Traveling the power line [[electronic resource] ] : from the Mojave Desert to the Bay of Fundy / / Julianne Couch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779322103321
• Autore: Couch Julianne
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013
• ISBN: 0-8032-4886-5; 0-8032-4560-2; 1-283-94889-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Collana: Our sustainable future
• Disciplina: 333.793/20973
• Soggetti: Power resources - United States; Electric power-plants - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Of megawatts and meadowlarks : a Wyoming wind farm -- Angels and monsters : a Wyoming coal-fired power plant -- Fission and fishing : a Nebraska nuclear power plant -- Solids, liquids, and gases : a Texas gas field -- Homegrown revolution : an Iowa biomass research facility -- Journey a little way into the Earth : a Utah geothermal plant -- Water, water, everywhere : a Kentucky hydropower plant -- Don't let the sun go down, without capturing its energy : a Nevada solar-thermal power plant -- Harnessing the moon : a Maine tidal power project.