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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830426203321

Titolo

Transition to renewable energy systems [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Detlef Stolten and Viktor Scherer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, Germany, : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2013

ISBN

3-527-67389-X

3-527-67387-3

3-527-67390-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1007 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StoltenDetlef

SchererViktor

Disciplina

333.794

Soggetti

Renewable energy sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Renewable strategies -- pt. II. Power production -- pt. III. Gas production -- pt. IV. Biomass -- pt. V. Storage -- pt. VI. Distribution -- pt. VII. Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

In the wake of global climate change and increasing geopolitical instability of oil supply an accelerated transition to renewable energy system gets increasingly important, if not unavoidable.  This book encompasses reports of select energy strategies as well as in-depth technical information of the already or potentially involved technologies. On the one hand, it compiles the description of technologies that already proved to be game changers of the energy supply in some countries, i.e. solar, wind, biomass and hydro power, with a strong focus on data, facts and figures that are neede