This comprehensive guide covers all the essential aspects of renewable energy, drawing on his extensive experience as an energy journalist. The book offers a clear and accessible overview, beginning with a historical context and basic energy principles. It then delves into major concepts and applications of solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, and hydrogen on both a North American and global scale.
Addressing challenges like supply chain, cybersecurity, grid reliability, recycling, and NIMBY opposition, the guide provides valuable insights. Looking ahead, it considers future considerations in the context of an uncertain climate and the imperative to decarbonize. The content spans diverse scales, from utility-sized hydroelectric plants to residential and commercial rooftop solar panels. Additionally, the guide includes a glossary, along with a curated list of books, journals, and websites for further reading and reference.
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A contextual view of renewable energy past, present, and future
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Covers the six major sources of renewable energy
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Discusses the challenges facing renewable energy
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Provides full scale representation of use from utilities to the individual
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Field level personnel
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Management
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Energy lending and finance professionals
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Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets
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