The styles of the telephones are often overlooked for their functionality. Everyone has one. But here, in text and over 250 color photographs, a hi...

Vegetation is able, through photosynthesis, to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it to carbohydrates. Some of this carbon returns to the a...

Reduction of optical losses in both mono and multicrystalline silicon solar cells by surface texturing is one of the important issues of modern sil...

Modern pumping complexes (PC) represent complicated power-consuming technological systems including one or several pumping units (PU) operating in ...

This book presents the main conclusions reached by the academic project "Geopolitics of Gas and the Future of the Euro-Russian Relations (Geo4GER)....

This anthology includes a wide range of topics related to the probable and also possible future developments of energy technologies. The collection...

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...

Thermoelectric power of a material is a measure of the magnitude of an induced thermoelectric voltage in response to a temperature difference acros...

The subject of the book is CVD thin film optical coatings for application in photothermal solar energy conversion. The specific character of the ma...

Thin-film solar cells potentially offer a suitable technology for solving the energy production problem with an environmentally friendly method. Ad...

Thin-film solar cells potentially offer a suitable technology for solving the energy production problem with an environmentally friendly method. Ad...

A thin-film solar cell (TFSC), also called a thin-film photovoltaic cell (TFPV), is a solar cell that is made by depositing one or more thin layers...

This book examines the tradeoffs among financing methods for businesses installing onsite photovoltaics (PV). The authors present case studies of P...

This book examines the plans and goals to secure and transform America's energy future. Even as we develop next generation energy technologies, we ...

Economists generally agree that trade barriers are detrimental and decrease overall economic efficiency, this can be explained by the theory of com...

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

This book examines the electric power industry which is in a transformation process. The electricity infrastructure of the United States is aging, ...

Nuclear fuel materials are those that are capable of undergoing fission reactions along with the liberation of enormous quantity of energy. The fue...

Transistors play a central role in many electronic circuits, where they usually function as either a switch or an amplifier. This book reviews rese...

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

This book covers structural and foundation systems used in high-voltage transmission lines, conductors, insulators, hardware and component assembly...

A transmission line is the material medium or structure that forms all or part of a path from one place to another for directing the transmission o...

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...

Even though U.S. coal production remained strong over the past decade, reaching record levels of production, coal is losing its share of overall U....

In an effort to better understand what actions the energy industry has taken in response to the 2005 and 2008 hurricane seasons, the U.S. Departmen...

Federal energy policy since the 1970s has focused primarily on ensuring a secure supply of energy while protecting the environment. The federal gov...

Current discussions of U.S. and global energy supply refer to oil, natural gas and coal using several terms that may be unfamiliar to some. The ter...

Within the next five years, the United States may become a large exporter of natural gas for the first time in decades. Increased development of U....

Fuel cells (FCs) are considered essential future energy technologies by developed and developing economies alike. Several countries, including the ...

Congress authorised the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) of 1975 to help prevent a repetition of ...

Despite long standing concern by policy makers, U.S. oil imports have generally increased for decades. This book explores U.S. oil sources with a f...

Some Members of Congress have expressed concern about storage and management of petroleum coke (petcoke) in their districts. Despite a lack of data...

The U.S. petroleum refining industry -- the largest refining industry in the world -- experienced a period of high product prices and industry prof...

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

Despite grim predictions at the close of 2008, the U.S. wind power industry experienced yet another record year in 2009, once again surpassing even...

The recent growth in unconventional natural gas production has also produced a profusion of publications on the exploration, development, productio...

New applications of horizontal drilling techniques and hydraulic fracturing, in which water, sand, and chemical additives are injected under high p...

The United States has seen a resurgence in petroleum production, mainly driven by technology improvements (hydraulic fracturing and directional dri...

The United States has seen resurgence in petroleum production, mainly driven by technology improvements -- especially hydraulic fracturing and dire...

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

Many contemporary uses of uranium exploit its unique nuclear properties. Uranium-235 has the distinction of being the only naturally occurring fiss...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a domestic energy resource with the potential to provide a significant amount of energy to meet U.S. liquid fuel req...

Electric and natural gas energy efficiency in the United States is pursued through a diverse mix of policies and programmatic efforts, which suppor...

Concerns over national security, environmental stresses, and high fuel prices have raised interest in reducing oil consumption. Through the Corpora...

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...