Introduction to Renewable Energy

ebook Energy and the Environment

By Vaughn C. Nelson

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Introduction to Renewable Energy, Third Edition covers the fundamentals of renewable energy and serves as a resource to undergraduates in renewable energy courses, nonspecialists within the energy industries, or anyone working to support the successful implementation of renewable energy. This revised edition discusses developments that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition and considers the growing environmental impact of human activity on planet Earth. Dedicated to converging science and technology in a way that ensures a sustainable future, this book outlines the basics of renewable energy and focuses on current and developing policies that support the shift to renewable energy. New in the third edition, the book addresses bioenergy, energy balance, biodiesel, and photovoltaic applications, and includes an all-new chapter addressing climate change.

  • ·Revised throughout and includes an all-new chapter on climate change.

  • Includes color images throughout for this new edition.

  • Adds revised end-of-chapter problems, and a solutions manual and PowerPoint slides for instructors.

  • Includes several appendices: mathematics, exponential growth, lifetime of finite resource, order of magnitude estimates, and conversions.

  • Introduction to Renewable Energy