From the Book - Regular Print - Third edition.
1.1 Current penetration of renewable energy technologies in the marketplace 1 --
its history and present state
1.3 Energy future and the role of renewable energy 24 --
2 Origin of Renewable Energy Flows 29 --
2.1 Solar radiation 29 --
2.2 Net radiation flux at the earth 36 --
2.3 Physical and chemical processes near the Earth's surface 56 --
2.4 Energy cycle of the Earth 122 --
2.A Origins of stellar energy 154 --
2.B Vertical transport in or near the boundary layer 176 --
2.C Modelling the atmosphere and the oceans 184 --
2.D Tides and waves 197 --
3 Individual Energy Sources 210 --
3.1 Solar radiation 210 --
3.4 Water flows and tides 262 --
3.5 Heat flows and stored heat 275 --
3.6 Biological conversion and storage of energy 289 --
3.7 Other energy sources 307 --
4 Energy Conversion Processes 318 --
4.1 Principles of energy conversion 318 --
4.2 Conversion of solar radiation 354 --
4.3 Conversion of wind energy 412 --
4.4 Conversion of wave energy 455 --
4.5 Conversion of water flows or elevated water 463 --
4.6 Conversion of heat 466 --
4.7 Conversion of fuels 474 --
4.8 Conversion of biological material 478 --
4.9 Other conversion processes 512 --
4.A Energy bands in semiconductors 515 --
5 Energy Transmission and Storage 523 --
5.1 Energy transmission 523 --
5.2 Energy storage 530 --
6 Energy Supply Systems 591 --
6.1 Energy systems 591 --
6.2 Simulation of system performance 592 --
6.3 Examples of local system simulations 645 --
6.4 A global energy scenario 698 --
7 Socio-economic Assessment of Energy Supply Systems 731 --
7.1 Framework of socio-economic analysis 731 --
7.2 Direct cost evaluation 741 --
7.3 Indirect economics 749 --
7.4 Life-cycle analysis 767 --
7.5 Examples of break-even price estimations 855 --
From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition.
Origin of renewable energy flows --
Individual energy sources --
Energy conversion processes --
Energy transmission and storage --