Part I: Renewable Energy Resources
1. Perspectives on energy resources
1.1 Current renewable energy market
1.2 Past and present energy resources
1.3 Resource prospects for the future
1.4 Global temperature impacts and other climate impacts
1.5 Role of environmental and social issues
2. Origin of renewable energy flows
2.2 Disposition of radiation on the Earth
2.3 Processes near the surface of the Earth
2.4 The energy cycle of the Earth
2.5 Inclusion of non-radiative energy flows
3. Individual renewable energy sources
3.3 Water flows and reservoirs, waves, and tides
3.4 Heat flows, reservoirs, and other sources of energy
3.5 Biological conversion and stores
Part II: Renewable Energy Technologies
4. The energy conversion processes
4.2 Heat energy conversion processes
4.3 Mechanical energy conversion processes
4.4 Solar radiation conversion
4.5 Electrochemical energy conversion
4.6 Bioenergy conversion processes
5. Energy transmission and storage
5.3 Latent heat and chemical transformation storage
5.4 High-quality energy storage
Part III: Renewable Energy Impacts: Planning for Sustainability and Climate Change Aversion
6.1 Methodology of energy planning
6.2 Demand scenario construction
6.3 Supply scenario construction
7.1 Social and economic framework
8.1 Greenhouse warming mitigation
8.2 Greenhouse warming adaptation
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