About the Book:

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text. It covers the many renewables technologies implemented worldwide by harnessing sustainable resources, mitigating pollution and climate change, and providing cost effective services.

This fourth edition is extensively updated by John Twidell with global developments as underpinned by fundamental analysis and illustrated by case studies and worked examples. Efficiency of end-use and cost-effectiveness is emphasized. Each chapter begins with fundamental scientific theory, and then considers applications, environmental impact and socio-economic aspects, before concluding with Quick Questions for self-revision, Problems and new Exercises. Basic theory underlying the technologies is covered in succinct Reviews of electrical power, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and solid-state physics. Common symbols and cross-referencing apply throughout; essential data are tabulated in Appendices.

Contents:

1.            Principles of renewable energy

2.            Solar radiation characteristics and impacts: including the greenhouse effect

3.            Solar water heating

4.            Other solar thermal applications

5.            Photovoltaic (PV) power technology

6.            Hydropower

7.            Wind resource

8.            Wind power technology

9.            Biomass resources from photosynthesis

10.         Bioenergy technologies

11.          Wave power

12.         Tidal-current and tidal-range power

13.         Ocean gradient energy: OTEC and osmotic power

14.         Geothermal energy

15.         Energy systems: integration, distribution and storage

16.         Solar-buildings and efficient energy use; including transportation, manufacture and homes

17.         Institutional and economic factors

Review 1. Electrical power for renewable

Review 2. Essentials of fluid dynamics

Review 3. Heat transfer

Review 4. Solid-state physics for photovoltaics

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