9780199545339-0199545332-Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future

Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future

ISBN-13: 9780199545339
ISBN-10: 0199545332
Edition: Third
Author: Godfrey Boyle
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 566 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780199545339
ISBN-10: 0199545332
Edition: Third
Author: Godfrey Boyle
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 566 pages

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Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future (ISBN-13: 9780199545339 and ISBN-10: 0199545332), written by authors Godfrey Boyle, was published by Oxford University Press in 2012. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Energy (Physics, Botany, Biological Sciences, Technology, International & World Politics, Politics & Government, Engineering) books. You can easily purchase or rent Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Energy books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.44.

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The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilization today. Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, Third Edition, examines both the practical and economic potential of the renewable energy sources to meet this challenge.

The underlying physical and technological principles behind deriving power from direct solar (solar thermal and photovoltaics), indirect solar (biomass, hydro, wind, and wave) and non-solar (tidal and geothermal) energy sources are explained, within the context of their environmental impacts, their economics, and their future prospects.

Together with its companion volume, Energy Systems and Sustainability, Second Edition (OUP, 2012, 9780199593743), this book provides both perspective and detail on the relative merits and state of progress of technologies for utilizing the various "renewables." The analysis considers emissions, sustainability, cost implications, and energy security, as political and economic pressures move society towards a low-carbon future.

From an overview of basic energy conversion processes to a discussion of the individual renewable sources to a concluding examination of the prospects for their integration into national and international networks, Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, Third Edition, provides a valuable insight into prospects for the renewables.

FEATURES

Covers all principal sources of renewable energy currently being exploited

Uses an interdisciplinary approach in considering economic, social, environmental, and policy issues

Rich pedagogy including detailed color illustrations and tables of data


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For students: Self-assessment questions and links to further information and up-to-date energy statistics

For instructors: Figures from the book in electronic format (available to registered adopters of the book)

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