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WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
by Volker V. Quaschning
Renewable Energy and Climate Change, 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition
Cover
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
CHAPTER 1 Our Hunger for Energy
1.1 Energy Supply – Yesterday and Today
1.2 Energy Needs – Who Needs What, Where, and How Much?
1.3 ‘Anyway’ Energy
1.4 Energy Reserves – Wealth for a Time
1.5 High Energy Prices – the Key to Climate Protection
CHAPTER 2 The Climate Before the Collapse
2.1 It Is Getting Warm – Climate Changes Today
2.2 The Guilty Parties – Causes of Climate Change
2.3 Outlook and Recommendations – What Lies Ahead?
2.4 A Difficult Birth – Politics and Climate Change
2.5 Self-Help Climate Protection
CHAPTER 3 From Wasting Energy to Saving Energy and Reducing Carbon Dioxide
3.1 Inefficiency
3.2 Personal Energy Needs – Savings at Home
3.3 Industry and Commerce – Everyone Else is to Blame
3.4 Your Personal Carbon Dioxide Balance
3.5 The Sale of Ecological Indulgences
CHAPTER 4 ‘Energiewende’ (Energy Transition) – The Way to a Better Future?
4.1 Coal and Nuclear Power Plants – Crutch Instead of Bridge
4.2 Efficiency and CHP – A Good Double for Starters
4.3 Renewables – Energy Without End
4.4 Germany Is Becoming Renewable
4.5 Not So Expensive – The Myth of Unaffordability
4.6 Energy Revolution Instead of Half-Hearted Energy Transition
CHAPTER 5 Photovoltaics – Energy from Sand
5.1 Structure and Function
5.2 Production of Solar Cells – From Sand to Cell
5.3 PV Systems – Grids and Islands
5.4 Planning and Design
5.5 Economics
5.6 Ecology
5.7 PV Markets
5.8 Outlook and Development Potential
CHAPTER 6 Solar Thermal Systems – Year-Round Heating from the Sun
6.1 Structure and Functionality
6.2 Solar Collectors – Collecting the Sun
6.3 Solar Thermal Systems
6.4 Planning and Design
6.5 Economics
6.6 Ecology
6.7 Solar Thermal Markets
6.8 Outlook and Development Potential
CHAPTER 7 Solar Power Plants – Even More Power from the Sun
7.1 Focusing on the Sun
7.2 Solar Power Plants
7.3 Planning and Design
7.4 Economics
7.5 Ecology
7.6 Solar Power Plant Markets
7.7 Outlook and Development Potential
CHAPTER 8 Wind Power Systems – Electricity from Thin Air
8.1 Gone with the Wind – Where the Wind Comes From
8.2 Utilizing Wind
8.3 Wind Turbines and Windfarms
8.4 Planning and Design
8.5 Economics
8.6 Ecology
8.7 Wind Power Markets
8.8 Outlook and Development Potential
CHAPTER 9 Hydropower Plants – Wet Electricity
9.1 Tapping into the Water Cycle
9.2 Water Turbines
9.3 Hydropower Plants
9.4 Planning and Design
9.5 Economics
9.6 Ecology
9.7 Hydropower Markets
9.8 Outlook and Development Potential
CHAPTER 10 Geothermal Energy – Power from the Deep
10.1 Tapping into the Earth's Heat
10.2 Geothermal Heat and Power Plants
10.3 Planning and Design
10.4 Economics
10.5 Ecology
10.6 Geothermal Markets
10.7 Outlook and Development Potential
CHAPTER 11 Heat Pumps – From Cold to Hot
11.1 Heat Sources for Low-Temperature Heat
11.2 Operating Principle of Heat Pumps
11.3 Planning and Design
11.4 Economics
11.5 Ecology
11.6 Heat Pump Markets
11.7 Outlook and Development Potential
CHAPTER 12 Biomass – Energy from Nature
12.1 Origins and Use of Biomass
12.2 Biomass Heating
12.3 Biomass Heat and Power Plants
12.4 Biofuels
12.5 Planning and Design
12.6 Economics
12.7 Ecology
12.8 Biomass Markets
12.9 Outlook and Development Potential
CHAPTER 13 Renewable Gas and Fuel Cells
13.1 Hydrogen as an Energy Source
13.2 Methanation
13.3 Transport and Storage of Renewable Gas
13.4 Fuel Cells: Bearers of Hope
13.5 Economics
13.6 Ecology
13.7 Markets, Outlook, and Development Potential
CHAPTER 14 Sunny Prospects – Examples of Sustainable Energy Supply
14.1 Climate-Compatible Living
14.2 Working and Producing in a Climate-friendly Manner
14.3 Climate-Compatible Driving
14.4 Climate-Compatible Travel by Water or Air
14.5 Everything Becomes Renewable
14.6 Everything will Turn Out Fine
Appendix A
A.1 Energy Units and Prefixes
A.2 Geographic Coordinates of Power Plants
A.3 Further Reading
References
Index
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