Alternative & Renewable Energy Industries

Energy from wave and tidal power is a key component of current policies for renewable sources of energy. This book provides the first comprehensive...

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in wood energy as part of a sustainable range of renewable energy options. This book addresses the c...

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge. This book provides a review and analysis o...

For decades, Hermann Scheer was one of the world's leading proponents of renewable energy. In this, his last book before his death in 2010, he lays...

Solar electricity or photovoltaics (PV) is the world's fastest growing energy technology. It can be used on a wide variety of scales, from single...

Wind energy is one of the leading technologies in the drive to increase electricity generation from renewable sources, and presents a vital solutio...

The Routledge Handbook of Energy in Asia presents a comprehensive review of the unprecedented growth of Asian energy over the past quarter of a cen...

With its in-depth investigation of the opportunities and obstacles facing the region, this book offers data-driven assessments and policy recommend...

This book analyses the role of liquified natural gas in a decarbonising world, and presents the most significant energy transition options and impl...

This book provides the definitive account of a decade-long transformation of energy policy in California with rippling consequences. The author, a ...

Accounting for about three-quarters of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, the transformation of energy networks is a pivotal step toward plane...

The wind power business has grown from a niche sector within the energy industry to a global industry that attracts substantial investment. In Euro...

The world is on the cusp of one and a half degrees of warming - just the rise it has committed itself to avoiding. Heat at such levels would be int...

A detailed guide to the multiple industries that affect the global biofuels market The Global Biofuels Market provides an in-depth view of the glo...

Solar energy is a substantial global industry, one that has generated trade disputes among superpowers, threatened the solvency of large energy com...

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2024*Can a graphic novel save the planet? Perhaps. Elizabeth KolbertIs ...

There is a rapid growth of interest in the use of renewable resources, and in particular bio-resources for the manufacture of future, sustainable c...

'A vision of how, in the renewable era, shared ownership of energy could lead to a future of equality and economic security' - Molly Scott Cato Th...

'[An] impressively comprehensive, concise introduction to the biggest challenge facing us all how to get our act together to keep our only planet ...

A celebrated international bestseller that exposes the ticking time-bomb underneath our new technological order. The resources race is on. Powering...

A TIMES BEST SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR'AN IMPORTANT READ FOR ANYONE IN NEED OF OPTIMISM' BILL GATES'DAZZLING AND DEEPLY REPORTED' DA...

This book addresses and updates the trends surrounding the potential advantages of renewable energy sources, distributed generation, energy storage...

In the 1970s, Hydro-Québec declared in a publicity campaign We Are Hydro-Québécois. The slogan symbolized the extent to which hydroelectric develop...

Greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies can remove greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Most of the current GGR technolog...

This unique compendium provides a fact-based analysis of the most prominent energy issues of our time. It covers the period when the Covid pandemic...

Most scientists now believe that carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are rapidly increasing, and that emissions from the burning of fos...

With the continuous migration of people towards metropolitan areas in search of employment, the demands for core services and energy, coupled with ...

The authors suggest that China's renewable energy system, the largest in the world, will quickly supersede the black energy system that has powered...

Discover a straightforward and holistic look at energy conversion and conservation processes using the exergy concept with this thorough text. Expl...

Holds critical information that is needed by anyone who wants to understand how to make money from 'green' technology and how to avoid investments ...

This pivotal work offers a clear and accessible vision of how we can transform the electric power industry to adapt to twenty-first century challen...

The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, ...

This unique compendium provides a fact-based analysis of the most prominent energy issues of our time. It covers the period when the Covid pandemic...

The world is going green. Sustainable technologies, such as renewable energy and electric vehicles, are increasingly becoming part of our daily lif...

Renewable energy is rising within an energy system dominated by powerful vested energy interests in fossil fuels, nuclear and electric utilities. A...

The author looks at the prospects for a transition from natural gas to low carbon gas, which could take several decades, and at how this will depen...