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Synergies for sustainable energy
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ISBN: 1523117605 1608075443 9781608075447 1608075435 9781608075430 9781523117604 Year: 2013 Publisher: Boston

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Here s a one-stop volume that addresses the complete range of clean energy technologies and associated issues. The book highlights synergistic opportunities, showing you how energy efforts in different sectors can be integrated to leverage each one s strength. Moreover, you discover what these opportunities mean at local, regional, and global scales, and learn how different stakeholder priorities can be managed. You get a global snapshot of critical energy considerations, including the status of resources, consumption trends, technology development and learn how these factors are effected by related social, political, and environmental issues. You are guided through each of the various clean energy technologies, gaining knowledge of important facts, technology basics, key players, markets, relevant analyses and results, and challenges and opportunities.This valuable reference gives you practical tools to aid in decision-making efforts and case studies that provide a real-world perspective. Contents: Introduction. Global Energy Picture. Energy Efficiency. Renewable Electricity. Alternative Fuels. Energy Storage. Synergies: Putting the Pieces Together. Towards Sustainability: Outlook for the Path Forward. Appendices.

Wind power in view
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ISBN: 1281033464 9786611033460 0080521037 9780080521039 9780125463348 0125463340 9781281033468 6611033467 Year: 2002 Publisher: San Diego Academic Press

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More than ever, travelers are encountering a different sort of landscape, one not only of nature but of technology. Wind Power in View is the first authoritative discourse on the aesthetic impact of wind turbines on the landscape and what can be done about it. It is a detailed and thoroughly illustrated discussion of the issue from several different perspectives. The book also provides an overview of the status of wind energy at the dawn of the new millennium, examines some of the ongoing battles, and offers guidelines on minimizing its visual impact.Taking examples from the United Sta

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