Energy category: 1670 books
by Mukhtar Ahmad
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
A comprehensive reference to renewable energy technologies with a focus on power generation and integration into power systems
This book addresses the generation of energy (primarily electrical) through various renewable sources. It discusses solar and wind power—two major resources that...
Post-Oil Energy Technology
The World's First Solar-Hydrogen Demonstration Power Plant
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
A solution to the climate and energy crisis
The reversible fuel cell (RFC) described in this volume stores solar energy and thereby makes it continuously available. This can make the building of energy-free homes and all electric transportation a reality. The foldout drawing at the back of this book...
Energy
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Without a doubt, the topic of energy--from coal, oil, and nuclear to geothermal, solar and wind--is one of the most pressing across the globe. It is of paramount importance to policy makers, economists, environmentalists, and industry as they consider which technologies to invest in, how to promote...
by Ruggero Bertani
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
The potential for energy transformation from geothermal heat is limitless. For millennia natural sources of this energy, in the form of thermal springs, have been used by populations for heating, cooking and bathing. Modern-day usage has been extended to electricity generation from binary cycle power...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
With Middle East blow-ups, pipeline politics, wind farm controversies, solar industry scandals, and disputes over fracking, it's natural to think that the energy policy debate is at its most intense ever. But it's easy to forget that energy issues dominated the nation's politics in the 1970s as well....
by Florian Ion Petrescu
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
With the help of powerful lasers one can create a dense and highly ionized plasma. We need a highly ionized dense plasma to achieve nuclear fusion (cold or hot).Since 1989, it talks about achieving nuclear fusion hot and cold. Another two decades have passed and humanity still does not benefit from...
Smarter Energy
We Can Have It All: Better Economy Better Climate
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Climate change and budget deficits have become bitterly divisive issues. With shrinking resources and myriad compelling demands, all spending programs are contentious. Perhaps none are more contentious than trillion dollar programs to ameliorate global warming.
As this book reveals, our...
Energy and Civilization
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization.
"I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization:...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
This Department of Energy (DOE) report on geothermal power technologies has been converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction. The U.S. Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies Program is committed to supporting the geothermal industry with research and development to help geothermal...
Energy Myths and Realities
Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the media, politicians, business leaders, activists, and even scientists_wasting time and money and hampering the development of progressive energy policies. Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the...
Cheap and Clean
How Americans Think about Energy in the Age of Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
How Americans make energy choices, why they think locally (not globally), and how this can shape U.S. energy and climate change policy.
How do Americans think about energy? Is the debate over fossil fuels highly partisan and ideological? Does public opinion about fossil fuels and alternative...
Alternative Energy
Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2006
As we experience a significant increase in the price of petroleum, energy experts caution us to the coming of a time when easily accessed petroleum will begin to decline. The United States is confronted with the challenge of meeting current energy demands in the face of a declining and unstable energy...
by Vaclav Smil
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Based on the best international and national statistical sources, the second edition of Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives supplies an in-depth evaluation of how economies and nations around the world are striving to move away from traditional energy sources, the unfolding decarbonization...
Policies and Programs for Sustainable Energy Innovations
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
This volume features research and case studies across a variety of industries to showcase technological innovations and policy initiatives designed to promote renewable energy and sustainable economic development. The first section focuses on policies for the adoption of renewable energy technologies,...