01235nam a22001817a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001800064040002000082082001600102100001900118245007000137260008700207300007100294500001800365520064100383650002901024GCWUF20171214060708.0171214b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780199681273  aMAINbENGcMAIN  a333.79bBOY  aBoyle, Godfrey  aRenewable energy : power for a sustainable futurecBoyle, Godfrey  aOxford : bOxford University Press in association with the Open University,c2012.  axv, 566 pages : bcolor illustrations, color maps ; c27 cm.fP.B.  aInclude Index  aThe provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilisation today. Renewable Energy examines both the practical and economic potential of the renewable energy sources to meet this challenge. The underlying physical and technological principles behind deriving power from direct solar (solar thermal and photovoltaics), indirect solar (biomass, hydro, wind and wave) and non-solar (tidal and geothermal) energy sources are explained, within the context of their environmental impacts, their economics and their future prospects. -- Publisher description.  2Renewable energy sources