Alexander Clarke

Rethinking the Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy

Mitigation and management

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Renewable energy is important as a substitute for finite fossil fuels and inflexible nuclear power and could conceivably power the world. However, this is challenging as the world is currently 80% dependent on fossil fuels, and renewable sources produce only about 15% of total energy. Conversion technologies for use with many of the eight different primary sources of renewable energy are only just emerging as viable technologies. While renewable energy sources will not run out, and their use involves little or no release of carbon dioxide or ionising wastes, they do have local environmental impacts of their own. This book analyses the nature… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-317-20544-9
EAN: 9781317205449
Produktnummer: 20698201
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 5'009 KB
Abbildungen: 87 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 13 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 44 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 30 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Alexander Clarke is a Teaching Fellow in Renewable Energy in the Natural Sciences Department at the University of Bath, UK and an Associate Lecturer at the Open University.