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Author(s): Volker Quaschning
ISBN(s): 9780470747070, 0470747072
Edition: 1
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Year: 2010
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0470747072

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Author: Volker Quaschning

Solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydro, biomass and geothermal energy receive balanced treatment with one exciting and informative chapter devoted to each. As well as a complete overview of these state-of-the-art technologies, the chapters provide:

  • clear analysis on their development potentials;
  • an evaluation of the economic aspects involved;
  • concrete guidance for practical implementation; how to reduce your own energy waste.

If we do not act now to stop climate change, the consequences will be catastrophic. The current world situation is demonstrated here with the aid of full-colour figures and photographs, data diagrams and simple calculations and results. A multiplicity of impressive examples from countries across the globe show international ‘alternative’ energy in action.

With its easy-to-read approach, this is an essential textbook for students on renewable energy courses, also environment and sustainability courses. Planners, operators, financers and consultants will find this an excellent manual for planning and realizing climate protection. Furthermore, this book makes great background reading for energy workers, designers, politicians and journalists, and anyone who is interested in the topic of climate change.

Table of contents:

1: Our Hunger for Energy

1.1 Energy Supply – Yesterday and Today

1.1.1 From the French Revolution to the Early 20th Century

1.1.2 The Era of Black Gold

1.1.3 Natural Gas – the Newest Fossil Energy Source

1.1.4 Nuclear Power – Split Energy

1.1.5 The Century of Fossil Energy

1.2 Energy Needs – Who Needs What, Where and How Much?

1.3 ‘Anyway’ Energy

1.4 Energy Supplies – Wealth Forever

1.5 The End of Fission

1.6 Oil Prices Today – Politics, Supply and Demand

2: The Climate Before the Collapse?

2.1 It Is Getting Warm – Climate Changes Today

2.1.1 The Ice is Slowly Melting

2.1.2 Natural Catastrophes Occur More Frequently

2.2 The Guilty Parties – Causes of Climate Change

2.2.1 The Greenhouse Effect

2.2.2 The Prime Suspect: Carbon Dioxide

2.2.3 Other Culprits

2.3 Outlook and Recommendations – What Lies Ahead?

2.3.1 Will It be Bitterly Cold in Europe?

2.3.2 Recommendations for Effective Climate Protection

2.4 Difficult Birth – Politics and Climate Change

2.4.1 German Climate Policy

2.4.2 International Climate Policy

2.5 Self-Help Climate Protection

3: From Wasting Energy to Saving Energy and Reducing Carbon Dioxide

3.1 Less Efficient – Energy Use and Waste Today

3.2 Personal Energy Needs – Easily Saved at Home

3.2.1 Domestic Electricity – Money Wasted

3.2.2 Heat – Surviving the Winter with Almost No Heating

3.2.3 Transport – Getting Somewhere Using Less Energy

3.3 Industry and Co – Everyone Else is to Blame

3.4 The Personal Carbon Dioxide Record

3.4.1 Emissions Caused Directly by One’s Own Activities

3.4.2 Indirectly Caused Emissions

3.4.3 Total Emissions

3.5 The Sale of Ecological Indulgences

4: Carbon-Free Energy – Vision or Utopia?

