Energy category: 1670 books
Energy
Sources, Utilization, Legislation, Sustainability, Illinois as Model State
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
This 800-page premier book on energy focuses on energy sources, utilizations, legislations and sustainability as it relates to a state, a province, or a country, or a community within a state. This book presents various kinds of energy sources, ways to convert energy for end use, better use of energy...
Improving Energy Efficiency in Industrial Energy Systems
An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Barriers, Energy Audits, Energy Management, Policies, and Programs
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Industrial energy efficiency is one of the most important means of reducing the threat of increased global warming. Research however states that despite the existence of numerous technical energy efficiency measures, its deployment is hindered by the existence of various barriers to energy efficiency....
Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution
The Energy Return on Investment
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from a particular energy source divided by the energy expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. EROI is an essential and seemingly simple measure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from the exploitation...
by Jodi Blair
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
This book covers several different topics including:
Chapter 1: The Benefits Of Solar Power Chapter 2: Darkness Ahead, The Quest For Sustainable Power Chapter 3: The Cost Of Solar Energy System Chapter 4: Benefits Of Green Energy Sources Chapter 5: Sustaining Life: Sustainable Power Chapter...
by John R Fanchi
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Many events that affect global energy production and consumption have occurred since the second edition of Energy in the 21st Century appeared in 2011. For example, an earthquake and tsunami in Japan led to the disruption of the Fukushima nuclear facility and a global re-examination of the safety...
Energy Systems in the Era of Energy Vectors
A Key to Define, Analyze and Design Energy Systems Beyond Fossil Fuels
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
What lies beyond the era of fossil fuels? While most answers focus on different primary energy resources, Energy Systems in the Era of Energy Vectors provides a completely new approach.
Instead of providing a traditional consumption analysis of classical primary energy resources such as oil,...
Energy Unlimited
Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
HAVE YOU been tasked with developing a plan to transition your organisation to 100% renewable energy but need more information to make this project a success?
DO YOU want to reduce or eliminate fossil fuels in your organisation but need to build a business case to get executives on board?
ARE...
Energy Resources and Systems
Volume 2: Renewable Resources
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
This second volume of Energy Resources and Systems is focused on renewable energy resources. Renewable energy mainly comes from wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, ocean, bioenergy, ethanol and hydrogen. Each of these energy resources is important and growing. For example, high-head hydroelectric...
by Kathy Lu
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
First authored book to address materials' role in the quest for the next generation of energy materials
Energy balance, efficiency, sustainability, and so on, are some of many facets of energy challenges covered in current research. However, there has not been a monograph that directly covers...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
With twenty-six chapters and thousands of pages of text, this unique compilation of official information provides an incredibly comprehensive overview of all aspects of the worlds' quest for nuclear fusion energy, including the ambitious ITER experimental burning plasma project, U.S. fusion research...
by Gerard M Crawley
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
The subject of energy storage is extremely important for the increased utilization of renewable energies such as solar and wind energy in times when their sources (e.g. the sun and wind) are unavailable. The ability to store energy can also level out the demand curve for electricity and thus lead...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
This Department of Energy (DOE) report on geothermal power technologies has been converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction, covering federal interagency geothermal activities.
Contents: Introduction and Overview * National Benefits from the Expansion of the Use of Geothermal...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
In 2010, the Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP) published a series of four history reports on Geothermal Energy Research and Development in the United States. The reports highlight the history and significant accomplishments of major research programs and projects in...
by W Shepherd, D W Shepherd
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
How is the future world energy demand to be met? The rates of use of the fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — are increasing all over the world. The remaining stocks are finite and are not renewable.
This book considers the various options of renewable energy, including water energy,...