Renewable Energy Books

New and Published Books

1. Greener Energy Systems

   Energy Production Technologies with Minimum Environmental Impact

   By Eric Jeffs

   Recent years have seen acceleration in the development of cleaner energy systems. In Europe and North America, many old coal-fired power plants will be shut down in the next few years and will likely be replaced by combined cycle plants with higher-efficiency gas turbines that can start up and load...

   Published May 20th 2012 by CRC Press
2. The Electric Power Engineering Handbook, Third Edition - Five Volume Set

   Edited by Leonard L. Grigsby

   Series: Electrical Engineering Handbook

   The Electric Power Engineering Handbook, Third Edition updates coverage of recent developments and rapid technological growth in crucial aspects of power systems, including protection, dynamics and stability, operation, and control. With contributions from worldwide field leaders—edited by L.L....

   Published May 15th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Natural Resources - Technology, Economics & Policy

   Edited by U. Aswathanarayana

   Natural resources management has two principal dimensions : Science-illuminated (earth, space, hydrological, pedological, information, etc. sciences) management of local resources (waters, soils, bioresources, minerals, rocks, sediments, etc.) in an ecologically-sustainable manner, and...

   Published March 21st 2012 by CRC Press
4. Solar Energy Fundamentals

   By Robert K. McMordie

   Edited by Mitchel C. Brown, Robert S. Stoughton

   A compilation of decades of knowledge spanning the authors career as a mechanical engineer specializing in heat transfer and thermodynamics in the solar and aerospace industries, this book is instantly practicable. Topics include definitions of energy terms, relationship of the sun and earth,...

   Published March 14th 2012 by Fairmont Press
5. Quality Lighting for High Performance Buildings

   By Michael Stiller

   This book provides an overview of the basic concepts of quality, indoor lighting, and explains concepts like visual comfort, visual interest, and integrated design as they relate to the practice of lighting design. Energy efficient lighting technologies, including LED lighting and digital control...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Fairmont Press
6. Shipboard Propulsion, Power Electronics, and Ocean Energy

   By Mukund Patel

   Shipboard Propulsion, Power Electronics, and Ocean Energy fills the need for a comprehensive book that covers modern shipboard propulsion and the power electronics and ocean energy technologies that drive it. With a breadth and depth not found in other books, it examines the power electronics...

   Published February 16th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Thermodynamics and Energy Systems Analysis

   Volume 2, Solved Problems and Exercises

   By Lucien Borel, Daniel Favrat, Dinh Lan Nguyen, Magdi Batato

   This book illustrates the basic concepts of phenomenological thermodynamics and how to move from theory to practice by considering problems in the fields of thermodynamics and energy-systems analysis. Many subjects are handled from a energetics or exergetics angle: calorimeters, evaporators,...

   Published February 1st 2012 by EFPL Press
8. Energy Systems

   A New Approach to Engineering Thermodynamics

   By Renaud Gicquel

   Considered as particularly difficult by generations of students and engineers, thermodynamics applied to energy systems can now be taught with an original instruction method. Energy Systems applies a completely different approach to the calculation, application and theory of multiple energy...

   Published January 26th 2012 by CRC Press
9. Hybrid Anisotropic Materials for Wind Power Turbine Blades

   By Yosif Golfman

   Based on rapid technological developments in wind power, governments and energy corporations are aggressively investing in this natural resource. Illustrating some of the crucial new breakthroughs in structural design and application of wind energy generation machinery, Hybrid Anisotropic Materials...

   Published January 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
10. Electric Utility Resource Planning

    Economics, Reliability, and Decision-Making

    By Steven Sim

    Most people—including many legislators, regulators, and other decision makers in the electric utility industry—have misconceptions about how electric utilities really "work" and plan for the future. This lack of understanding can lead to poorly informed decisions and policies that directly affect...

    Published December 14th 2011 by CRC Press