Renewable and alternative energy

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Title:

Author:

Curley, Robert, 1955-

ISBN:

9781615304882

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Britannica Educational Pub., in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2012.

Physical Description:

xv, 121 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Energy : past, present, and future

Contents:

Catching rays : solar energy -- Chasing the wind : wind energy -- Harnessing water : hydropower -- Tapping the earth : geothermal energy -- Converting biomass : biofuels -- Splitting the atom : nuclear energy -- Nuclear reactor design and components -- Fuel cells.

Abstract:

An overview of renewable and alternative energy sources that provides details about solar, wind, geothermal, and nuclear energy as well as hydropower and biofuels, discussing how energy is produced from them and including photographs and diagrams.

Subject Term:

Renewable energy sources.

Renewable energy resources.

Renewable energy sources. (OCoLC)fst01094570

Added Author:

Curley, Robert, 1955-

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With growing populations across the world consuming Earth's limited oil and natural gas reserves, the environmental and economic toll of energy dependence becomes an increasingly global concern. The development of renewable forms of energy including solar, wind, water, and geothermal offers alternatives to fossil fuels. Consumers are embracing these new modes of energy delivery and use. This extensive volume examines the possibility of a cleaner and more energy efficient future by detailing the historic and emerging technologies behind some the most promising alternative resources.