4.1 Options for Carbon-Free Energy Supply

4.1.1 Efficient Power Plants – More Power with Less Carbon Dioxide

4.1.2 Carbon Dioxide Sequestering – Away with Carbon Dioxide

4.1.3 Nuclear Energy – Squeaky Clean

4.1.4 Combined Heat and Power – Using Fuel Twice

4.1.5 Saving Energy – Achieving More with Less

4.2 Renewable Energy Sources – No End to What is Available

4.3 Options for Protecting the Climate

4.3.1 Down with Primary Energy Needs

4.3.2 Electricity Generation Totally Without Nuclear and Fossil Power Plants

4.3.3 Insulation and Renewable Energies to Provide Heat

4.3.4 Increasing Efficiency and New Concepts for Traffic

4.4 Reliable Supply Using Renewable Energies

5: Photovoltaics – Energy from Sand

5.1 Structure and Function

5.1.1 Electrons, Holes and Space-Charge Regions

5.1.2 Efficiency, Characteristics and MPP

5.2 Production of Solar Cells – from Sand to Cell

5.2.1 Silicon Solar Cells – Electricity from Sand

5.2.2 From Cell to Module

5.2.3 Thin Film Solar Cells

5.3 Photovoltaic Systems – Networks and Islands

5.3.1 Sun Islands

5.3.2 Sun in the Grid

5.4 Planning and Design

5.4.1 Planned on the Grid

5.4.2 Planned Islands

5.5 Economics

5.5.1 What Does It Cost?

5.5.2 Incentive Schemes

5.6 Ecology

5.7 Photovoltaic Markets

5.8 Outlook and Development Potential

6: Solar Thermal Systems – Year-Round Heating from the Sun

6.1 Structure and Functionality

6.2 Solar Collectors – Collecting the Sun

6.2.1 Swimming Pool Absorbers

6.2.2 Flat-Plate Collectors

6.2.3 Air-Based Collectors

6.2.4 Vacuum-Tube Collectors

6.3 Solar Thermal Systems

6.3.1 Hot Water from the Sun

6.3.2 Heating with the Sun

6.3.3 Solar Communities

6.3.4 Cooling with the Sun

6.3.5 Swimming with the Sun

6.3.6 Cooking with the Sun

6.4 Planning and Design

6.4.1 Solar Thermal Heating of Domestic Hot Water

6.4.2 Solar Thermal Heating as Support Heating

6.5 Economics

6.6 Ecology

6.7 Solar Thermal Markets

6.8 Outlook and Development Potential

7: Solar Power Plants – Even More Energy from the Sun

7.1 Concentration on the Sun

7.2 Solar Power Plants

7.2.1 Parabolic Trough Power Plants

7.2.2 Solar Tower Power Plants

7.2.3 Dish-Stirling Power Plants

7.2.4 Solar Chimney Power Plants

7.2.5 Concentrating Photovoltaic Power Plants

7.2.6 Solar Chemistry

7.3 Planning and Design

7.3.1 Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants

7.3.2 Solar Chimney Power Plants

7.3.3 Concentrating Photovoltaic Power Plants

7.4 Economics

7.5 Ecology

7.6 Solar Power Plant Markets

7.7 Outlook and Development Potential

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 Installations and Parks

8.3.1 Wind Chargers

8.3.2 Grid-Connected Wind Turbines

8.3.3 Wind Farms

8.3.4 Offshore Wind Farms

8.4 Planning and Design

8.5 Economics

8.6 Ecology

8.7 Wind Power Markets

8.8 Outlook and Development Potential

9: Hydropower Plants – Wet Energy

9.1 Tapping into the Water Cycle

9.2 Water Turbines

9.3 Hydropower Plants

9.3.1 Run-of-River Power Plants

9.3.2 Storage Power Plants

9.3.3 Pumped-Storage Power Plants

9.3.4 Tidal Power Plants

9.3.5 Wave Power Plants

9.3.6 Ocean Current Power Plants

9.4 Planning and Design

9.5 Economics

9.6 Ecology

9.7 Hydropower Markets

9.8 Outlook and Development Potential

10: Geothermal Energy – Power from the Deep

10.1 Tapping into the Earth’s Heat

10.2 Geothermal Heat and Power Plants

10.2.1 Geothermal Heat Plants

10.2.2 Geothermal Power Plants

10.2.3 Geothermal HDR Power Plants

10.3 Planning and Design

10.4 Economics

10.5 Ecology

10.6 Geothermal Markets

10.7 Outlook and Development Potential

11: Heat Pumps – from Cold to Hot

11.1 Heat Sources for Low-Temperature Heat

11.2 Working Principle of Heat Pumps

11.2.1 Compression Heat Pumps

11.2.2 Absorption Heat Pumps and Adsorption Heat Pumps

11.3 Planning and Design

11.4 Economics

11.5 Ecology

11.6 Heat Pump Markets

11.7 Outlook and Development Potential

12: Biomass – Energy from Nature

12.1 Origins and Use of Biomass

12.2 Biomass Heating

12.2.1 Wood as a Fuel

12.2.2 Fireplaces and Closed Woodburning Stoves

12.2.3 Firewood Boilers

12.2.4 Wood Pellet Heating

12.3 Biomass Heat and Power Plants

12.4 Biofuels

12.4.1 Bio-oil

12.4.2 Biodiesel

12.4.3 Bioethanol

12.4.4 BtL Fuels

12.4.5 Biogas

12.5 Planning and Design

12.5.1 Firewood Boilers

12.5.2 Wood Pellet Heating

12.6 Economics

12.7 Ecology

12.7.1 Solid Fuels

12.7.2 Biofuels

12.8 Biomass Markets

12.9 Outlook and Development Potential

13: The Hydrogen Industry and Fuel Cells

13.1 Hydrogen as an Energy Source

13.1.1 Production of Hydrogen

13.1.2 Storage and Transport of Hydrogen

13.2 Fuel Cells: Bearers of Hope

13.3 Economics

13.4 Ecology

13.5 Markets, Outlook and Development Potential

14: Sunny Prospects – Examples of Sustainable Energy Supply

14.1 Climate-Compatible Living

14.1.1 Carbon-Neutral Standard Prefabricated Houses

14.1.2 Plus-Energy Solar House

14.1.3 Plus-Energy Housing Estate

14.1.4 Heating Only with the Sun

14.1.5 Zero Heating Costs after Redevelopment

14.2 Working and Producing in Compatibility with the Climate

14.2.1 Offices and Shops in Solar Ship

14.2.2 Zero-Emissions Factory

14.2.3 Carbon-Free Heavy Equipment Factory

14.3 Climate-Compatible Driving

14.3.1 Waste Gas-Free Electropower

14.3.2 Travelling around the World in a Solar Mobile

14.3.3 Across Australia in Thirty-Three Hours

14.3.4 Game over CO2!

14.4 Climate-Compatible Travel by Water or Air

14.4.1 Modern Shipping

14.4.2 Solar Ferry on Lake Constance

14.4.3 World Altitude Record with a Solar Aeroplane

14.4.4 Flying around the World in a Solar Plane

14.4.5 Flying for Solar Kitchens

14.5 Carbon-Free Electricity for an Island

14.6 All’s Well that Ends Well

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