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Energy Investing DeMystified : A Self-Teaching Guide
Author Davis Edwards
FUEL your portfolio with SMART ENERGY INVESTINGELECTRICITY. BIO-FUELS. NATURAL GAS. OIL. They power the world. And if you know what you’re doing, they can power your investment portfolio.Energy Investing DeMYSTiFieD provides the information, insight, and tools you n....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Solar Energy Engineering, 2nd Edition
Author Soteris A. Kalogirou
Energy policy promoting sustainable development is transforming global energy markets. Solar power, the most abundant of all renewable resources, is crucial to greater achieving energy security and sustainability. This new edition of Solar Energy Engineering:....
Release Date 2013/10 -
All About Low Volatility Investing
Author Peter Sander
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE HUGE RISKS TO INVEST SUCCESSFULLYLow volatility investing has been proven to outperform higher risk, volatile growth stock trading and investing over time. In today’s markets, this is exactly what you need to consistently draw returns beyond ....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Philip G. Jordan
This groundbreaking new book features holistic coverage of technological breakthroughs, financing trends, workforce development issues, and comparative regional case studies in solar energy. It provides a global bird's-eye view of the industry for scientists, engin....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Christopher G. Morris , Cutler J. Cleveland
Handbook of Energy, Volume II: Chronologies, Top Ten Lists, and Word Clouds draws together a comprehensive account of the energy field from the prestigious and award-winning authors of the Encyclopedia of Energy (2004), The Dictionary of Energy, Expanded Edition (20....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies
Author Ravi Jain , Chittaranjan Ray
Natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are occurring with increasing frequency. In emergencies, pure drinking water is quickly the most important item. Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies provides the tips and techniques for supplying po....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Designing Circuit Boards with EAGLE: Make High-Quality PCBs at Low Cost
Author Matthew Scarpino
"Matt Scarpino has provided a great tool for the hobbyist starting out in the circuit board design world, demonstrating all the features you’ll need to create your own circuit board projects. However, the experienced engineer will also benefit from the book, as it s....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water
Author Russell H. Plante
Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water provides a fundamental understanding of heat and energy conversions and of both solar domestic hot water system types with associated components and photovoltaic/inverter system combinations. It provides the inform....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Brian F. Towler
Using the principle that extracting energy from the environment always involves some type of impact on the environment, The Future of Energy discusses the sources, technologies, and tradeoffs involved in meeting the world's energy needs. A historical, scienti....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Getting Started with Bluetooth Low Energy
Author Robert Davidson , Akiba , Carles Cufí , Kevin Townsend
With Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), smart devices are about to become even smarter. This practical guide demonstrates how this exciting wireless technology helps developers build mobile apps that share data with external hardware, and how hardware engineers can gain ea....
Release Date 2014/05 -
The Economic Competitiveness of Renewable Energy: Pathways to 100% Global Coverage
Author Winfried Hoffmann
The world is at the crossroads of either quickly changing the energy picture towards implementing efficient renewable energy sources or postponing this process by another generation. Based on the author's more than 30 years industrial experience, this book gives a....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Sustainability
Author R. Parameshwaran , S. Kalaiselvam
Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Sustainability is a broad-based overview describing the state-of-the-art in latent, sensible, and thermo-chemical energy storage systems and their applications across industries. Beginning with a discussion of the efficiency a....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Energy Storage for Smart Grids
Author Ning Lu , Pengwei Du
Energy storage is a main component of any holistic consideration of smart grids, particularly when incorporating power derived from variable, distributed and renewable energy resources. Energy Storage for Smart Grids delves into detailed coverage of the entire spect....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Energy Storage Devices for Electronic Systems
Author Nihal Kularatna
Energy storage devices are a crucial area of research and development across many engineering disciplines and industries. While batteries provide the significant advantage of high energy density, their limited life cycles, disposal challenges and charge and discharg....
