This four-volume set, edited by a leading expert in the field, brings together in one collection a series of papers that have been fundamental to the development of renewable energy as a defined discipline. Some of the papers were first published many years ago, but they remain classics in their fields and retain their relevance to the understanding of current issues. The papers have been selected with the assistance of an eminent international editorial board. The set includes a general introduction and each volume is introduced by a new overview essay, placing the selected papers in context. The range of subject matter is considerable, including coverage of all the main renewable technologies, the fundamental principles by which they function, and the issues around their deployment such as planning, integration and socio-economic assessment. Overall, the set provides students, teachers and researchers, confronted with thousands of journal articles, book chapters and grey literature stretching back decades, with a ready-made selection of and commentary on the most important key writings in renewable energy. It will be an essential reference for libraries concerned with energy, technology and the environment.
VOLUME I
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
List of Abbreviations
Renewable Energy : Four-Volume Overview
Volume I : Editorial Introduction
Part I : History
Chapter 1 : Energy Use by Eem Neanderthals
Chapter 2 : Early Sails
Chapter 3 : Shipbuilding
Chapter 4 : Power
Chapter 5 : Early Evolution of Power Engineering
Chapter 6 : Heron's Windmill
Chapter 7 : Engineering in Arabic - Islamic Civilization
Chapter 8 : A Note on Windmills
Chapter 9 : Passive Cooling Systems in Iranian Architecture
Chapter 10 : On Climate as Determining The Style of The House
Chapter 11 : Passive Solar
Chapter 12 : Archimedes and Burning Mirrors
Chapter 13 : History of Applications
Part II : Flows and Resources
Chapter 14 : World Maps of The Components of The Heat Balance
Chapter 15 : The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
Chapter 16 : Calculation of Direct Solar and Diffuse Radiation in Israel
Chapter 17 : On Estimates of The Atmospheric Energy Cycle
Chapter 18 : Wind Resources 1: The European Wind Climatology
Chapter 19 : Wind Resources 2: Calculational Methods
Chapter 20 : Power Spectrum of Horizontal Wind Speed in The Frequency Range from 0.0007 to 900 Cycles Per Hour
Chapter 21 : Balancing Power Supply from Wind Energy Converting Systems
Chapter 22 : A New Method for Estimating Offshore Wind Potentials
Chapter 23 : Global Climate Change and Terrestrial Net Primary Production
Chapter 24 : What is Geothermal Energy?
Chapter 25 : California Wave Energy Resource Evaluation
Part III : Demand
Chapter 26 : Models of Decision Making and Residential Energy Use
Chapter 27 : A Sustainable Energy Future : Construction of Demand and Renewable Energy Supply Scenarios
Chapter 28 : Efficient Use of Energy
Chapter 29 : A Study of Chinese Strategies for Energy-Efficient Housing Developments from an Architect's Perspective, Combined with Swedish Experiences and Game Theory
Chapter 30 : Examples of Energy-Efficient Architecture from Developing and Developed Countries
Chapter 31 : A Naturally Air-Conditioned Building
Chapter 32 : Underground Houses
Chapter 33 : Dimensioning of The Solar Heating System in The Zero-Energy House in Denmark
Chapter 34 : Villa Vision
Chapter 35 : Electrochromic Smart Windows : Energy Efficiency and Device Aspects
Chapter 36 : Improved Efficiency in Domestic Electricity Use
Chapter 37 : Assessing Current Vehicle Performance and Simulating The Performance of Hydrogen and Hybrid Cars
Chapter 38 : Industrial Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation
Index
VOLUME II
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
List of Abbreviations
Volume II : Editorial Introduction
Part I : Solar Electricity
Chapter 1 : Photovoltaic Effect of p-n Junctions in Germanium
Chapter 2 : Photovoltaic Effect in p-n Junctions
Chapter 3 : Photovoltaic Effect in GaAs p-n Junctions and Solar Energy Conversion
Chapter 4 : Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency of p-n Junction Solar Cells
Chapter 5 : Increasing The Efficiency of Ideal Solar Cells by Photon-Induced Transitions at Intermediate Levels
Chapter 6 : Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 22)
Chapter 7 : Theory of The Electrical and PV Properties of Polycrystalline Silicon
Chapter 8 : Improved Modelling of Grain Boundary Recombination in Bulk and p-n Junction Regions of Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells
