Alternative & Renewable Energy Sources & Technology

Energy demand in the United States is expected to continue to grow over the coming decades, and the Department of Energy (DOE) considers nuclear en...

Space-based solar power (SBSP) is a concept for a revolutionary energy system. It involves placing into orbit stupendously large orbital power plan...

Contribution of renewable energy to human life is essential for sustainable life on Earth. The renewable energy industry is growing rapidly to fulf...

This book provides current research on the performance, economic factors and effects on the environment of wind farms. The first chapter provides a...

Geothermal energy is reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly with less greenhouse emission, and therefore is drawing increasing attentio...

Offshore wind has been envisaged as making a critical contribution in Europe in satisfying the electricity demand in a low-carbon generation scenar...

In recent years, thermal control systems performance has improved in numerous ways due to developments in control theory and information technology...

This book provides an overview of select studies from the Army Research Laboratory on nanoparticle applications in solar cells. Topics include alte...

Current energy consumption of biomass accounts for about 14% of total world energy consumption, second only to coal, oil, and natural gas, and deve...

As demand for energy increases, many communities are seeking ways to meet this demand with clean, safe, reliable energy from renewable sources such...

Legislative mandates and incentives, volatility in oil prices and new research and technological advances are driving the expectation of major incr...

70 per cent of the planet is covered by water, and 90 per cent of global economic trade is transported by sea. The world's seas and oceans are big ...

In order to optimise the yield of wind power from existing and future wind plants, the entire breadth of the system of a plant, from the wind field...

As renewable energy sources have reached grid parity in many countries, the key to further growth of the share of renewables in the power mix is th...

In the region comprising Turkey and Greece, people have been using water from geothermal sources for bathing and washing of clothes since ancient t...

This comprehensive reference is a state-of-the-art survey of biomass as an energy carrier for the provision of heat, electricity, and transportatio...

The Energy Management Reference Library CD-ROM includes 2100 pages of text, graphics, and charts and contains the following complete books: Energy ...

Recent advances in science and technology have made modern computing and engineering systems more powerful and sophisticated than ever. The increas...

A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power - and contributed to the worsening climate crisisThe mo...

In face of the increasingly obvious need to ensure the sustainability of the environment, alternative and renewable energy sources are no longer ju...