Renewable Energy Books

New and Published Books

1. Solar Technologies for the 21st Century

   By Anco S. Blazev

   This book examines solar technologies, describes their properties, and evaluates the technological potential of each. It also reviews the logistics of deploying solar energy as a viable and sustainable way to solve urgent energy, environmental, and socio-economic problems. Topics discussed include...

   Published April 8th 2013 by Fairmont Press
2. Optical Modeling and Simulation of Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices

   By Janez Krc, Marko Topic

   In wafer-based and thin-film photovoltaic (PV) devices, the management of light is a crucial aspect of optimization since trapping sunlight in active parts of PV devices is essential for efficient energy conversions. Optical modeling and simulation enable efficient analysis and optimization of the...

   Published April 4th 2013 by CRC Press
3. Renewable Energy

   A First Course

   By Robert Ehrlich

   Renewable energy has great significance for the world’s future, given the environmental issues related to energy generation and energy’s importance in our society. Making wise energy choices is not easy, however. It involves balanced consideration of economic, environmental, technical, political,...

   Published March 12th 2013 by CRC Press
4. Solar Radiation

   Practical Modeling for Renewable Energy Applications

   By Daryl Ronald Myers

   Series: Energy and the Environment

   Written by a leading scientist with over 35 years of experience working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Solar Radiation: Practical Modeling for Renewable Energy Applications brings together the most widely used, easily implemented concepts and models for estimating broadband and...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by CRC Press
5. Energy Harvesting Autonomous Sensor Systems

   Design, Analysis, and Practical Implementation

   By Yen Kheng Tan

   This book is the considered the first to describe sensor-oriented energy harvesting issues. Its content is derived from the author’s research on the development of a truly self-autonomous and sustainable energy harvesting wireless sensor network (EH-WSN). This network harvests energy from a variety...

   Published January 28th 2013 by CRC Press
6. Alternative Fuels

   The Future of Hydrogen, Third Edition

   By Michael Frank Hordeski

   Revised and updated, Alternative Fuels addresses many of the factors affecting our energy use, including the availability and desirability of various fuels—especially the use of hydrogen. This new edition covers new hydrogen developments in technology, oil supplies and new drilling techniques,...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Fairmont Press
7. Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems

   Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

   Edited by Christian Messier, Klaus J. Puettmann, K. David Coates

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history....

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
8. Energy from the Desert

   Very Large Scale PV Power-State of the Art and Into The Future

   Edited by Keiichi Komoto, Christian Breyer, Edwin Cunow, Karim Megherbi, David Faiman, Peter van der Vleuten

   The fourth volume in the established Energy from the Desert series examines and evaluates the potential and feasibility of Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) systems, which have capacities ranging from several megawatts to gigawatts, and to develop practical...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
9. Hydrogen Storage Technology

   Materials and Applications

   Edited by Lennie Klebanoff

   Zero-carbon, hydrogen-based power technology offers the most promising long-term solution for a secure and sustainable energy infrastructure. With contributions from the world’s leading technical experts in the field, Hydrogen Storage Technology: Materials and Applications presents a broad yet...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Taylor & Francis
10. Project Development in the Solar Industry

    Edited by Albie Fong, Jesse Tippett

    This book provides an extensive overview of utility scale solar project development and the various tasks required to bring large solar power plants from plans to realities. The various topics have been organized and...

    Published December 4th 2012 by CRC Press