Renewables A Review Of Sustainable Energy Supply Options 2nd Edition by David Elliott ISBN 9780750323024 0750323027

1 Introduction

1.1 Renewable energy an overview of the issues and options

1.2 Why renewables?

1.3 Which sources and technologies will dominate?

1.4 What are the problems?

1.5 The structure of this book

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2 Power

2.1 Power for machines: hydro, wind, wave and tidal power plants

2.2 Hydro

2.2.1 Small hydro and pumped storage

2.3 Wind power

2.3.1 Offshore wind

2.3.2 Grid-balancing and system costs

2.3.3 Wind power prospects—and new ideas

2.4 Wave power

2.5 Tidal power

2.5.1 Tidal current turbines

2.5.2 Tidal energy design options

2.6 Power in perspective

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3 Heat

3.1 Renewable heat: bioenergy, solar thermal, geothermal

3.2 Bioenergy

3.2.1 Burning biomass for power

3.2.2 Biofuels for vehicles

3.2.3 Biomass for heating

3.2.4 New biomass options

3.2.5 Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage

3.2.6 The future for biomass

3.2.7 Bioenergy policy issues—a global market?

3.2.8 Biomass as an energy source—a retrospective view

3.3 Solar heat

3.3.1 Concentrating solar power

3.3.2 Other solar heat options

3.4 Geothermal heat and power

3.5 Heat pumps and CHP/DH

3.6 Heat in perspective

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4 Light

4.1 Energy from light: PV solar and direct conversion

4.2 PV solar

4.2.1 PV deployment issues and limits

4.2.2 Third generation solar cells and new applications

4.2.3 The prospects for PV solar

4.2.4 The current technology state of play

4.3 The next generation of solar

4.3.1 Direct conversion—beyond photons

4.4 One world under the Sun

4.4.1 The global spread of PV—problems and opportunities

4.4.2 A global grid—solar on tap

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5 Integration

5.1 Integration: grid balancing, energy storage and saving

5.2 Dealing with variability

5.2.1 Demand response

5.3 Grid balancing—beyond electricity

5.3.1 Heat networks and CHP

5.4 Energy storage

5.4.1 The technical options

5.4.2 Storage in perspective—growth and issues

5.5 A balanced future

5.5.1 The profile cost issue

5.6 Energy conservation and energy efficiency

5.7 A sustainable energy future: costs and policy choices

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6 Policy

6.1 Policy: global review and strategic development issues

6.2 Prospects and problems with rivals

6.3 Europe, Russia and the Middle East

6.3.1 The European Union

6.3.2 Outside the EU

6.3.3 The Russian Federation

6.3.4 The Middle East

6.4 Asia and the Pacific Area

6.5 The Americas

6.6 Africa

6.7 The way ahead

6.7.1 Economic issues

6.8 Conclusions

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7 Afterword

7.1 On the other hand: sceptical views

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