Renewable Energy : A Nontechnical Guide

Title: Renewable Energy : A Nontechnical Guide
Author: David Wagman
ISBN: 1955578168 / 9781955578165
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 226
Publisher: PennWell
Year: 2024
Availability: In Stock

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This comprehensive guide covers all the essential aspects of renewable energy, drawing on his extensive experience as an energy journalist. The book offers a clear and accessible overview, beginning with a historical context and basic energy principles. It then delves into major concepts and applications of solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, and hydrogen on both a North American and global scale.

Addressing challenges like supply chain, cybersecurity, grid reliability, recycling, and NIMBY opposition, the guide provides valuable insights. Looking ahead, it considers future considerations in the context of an uncertain climate and the imperative to decarbonize. The content spans diverse scales, from utility-sized hydroelectric plants to residential and commercial rooftop solar panels. Additionally, the guide includes a glossary, along with a curated list of books, journals, and websites for further reading and reference.

Features & Benefits

  • A contextual view of renewable energy past, present, and future
  • Covers the six major sources of renewable energy
  • Discusses the challenges facing renewable energy
  • Provides full scale representation of use from utilities to the individual

Audience

  • Field level personnel
  • Management
  • Energy lending and finance professionals
  • Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets
  • Students

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List of Figures & Tables

Part l : Renewable Energy in Context
Chapter 1 :
A Tale of Two Decades
Chapter 2 : The Four Eras of Renewable Energy
Chapter 3 : Energy Basics

Part  2 : Exploring the Technologies
Chapter 4 :
Solar
Chapter 5 : Wind Energy
Chapter 6 : Hydropower
Chapter 7 : Biomass 
Chapter 8 : Geothermal
Chapter 9 : Hydrogen
Chapter 10 : A Word About Inverters

Part 3 : Markets and Policies
Chapter 11 :
A Fast Tour Around the Electric Power Grid
Chapter 12 : Policies, Regulators, and other Market Players

Part 4 : Challenges
Chapter 13 :
Supply chain
Chapter 14 : Recycling
Chapter 15 : Connecting to the grid
Chapter 16 : Opposition

Part 5 : Future Considerations 
Chapter 17 :
Moving Beyond Imperative

Glossary 
Further Reading 
References 
Index