Renewable energy and climate change
"Sales handles: -Clear overview on each state-of-the-art technology in alternative energy production. Presents correlations between use of energy and energy prices, and climate change. Provides guidance on what the reader can do to reduce their own energy waste. Full-colour figures and photogra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J.:
Wiley
2020.
Hoboken, NJ : 2020. |
| Edition: | Second edition |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849116306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Our hunger for energy
- The climate before the collapse?
- From wasting energy to saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide
- "Energiewende" (energy transition)--the way to a better future?
- Photovoltaics--energy from sand
- Solar thermal systems--year-round heating from the sun
- Solar power plants--even more power from the sun
- Wind power systems--electricity from thin air
- Hydropower plants--wet electricity
- Geothermal energy--power from the deep
- Heat pumps--from cold to hot
- Biomass--energy from nature
- Renewable gas and fuel cells
- Sunny prospect--examples of sustainable energy supply.
