Green Energy Directory

The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence through Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower (Mother Earth News Wiser Living) (Paperback)

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The coming energy crisis caused by a peak in global oil and natural gas production will profoundly affect the lives of all North Americans. As the price of these vital fuels rises, homeowners will scramble to cut their fuel bills. Two options for meeting the upcom (more…)

The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living (Paperback)

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As oil prices continue to rise, many people are starting to think about how to unhook from the electricity grid. The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses completely on off-grid, sustainable living and rural energy independence. Author/engineer William H. Kemp, who i (more…)

Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Second Edition (Hardcover)

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Gets beyond renewable energy hype by providing a complete guide to the science behind the most promising sources such as wind, solar, and bio.

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We are hearing a LOT about renewable energy these days! But unlike most available resou (more…)

Renewable Energy Policy (Paperback)

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Renewable energy is the key to the future of humankind. Wind power, solar (photovoltaic) energy, geothermal power, and other forms of renewables can help solve our most pressing environmental problems, including global climate change. But how do we move these pr (more…)

Modern Marvels: Renewable Energy (2006)

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In the young 21st Century, two realizations are dawning on the world’s population: we are hopelessly dependent on petroleum, which is only going to get more expensive; and global warming, caused mainly by our burning of fossil fuels, will impact civilization in wa (more…)

Renewable Energy (Paperback)

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`Review from previous edition It is high time that good textbooks on the subject become available on the market. Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, is thus a timely and welcome addition to the existing literature on the subject…Godfrey Boyle and his team of a (more…)

Investing in Renewable Energy: Making Money on Green Chip Stocks (Angel Series) (Hardcover)

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Investing in Renewable Energy puts the depletion of finite resources such as oil, natural gas, and coal in perspective, and discusses how renewable energy solutions–from solar and wind to geothermal and biofuels–will usher in a new generation of wealth for inv (more…)

Renewable Energy: Sustainable Energy Concepts for the Future (Hardcover)

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“This creative book dispenses with formal chapters, but the 20 major categories clearly document innovative and sustainable energy concepts using existing technologies based in Europe. The descriptions are clear, and the combination of pictures and diagrams are relevant and co (more…)

The Renewable Energy Handbook, Revised Edition: The Updated Comprehensive Guide to Renewable Energy and Independent Living (Paperback)

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This revised edition of The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses on the unique requirements of off-grid living as well as using “green” energy for homeowners who remain connected to the electrical utility. The book contains chapters on: Energy efficiency and economi (more…)

Careers in Renewable Energy: Get a Green Energy Job (Paperback)

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Grade 7 Up—This handy text reviews careers in solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy, hydrogen energy and fuel cells, and nuclear energy as well as employment in green building, management, and transportation. The underlying theme—knowledge (more…)

Energy Crossroads: A burning need to change course

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As our global population and its appetite for energy rise drastically, resource depletion and global warming have become the most pressing issues facing humanity today.Most experts agree that global peak oil production, when demand exceeds supply, will occur withi (more…)

Renewable Energy in Power Systems (Hardcover)

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The book can also be a handy reference for graduate students, practicing engineers, and academics working on grid integration of RE power generation sources and their management or in the general area of power system planning. In fact, I recommend the book for every field engi (more…)

Handbook of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Mechanical Engineering) (Hardcover)

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Brought to you by the creator of numerous bestselling handbooks, the Handbook of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy provides a thorough grounding in the analytic techniques and technological developments that underpin renewable energy use and environmental pro (more…)

Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment (Hardcover)

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Due to the mounting demand for energy and increasing population of the world, switching from nonrenewable fossil fuels to other energy sources is not an option—it is a necessity. Focusing on a cost-effective option for the generation of electricity, Wind Energy: (more…)

Renewable Energy from Forest Resources in the United States (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics) (Hardcover)

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Solomon and Luzadis give experts from each of these fields a say in this fascinating and timely addition to the series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics. Perspectives from more than 30 academic contributors combine to offer a balanced, holistic, and readable ov (more…)