This book addresses the rapid developments in the new field of solar resource knowledge as a reflection of growing needs of management of renewable...

Energy is essential to our Nation and our lives; we use energy to power homes and businesses and to transport people and goods, making it an import...

This book reviews recent advanced research work in the area of flat plate collectors, solar distillation, greenhouse technology for crop drying and...

As demand for energy increases, many communities are seeking ways to meet this demand with clean, safe, reliable energy from renewable sources such...

This book develops a novel and simple, yet rigorous methodology that, by means of basic techniques and tools available to any engineer, enables the...

Among the available options for encouraging the increased deployment of renewable electricity, renewables portfolio standards (RPS) have become inc...

The states and the federal government have supported the development of electricity generation projects in a variety of ways. In recent years, stat...

Architect David Wright helped pioneer the concept of passive solar architecture, and his thoughts and experiments have helped shape the evolution o...

The commercialisation of fuel cells needs further developments in materials, power density and durability. These key issues are strongly related to...

Considers the sometimes problematic relationship between traditional and scientific wildlife management knowledge and practices: environmental ethi...

Achieving a successful transition to hydrogen-powered vehicles in the U.S. automotive market will require strong and sustained commitment by hydrog...

Solar energy is derived ultimately from the sun. It can be divided into direct and indirect categories. Most energy sources on Earth are forms of i...

The word 'sustainability' is frequently misunderstood because there are numerous definitions of sustainability and not even two definitions have co...

The Obama Administration believes strongly that the United States must lead the clean energy economy of the 21st century. When more of our electric...

Recent technological developments have led to an increase in the domestic supply of natural gas. As a result, there is interest among some parties ...

This book examines 2011 trends in the U.S. "voluntary" markets - those in which consumers and institutions purchase renewable energy to match their...

Shale gas is natural gas that is tightly locked within low permeability sedimentary rock. Recent technological advances are making shale gas reserv...

The great amount of wind power recently connected to electric power systems makes necessary new grid analysis tools and control strategies. Some of...

Rising energy prices and concern over greenhouse gas emissions have focused congressional attention on energy alternatives, including wind power. A...

A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy. World-wide interest in renewable energy syst...

A joint EERE-PI project was completed to estimate the world-wide potential to produce and transport ethanol and other biofuels, with an emphasis on...