Förnybara energikällor

Renewable energies

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This book deals with the emerging generation of renewable energy technologies, covering solar energy (photovoltaic, thermal and thermodynamic energy conversion), wind energy, marine energy, small hydropower, geothermal energy, biofuels, biogas and the use of wood as a substitute…

Green energy: sustainable electricity supply with low environme…

by Jeffs, Eric J.

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Green Energy: Sustainable Electricity Supply with Low Environmental Impact defines the future of the world's electricity supply system, exploring the key issues associated with global warming, and which energy systems are best suited to reducing it. Electricity generation is a c…

Green energy: sustainable electricity supply with low environme…

by Jeffs, Eric J.

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Defines the future of the world's electricity supply system, exploring the key issues associated with global warming, and which energy systems are best suited to reducing it. --from publisher description.

Surviving off off-grid: decolonizing the industrial mind

by Bunker, Michael

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Describes how to live a self-sufficient, sustainable family life and not be dependent on modern industrial society and its emphasis on continuous consumption for survival.

Renewable energy resources

by Weir, Tony, Twidell, John

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"Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text covering the full range of renewable energy technologies and their implementation worldwide. Energy supplies from renewables (such as from biofuels, solar heat, photovoltaics, wind, hydro, wave, tidal, geothermal, a…

Wind power: the struggle for control of a new global industry

by Backwell, Ben

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"Wind Power - The Struggle for Control of a New Global Industry looks at the nations, companies and people fighting for control of one of the world's fastest growing new industries and how we can harness one of the planet's most powerful energy resources - wind power. The book a…

Renewable energy: from Europe to Africa

by Elliott, David, Cook, Terence

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Significant progress has been made by industrial countries to reduce emissions from the use of fossil fuels, but as the economies of the less-developed regions of the world begin to expand, they too will face similar challenges. This book looks at energy transitions being made i…

Renewable heating and cooling: technologies and applications

fromWoodhead publishing series in energy

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Part 1 introduces key RHC technologies and discusses RHC in the context of global heating and cooling demand. Part 2 then contains chapters focusing on particular RHC technologies. Part 3 reviews enabling technologies, such as thermal storage and district heating. Part 4 provide…

Sparking a worldwide energy revolution: social struggles in the transition to a post-petr…

by Abramsky, Kolya

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"There are no technofixes. Neither 'clean' energy nor 'green' capitalism will preserve our lands, rivers, oceans, health, and lives. Neither governments nor corporations nor 'the market' can bring us out of the netherworld they themselves have created. Mother Earth calls to the …

Visions for a sustainable energy future

by Gabriel, Mark A.

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"This book offers a unique insight into the corporate health of energy companies in an evolving landscape of deregulation. Cutting across both historical and present-day situations, it demonstrates important elements vital to the success of energy companies coming out of a safe …

The great transition: shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind ener…

by Brown, Lester R., (Lester Russell), Larsen, Janet, (Environmentalist), Roney, J. Matthew, Adams, Emily E., Earth Policy Institute

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Overview: The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way. As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is …

Sustainability in architecture and urban design

by Bovill, Carl

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Preface. Introduction. Part 1: The Global Sustainability Problem 1. Solar Energy Use through Time 2. Uncontrolled Growth 3. The Ecological Footprint 4. Global Warming and Climate Change Part 2: Ecology and the Environment 5. Ecosystem Example: The Chesapeake Bay 6. Ecology and A…