Release Date 2014/11 -
The Energy World is Flat: Opportunities from the End of Peak Oil
Author Daniel Lacalle , Diego Parrilla
A stronger, more informed approach to the energy marketsThe Energy World Is Flat provides a forward-looking analysis of the energy markets and addresses the implications of their rapid transformation. Written by acknowledged expert Daniel Lacalle, who is actively en....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Modeling and Analysis of Doubly Fed Induction Generator Wind Energy Systems
Author Zhixin Miao , Lingling Fan
Wind Energy Systems: Modeling, Analysis and Control with DFIG provides key information on machine/converter modelling strategies based on space vectors, complex vector, and further frequency-domain variables. It includes applications that focus on wind energy grid ....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Non Conventional Energy Resources
Author Sobh Nath Singh
With energy sustainability at the forefront of public discussion worldwide, there is a vital requirement to foster an understanding of safe alternative sources of energy such as solar and wind power. Tailored to the requirements of undergraduate students of engi....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Bent Sørensen
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 managem....
Release Date 2015/06 -
Energy Storage for Sustainable Microgrid
Author David Wenzhong Gao
Energy Storage for Sustainable Microgrid addresses the issues related to modelling, operation and control, steady-state and dynamic analysis of microgrids with ESS. This book discusses major electricity storage technologies in depth along with their efficiency, lif....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Author Darren Beck
The power industry is undergoing an significant transformation toward smart energy. Internet-connected smart devices to regulate and save energy are certainly part of the picture, but as this comprehensive O’Reilly report explains, the key piece is the emergence of....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Regulation and Investments in Energy Markets
Author Ilhan Öztürk , Maria Costa Campi , Veronica Lenzi , Alessandro Rubino
Regulation & Investments in Energy Markets: Solutions for the Mediterranean presents the status of advancement and maturity of the Mediterranean energy policy, identifying patterns of development as well as lessons learned.Mediterranean countries are facing unp....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Sandeep Mistry , Don Coleman , Alasdair Allan
This book is where your adventures with Bluetooth LE begin. You'll start your journey by getting familiar with your hardware options: Arduino, BLE modules, computers (including Raspberry Pi!), and mobile phones. From there, you'll write code and wire circuits to....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Bent Sørensen
Bent Sørensen, one of the world’s leading experts in the field of renewable energy systems, explores the current hurdles to the universal adoption of renewable energy sources and proposes solutions to the current situation in this new inspiring work. He discusses t....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Author George Neilson
Magnetic Fusion Energy: From Experiments to Power Plants is a timely exploration of the field, giving readers an understanding of the experiments that brought us to the threshold of the ITER era, as well as the physics and technology research needed to take us bey....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Beacon Technologies: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Beacosystem
Author Stephen Statler
Proximity technology—in particular, Bluetooth beacons—is a major source of business opportunity, and this book provides everything you need to know to architect a solution to capitalize on that opportunity. Learn the key standards—iBeacon, Eddystone, Bluetooth 4.0,....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Optimization in Renewable Energy Systems
Author Ozan Erdinc
Optimization in Renewable Energy Systems: Recent Perspectives covers all major areas where optimization techniques have been applied to reduce uncertainty or improve results in renewable energy systems (RES). Production of power with RES is highly variable and unpr....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Author John Zog , M.J. Moye , Kenneth W. GRONBACH
Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change, but—for those who can read beyond the raw figures—they open up hidden business opportunities that lie ahead.What will happen when retiring Boomers free up jobs? How will Generation ....
Release Date 2017/04 -
Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems
Author Muhammad Usama bin Aftab
Discover and implement a system of your choice using Bluetooth Low Energy.About This BookLearn the basics of Bluetooth Low Energy with its exciting new protocol stack and security.Build customized Bluetooth Low Energy projects that make your web or mobile apps smar....
Release Date 2017/04 -
Author Bent Sørensen
Bent Sørensen’s Renewable Energy: Physics, Engineering, Environmental Impacts, Economics and Planning, Fifth Edition, continues the tradition by providing a thorough and current overview of the entire renewable energy sphere. Since its first edition, this standard ....
Release Date 2017/06 -
Low Power Emerging Wireless Technologies
Author Krzysztof Iniewski , Reza Mahmoudi
Advanced concepts for wireless communications offer a vision of technology that is embedded in our surroundings and practically invisible, but present whenever required. Although the use of deep submicron CMOS processes allows for an unprecedented degree of scaling ....
Release Date 2017/07