Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future (Peake Stephen)(Paperback)

Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future (Peake Stephen)(Paperback)

The 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

10 Short Lessons in Renewable Energy (Peake Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Dr Stephen Peake takes us on a guided tour of the ten most essential aspects of this timely and fast-moving

Renewable Energy Finance: Powering the Future (Donovan Charles W.)(Paperback)

The future of clean energy is no longer about science and technology; it's all about access to finance. The fossil fuel industry has been subsidized for decades with tax breaks and government backing, while renewables have struggled to compete. But now clean energy is the safe bet for investors, as

Planet Power: Explore the World's Renewable Energy (Clark Stacy)(Paperback)

Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world! Accessible verse and lush illustrations introduce children to important information about how we can harness the planet's natural resources including wind, water and sun. Inset boxes define new words like 'turbine,' while

Wind Energy (Eboch M. M.)(Paperback / softback)

Wind energy harnesses the power of the wind. This clean, renewable energy is growing in its technology and popularity. Readers will learn how it is used, how it compares to other forms of energy and how they may get involved in this exciting growing field some day. Get ready for an Energy

To Be a Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers (LaDuke Winona)(Paperback)

Winona LaDuke is a leader in cultural-based sustainable development strategies, renewable energy, sustainable food systems and Indigenous rights. Her new book, To Be a Water Protector: Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers, is an expansive, provocative engagement with issues that have been central to her

Renewable Energy Engineering (Jenkins Nicholas)(Paperback)

This book provides a quantitative yet accessible overview of renewable energy engineering practice and the technologies that will transform our energy supply system over the coming years. Covering wind, hydro, solar thermal, photovoltaic, ocean and bioenergy, the text is suitable for engineering

Renewable Energy: A Very Short Introduction (Jelley Nick)(Paperback)

Energy is vital for a good standard of living, and much of the world's population does not have enough. Affordable and adequate sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial; and renewables provide the answer. Wind and solar farms can now provide the cheapestelectricity

Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century (Usher Bruce)(Paperback)

From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further

Community Energy - A Guide to Community-Based Renewable-Energy Projects (Cowtan Gordon)(Paperback / softback)

A comprehensive book that provides information and guidance for anyone interested in setting up and running a community energy

The Social Edge: The Power of Sympathy Groups for our Health, Wealth and Sustainable Future (Costello Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post-9/11 (Baranyi Stephen)(Paperback)

Is sustainable peace an illusion in a world where foreign military interventions are replacing peace negotiations as starting points for postwar reconstruction? What would it take to achieve durable peace? This book presents six provocative case studies authored by respected peacebuilding

Renewable Energy: Can It Deliver? (Elliott David)(Paperback)

The use of renewables is spreading rapidly. Over a quarter of global electricity is already generated from solar, wind, hydro and biomass energy. With costs falling significantly, renewables are booming, helping to avoid the major climate change risks associated with fossil fuel use in power

Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World (Lodi-Ribeiro Gerson)(Paperback)

Imagine a sustainable world, run on clean and renewable energies that are less aggressive to the environment. Now imagine humanity under the impact of these changes. This is the premise Brazilian editor Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro proposed, and these authors took the challenge to envision hopeful futures

Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air (MacKay Jc)(Paperback)

The enlightening, best-selling book on understanding sustainable energy and how we can make energy plans that add up. If you've ever wondered how much energy we use, and where it comes from - and where it could come from - but are fed up with all the hot air and 'greenwash', this is the book for

Transition Engineering: Building a Sustainable Future (Krumdieck Susan)(Paperback)

Transition Engineering: Building a Sustainable Future examines new strategies emerging in response to the mega-issues of global climate change, decline in world oil supply, scarcity of key industrial minerals, and local environmental constraints. These issues pose challenges for organizations,

Green Energy (Berne Emma Carlson)(Pevná vazba)

Explore green energy--a power made from nature's renewable resources Did you know that you can light a house using the power of the sun and the wind? Or that rotting garbage can be used to make energy? Discover how energy is EVERYWHERE, and uncover how clean energy can be harnessed to save the

Geothermal Energy (Eboch M. M.)(Paperback / softback)

Geothermal energy makes use of the energy already present within the earth. This clean, renewable energy is growing in its technology and popularity. Readers will learn how it is harnessed, how it compares to other forms of energy and how they may get involved in this exciting growing field some

Sustainable Gardening: Grow a Greener Low-Maintenance Landscape with Fewer Resources (Simeone Vincent)(Paperback)

Take practical steps to protect the Earth for future generations by creating a sustainable home landscape that is also beautiful, budget-friendly, and low-maintenance. In this updated edition of Grow More With Less, author and horticulturist Vincent Simeone shows us that gardens are living

Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow (Hsieh Tony)(Paperback)

Proven principles for sustainable success, with new leadership insight PEAK is the popular, transformative guide to doing business better, written by a seasoned entrepreneur/CEO who has disrupted his favorite industry not once, but twice. Author Chip Conley, founder and former CEO of one of the

How to Commercialize Chemical Technologies for a Sustainable Future (Pasternak Andrew S.)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive guide for scientific entrepreneurs commercializing sustainable technologies in the chemical sector Lacking the considerable resources of multinational chemical companies, entrepreneurs face a unique set of risks and challenges. How to Commercialize Chemical Technologies for a

Esg Investing for Dummies (Bradley Brendan)(Paperback)

Your guide to investing for a more sustainable world Investing in one's own future has always been a good financial move. But what if you want to ensure that the companies you have a financial interest in are also helping to improve the present and future of all of us--and of the planet? More than

Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy (Stephens Jennie C.)(Paperback)

The climate crisis is a crisis of leadership. Transformation to a renewable-based society requires leaders who connect social justice to climate and energy. During the Trump era, connections among white, male power; environmental destruction; and fossil fuel dependence have become more

Dead in the Dark (Booth Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Master crime writer Stephen Booth ventures into the Peak District's dark subterranean world for a brand new, stunning and gasp-inducing Cooper & Fry