Power Resources category: 2047 books
Energy and Sea Power
Challenge for the Decade
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Energy and Sea Power: Challenge for the Decade is a collection of essays, which were presented as lectures at the Eighth Annual Pacific Coast Sea Power Forum, held at the U. S. Navy Postgraduate School at Monterey, California, in October 1980, covering the topic of energy and sea power. The book contains...
Small and Micro Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Systems
Advanced Design, Performance, Materials and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Small and micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems are a form of cogeneration technology suitable for domestic and community buildings, commercial establishments and industrial facilities, as well as local heat networks. One of the benefits of using cogeneration plant is a vastly improved energy...
Wind Power
The Struggle for Control of a New Global Industry
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
The wind power business has grown from a niche sector within the energy industry to a global industry that attracts substantial investment. In Europe wind has become the biggest source of new power generation capacity, while also successfully competing with the gas, coal and nuclear sectors in China...
by George G. Eberling
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
China's rise in the global arena is undeniably altering the global status quo. Its rise is closely linked to and reflected in its rising dependence on imported oil, adroit soft power, economic prowess and corresponding impressive economic growth, its military modernization, and its strategic engagement...
Geothermal Power Generation
Developments and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation provides an update to the advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy security.
As geothermal resources are considered renewable and can...
by Paul Breeze
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Wind Power Generation is a concise, up-to-date and readable guide providing an introduction to one of the leading renewable power generation technologies. It includes detailed descriptions of on and offshore generation systems, and demystifies the relevant wind energy technology functions in practice...
by Mladen Kezunovic, Sakis Meliopoulos, Vaithianathan Venkatasubramanian
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
This book illuminates how synchrophasors achieve the monitoring, protection and control optimizations necessary to expand existing power systems to support increasing amounts of renewable and distributed energy resources. The authors describe synchrophasor techniques that can provide operators with...
Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volume 4
The Reciprocal Relationship between Governance of Natural Resources and Socio-Ecological Systems Dynamics in West Sumatra Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Southeast Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical area in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region.
The Reciprocal Relationship between...
by Paul Breeze
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
Solar Power Generation is a concise, up-to-date, and readable guide providing an introduction to the leading renewable power generation technology. It includes detailed descriptions of solar photovoltaic and solar thermal generation systems, and demystifies the relevant solar energy technology functions...
by Bent Sørensen
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
While solar is the fastest-growing energy source in the world, key concerns around solar power’s inherent variability threaten to de-rail that scale-up . Currently, integration of intermittent solar resources into the grid creates added complication to load management, leading some utilities to...
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness
The Fragility of Interdependence
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Every generation leaves both assets and liabilities to the next. Alert people can see we are going to leave our children and grandchildren with a nearly unsolvable test of energy supplies; waste polluting the air and water; and the appalling problem of a huge and uncontrollable explosion in world...
The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Production
Volume 2: Coal Utilisation
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Coal remains an important fossil fuel resource for many nations due to its large remaining resources, relatively low production and processing cost and potential high energy intensity. Certain issues surround its utilisation, however, including emissions of pollutants and growing concern about climate...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Like electricity and water, data and computing power are necessary commodities in the modern-day economy. A model for the effective regulation and provisioning of computational services will follow a similar paradigm as the existent model for traditional utilities. Emerging Research Surrounding Power...
by Gerard M Crawley
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Concerns about energy resources and the environmental impact of energy use will continue to be important globally. World Scientific's unique series of books on Current Energy Issues is intended, in part, as an expansion and update of the material contained in the World Scientific Handbook of Energy....