Chapter 9 : Very High-Efficiency Solar Cell Modules
Chapter 10 : High-Efficiency Solar Cells on Phosphorus Gettered Multicrystalline Silicon Substrates
Chapter 11 : Analysis of Ultrathin High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells
Chapter 12 : Solar Cells from Colloidal Nanocrystals : Fundamentals, Materials, Devices and Economics
Chapter 13 : Substitutional Doping of Amorphous Silicon
Chapter 14 : A New Type of Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Cell Generating More than 2.0V
Chapter 15 : Thin-Film Si : H-Based Solar Cells
Chapter 16 : Dye-Sensitized Zinc Oxide : Aqueous Electrolyte : Platinum Photocell
Chapter 17 : A Low-Cost, High Efficiency Solar Cell Based on Dye-Sensitized Colloidal TiO2 Films
Chapter 18 : A Coumarin-Derivative Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline TiO2 Solar Cell Having a High Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency up to 5.6 Per Cent
Chapter 19 : Surface Reactions in Photoelectrochemical Cells
Chapter 20 : Combined Experimental and DFT-TDDFT Computational Study of Photoelectrochemical Cell Ruthenium Sensitizers
Chapter 21 : Analytical Design of Antireflection Coatings for Silicon Photovoltaic Devices
Chapter 22 : Effect of Temperature on Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion
Chapter 23 : Hydrogen-Evolving Solar Cells
Chapter 24 : Innovative Renewable Energy Solutions for Hydrogen Vehicles
Chapter 25 : Thin-Film Silicon Photovoltaic : Architectural Perspectives and Technological Issues
Part II : Solar Heat
Chapter 26 : The Performance of Flat-Plate Solar Heat Collectors
Chapter 27 : The Performance of an Experimental System Using Solar Energy for Heating and Night Radiation for Cooling a Building
Chapter 28 : Solar Heating and Cooling
Chapter 29 : Calculation of Flat-Plate Collector Loss Coefficients
Chapter 30 : Results of Solar Heating Experiments
Chapter 31 : Report on Two and a Half Years' Experimental Living in Yanagimachi Solar House II
Chapter 32 : Solar Heat Systems for Use at High Latitudes
Chapter 33 : Design and Construction of Residential Solar Heating and Cooling System
Chapter 34 : Ninety Metal Drums Collect and Store Heat
Chapter 35 : German Central Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Heat Storage
Chapter 36 : Ideal Light Concentrators with Reflector Gaps
Chapter 37 : 1000kW Solar Furnace Built by The National Center of Scientific Research in Odeillo, France
Chapter 38 : First Results Obtained with The 1000kW Solar Furnace
Chapter 39 : Modelling of Parabolic Trough Direct Steam Generation Solar Collectors
Chapter 40 : Practical Solar Cooking Ovens
Chapter 41 : Solar Ponds : Large-Area Solar Collectors for Power Production
Chapter 42 : Solar Energy, Building and The Law
Index
VOLUME III
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
List of Abbreviations
Volume III : Editorial Introduction
Part I : Wind Energy
Chapter 1 : Developments and Potential Improvements in Wind Power Utilization
Chapter 2 : Experience with Jacobs Wind-Driven Electric Generating Plant, 1931-1957
Chapter 3 : Optimum Wind Energy Conversion Systems
Chapter 4 : Design of Wind Power Plants in Denmark
Chapter 5 : Recent Developments and Potential Improvements in Wind Power Utilization for Use in Connection with Electrical Networks in Denmark
Chapter 6 : Applied Aerodynamics of Wind Power Machines
Chapter 7 : On The Fluctuating Power Generation of Large Wind Energy Converters, With and Without Storage Facilities
Chapter 8 : Offshore Wind Energy Systems
Chapter 9 : Tests Performed on The 2MW Tvind WEC
Chapter 10 : Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines
Chapter 11 : Composite Materials for Wind Power Turbine Blades
Chapter 12 : Reliability Comparison of Direct-Drive and Geared-Drive Wind Turbine Concepts
Chapter 13 : A Lightweight Low-Speed Permanent Magnet Electrical Generator for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines
Chapter 14 : Modelling and Measuring Flow and Wind Turbine Wakes in Large Wind Farms Offshore
Part II : Biofuels
Chapter 15 : The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials
Chapter 16 : Household Biogas Use in Rural China : A Study of Opportunities and Constraints
Chapter 17 : Anaerobic Digestion of The Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste : Influence of Co-digestion with Manure
Chapter 18 : Biogas as a Resource-Efficient Vehicle Fuel
Chapter 19 : The Sustainability of Ethanol Production from Sugarcane
Chapter 20 : Role of Energy Policy in Renewable Energy Accomplishment : The Case of Second-Generation Bioethanol
Chapter 21 : Harnessing Biofuels : A Global Renaissance in Energy Production?
