Renewable Energy

The classic, authoritative reference on renewable energy, written by the pioneer who invented the term, is now available in a fully revised and updated edition for the first time in over 5 years. Updates in this 4e detail developments in solar cells, fuel cells, biofuel conversion processes and new ocean energy devices, for example. A new chapter on integrated technologies covers the increasingly prominent topic of hybrid systems.

Presents an overview of the renewable energy sphere. This title covers the basic scientific principles behind the major renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind and biomass. It also provides information about how these raw renewable sources can be converted into useful forms, transmitted into the grid and stored for future utilization.

Autorentext
Bent Sørensen is professor emeritus in physics at Roskilde University, Denmark). He has held academic positions at University of California in Berkeley, Yale University, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden (US), Kyoto University (Japan), University of Grenoble (France) and University of New South Wales (Australia) and served as advisor for the OECD, the Japanese and Australian governments, and various UN agencies, including as lead author the IPCC working group on climate change mitigation. He has published nearly 1000 scientific articles and many books, including two volumes on hydrogen and fuel cells. He served as chairman of the Danish Energy Agency's Solar Energy and Hydrogen Energy Committees, and received prizes such as the Australian-European Award for Eminent Scholars (1982) and the European Solar Prize (2002).

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Perspectives

PART I: Energy ResourcesChapter 2. Status, prospects and sustainability issues Chapter 3. The origin of renewable energy flows Chapter 4. Modelling renewable energy flows Chapter 5. Individual renewable energy resources

PART II: Technologies for converting and handling renewable energyChapter 6. General principlesChapter 7. Heat energy conversion processesChapter 8. Mechanical energy conversion processesChapter 9. Solar radiation conversion processesChapter 10. Electrochemical energy conversion processesChapter 11. Bioenergy conversion processesChapter 12. Energy TransmissionChapter 13. Energy storage technologies

PART III: Planning and socio-economic issuesChapter 14. Energy system planningChapter 15. Socio-economic assessmentChapter 16. Integrated approaches