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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910814019803321 |
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Titolo |
Electricity from renewable resources : status, prospects, and impediments / / America's Energy Future Panel on Electricity from Renewable Resources, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council of the National Academies |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-309-15189-9 |
1-282-55455-7 |
9786612554551 |
0-309-13709-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (387 p.) |
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Collana |
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America's energy future series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Renewable energy sources - United States |
Electric power production - United States |
Power resources |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and appendices. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Resource base -- Renewable electricity generation technologies -- Economics of renewable electricity -- Environmental impacts of renewable electricity generation -- Deployment of renewable electric energy -- Scenarios. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"A component in the America's Energy Future study, Electricity from Renewable Resources examines the technical potential for electric power generation with alternative sources such as wind, solar-photovoltaic, geothermal, solar-thermal, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources. The book focuses on those renewable sources that show the most promise for initial commercial deployment within 10 years and will lead to a substantial impact on the U.S. energy system. A quantitative characterization of technologies, this book lays out expectations of costs, performance, and impacts, as well as barriers and research and development needs. In addition to a principal focus on renewable energy technologies for power generation, the book addresses the challenges of incorporating such technologies into the |
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power grid, as well as potential improvements in the national electricity grid that could enable better and more extensive utilization of wind, solar-thermal, solar photovoltaics, and other renewable technologies."--Publisher's description. |
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