Chapter 22 : Plants as a Direct Source of Fuel
Chapter 23 : Biodiesel Production by Microalgal Biotechnology
Chapter 24 : Sustainable Bio-composites from Renewable Resources : Opportunities an Challenges in The Green Materials World
Chapter 25 : Methanol of Ethanol Produced from Woody Biomass : Which in More Advantageous?
Part III : Other Sources for Conversion
Chapter 26 : Small-Scale Hydropower in The UK
Chapter 27 : Green Electricity from Alpine Hydropower Plants
Chapter 28 : Geothermal Energy Focus : Tapping The Earth's Natural Heat
Chapter 29 : Tidal Energy Update 2009
Chapter 30 : Operation of Tidal Electric Power Plants
Chapter 31 : Machinery for Obtaining Power by The Force of Waves and Tides
Chapter 32 : Wave Energy Utilization in Europe : Current Status and Perspectives
Chapter 33 : A New Hybrid Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion-Offshore Solar Pond (OTEC-OSP) Design : A Cost Optimization Approach
Index
VOLUME IV
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
List of Abbreviations
Volume IV : Editorial Introduction
Part I : Integrated Approaches
Chapter 1 : The Capacity Credit of Wind Powers : A Theoretical Analysis
Chapter 2 : Effective Load Carrying Capability of Wind Generation : Initial Results with Public Data
Chapter 3 : Effects of Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Integration on Electricity Distribution Networks
Chapter 4 : System Stability of Large Wind Power Networks : A Danish Case Study
Chapter 5 : A Review on Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Solar Technology
Chapter 6 : Modelling of Hybrid PV-Thermal Systems
Chapter 7 : A Combined Wind-Hydro Power System
Part II : Socio-Economic and Environmental Assessment
Chapter 8 : Social Benefit Versus Technological Risk : What is Our Society Willing to Pay for Safety?
Chapter 9 : Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
Chapter 10 : Photovoltaics : Environmental, Health and Safety Issues and Perspectives
Chapter 11 : Life-Cycle Analysis of Present and Future Si-Based Solar Cells
Chapter 12 : Wind Energy
Chapter 13 : Physical Characteristics and Perception of Low-Frequency Noise from Wind Energy
Chapter 14 : The Habitat-Creation Potential of Offshore Wind Farms
Chapter 15 : Particulate Exposure and Size Distribution from Wood-Burning Stoves in Costa Rica
Chapter 16 : Biomass Burning in The Tropics : Impact on Atmospheric Chemistry and Biogeochemical Cycles
Chapter 17 : Emissions of Ultrafine Particles from Biomass Combustion
Chapter 18 : Large-Scale Hydroelectric Projects and Mountain Development on The Upper Yangtze River
Chapter 19 : Application and Comparison of Computer Models for Quantifying Impacts of River Regulation on Fish Habitat
Chapter 20 : Groundwater Changes in The Wairakei-Tauhara Geothermal System
Chapter 21 : Ecological Safety of Tidal Electric Power Plants
Part III : Scenario Construction and Analysis
Chapter 22 : Energy Scenarios : A Review of Methods, Uses and Suggestions
Chapter 23 : Energy and Resources
Chapter 24 : Soft Energy Technologies
Chapter 25 : Solar Sweden
Chapter 26 : An End-Use Oriented Global Energy Strategy
Chapter 27 : Low Energy Consumption Scenarios
Part IV : Sustainability, Planning and Policy
Chapter 28 : A Generic Southern Perspective on Renewable Energy
Chapter 29 : Sustainable Biofuels Redux
Chapter 30 : The Distributed Utility : A New Electric Utility Planning and Pricing Paradigm
Chapter 31 : Stability, Participation and Transparency in Renewable Energy Policy : Lessons from Denmark and The United States
Chapter 32 : Rejecting Renewables : The Socio-technical Impediments to Renewable Electricity in The United States
Chapter 33 : Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Energy Policy in China
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