The prospect of producing clean, sustainable power in substantial quantities from renewable energy sources is arousing renewed interest world-wide. This is a comprehensive overview of the principal renewable energy sources: solar thermal; biomass; tidal; wave; photovoltaic; hydro; wind; geothermal. With the aid of detailed illustrations and tables of data, it explains the physical and technological principles underlying each source and examines its environmental impact and future prospects.
- ISBN10 0198564511
- ISBN13 9780198564515
- Publish Date 7 March 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 September 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 491
- Language English