

by Renewable Energy

Energy for Sustainability is the first undergraduate textbook on renewable energy and energy efficiency with a unique focus on the community scale. Written by two of the foremost experts in the field, it is a pedagogically complete treatment of energy sources and uses. It examines the full range of issues—from generating technologies to land use [...]

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Solar Cell Device Physics

by Renewable Energy

There has been an enormous infusion of new ideas in the field of solar cells over the last 15 years; discourse on energy transfer has gotten much richer, and nanostructures and nanomaterials have revolutionized the possibilities for new technological developments. However, solar energy cannot become ubiquitous in the world's power markets unless it can become [...]

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