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| Energy Book of the month: "Renewable Energy – A guide to Successful Implementation" (13.Jan 2004) |
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A renewable energy handbook improves awareness on the possibilities of renewable energy sources. Ten authors flocked together to show us how renewable energy technologies can be promoted – 16 case studies. Fossil fuels and nuclear still cover 80% of the world's energy demand and will continue to contribute to a major part in the future. However, the rapidly increasing world population and the expectation of people for a better life will tremendously boost the demand. An extensive use of renewable energy is essential to help filling the energy gap. Although this kind of energy sources will remain complementary to fossil and nuclear fuels, the renewables will have a huge contribution to the world's energy supply. The major barriers up to now for rapid development of these alternative energy sources were:
A main objective of this book is to improve the awareness of all the concerned parties and with a more generalized used of these energies, the costs will decrease. After a review of the conventional energy sources, the authors make a short survey of the renewable energies, uncovering strengths as well as weak points and explaining most common applications. 16 case studies bring a practical view on how renewable energy technologies can be applied on various sectors. A book to be read by anybody in search of unbiased information on the development of small renewable energy projects. |
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