Talking renewables : a renewable energy primer for everyone / Anirudh Singh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singh, Anirudh, 1950- author.

Contributor:

Morgan & Claypool Publishers, publisher.

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP (Series). Release 4.

IOP concise physics

[IOP release 4]

IOP concise physics, 2053-2571

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Distribution:

Bristol [England] : IOP Publishing, [2018]

Other Title:

Renewable energy primer for everyone.

Place of Publication:

San Rafael [California] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

text file

Biography/History:

Anirudh Singh, PhD, is a researcher, writer, and consultant in renewable energy and climate change currently based at the University of Fiji where he is developing a Master's programme in renewable energy management. After obtaining his PhD in condensed matter physics at Leicester University, he spent most of his research and teaching career the University of the South Pacific, where he managed two major capacity-building projects in renewable energy. He has also managed two international conferences and fourteen renewable energy capacity-building workshops, and has been Associate/Guest Editor for international publishers.

Summary:

This book provides a clear and factual picture of the status of renewable energy and its capabilities today. The book covers all areas of renewable energy, starting from biomass energy and hydropower and proceeding to wind, solar and geothermal energy before ending with an overview of ocean energy. The book also explores how the technologies are being implemented today and takes a look at the future of renewable energy.

Contents:

1. Energy and its uses

1.1. Our energy needs

1.2. Forms of energy

1.3. Primary and end-use energy

1.4. Renewable energy

1.5. Why renewable energy?

1.6. Availability of renewable energy

1.7. Activities

1.8. Summary

2. Principles of renewable energy technologies

biomass and hydropower

2.1. Introduction to renewable energy technologies

2.2. Biomass energy

2.3. Hydro energy

2.4. Summary

3. Principles of renewable energy technologies

solar, wind, geothermal and ocean energy

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Solar energy

3.3. Wind energy

3.4. Geothermal energy

3.5. Ocean energy

3.6. Summary

4. Assessing renewable energy resources

4.1. Introduction : the essential requirements for renewable energy development

4.2. Solar resources

4.3. Wind resources

4.4. Hydro resources

4.5. Biomass and biofuels

4.6. Summary

5. Other requirements for renewable energy

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Human capacity

5.3. Institutional capacity

5.4. Policies and legislations

5.5. Summary

6. Using renewable energy

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Global overview of energy

6.3. Issues with renewable energy

6.4. Developments in the energy distribution paradigm

6.5. Renewable energy and energy poverty

6.6. Renewable energy and climate change

6.7. Summary

7. Our energy future

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Motivation for change

7.3. Free market forces and the renewable energy industry

7.4. Barriers to change

7.5. Towards advanced biofuels

7.6. The future of power generation

7.7. Summary.

Notes:

"Version: 20180301"--Title page verso.

"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on April 5, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781681749013

9781681748993

OCLC:

1030775323

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.