1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457044303321

Titolo

Serious microhydro [[electronic resource] ] : water power solutions from the experts / / edited by Scott Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gabriola Island, B.C., : New Society, c2010

ISBN

1-55092-448-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavisScott (Scott L.)

Disciplina

621.31/2134

621.312134

Soggetti

Water-power

Small power production facilities

Hydroelectric power plants

Electronic books.

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

Book Cover; Advance Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Case Studies by Head; Part One: Classic High Pressure Sites; Chapter 1: Sustainable Skiing - Snowmass Ski Area Gets Hydro; Chapter 2: From Water to Wire - Building a Microhydro System; Chapter 3: Hydro Power High in the Canadian Rockies; Chapter 4: Powerful Dreams - Crown Hill Farm's Hydroelectric Plant; Part Two: Household Pressure Sites; Chapter 5: The Small AC System; Chapter 6: Kennedy Creek Hydroelectric Systems; Chapter 7: Independent Power and Light!; Chapter 8: A Visit to Hydro Oz

Chapter 9: Historic Oregon Trading Post - A Renewable Energy Model for the Public Chapter 10: A Working Microhydro at Journey's End Forest Ranch; Chapter 11: Living With Lil Otto or Microhydro in Seasonally Wet Climates; Chapter 12: Water Power in the Andes: Yesterday's Solution for Today's Needs; Chapter 13: Zen and the Art of Sunshine; Chapter 14: Power to the People; Chapter 15: A Batteryless Utility Intertie Microhydro System; Chapter 16: PV/Hydro Systems and a Visit to the Lil Otto Hydroworks; Chapter 17: Mini Hybrid Power System; Chapter 18: Hydro Power Done Dirt Cheap



Chapter 19: A Microhydro Learning Experience Chapter 20: Hydro - New England Style; Chapter 21: Remote Power and Amateur Radio; Chapter 22: Been There, Done That; Chapter 23: The Ten Kinzel/Kingsley Rules for Surviving Microhydro; Part Three: Low Head Sites; Chapter 24: Ultra-Low Head Hydro; Chapter 25: Rolling Thunder; Chapter 26: Handmade Hydro Homestead; Chapter 27: Choosing Microhydro - Clean Electricity in the Outback; Chapter 28: Water Rites - A Microhydro Evolution; Chapter 29: 240 VAC Direct Drive Hydro; Chapter 30: Annex 4 - Picohydro Pilots Established in Ecuador

Chapter 31: One Dam On Its Way Part Four: Microhydro in Context - History, Tips, Critical Design Elements; Chapter 32: The Photo Comparison Method of Estimating Water Flow; Chapter 33: Small Water Power Siting; Chapter 34: Review of The Death of Ben Linder; Chapter 35: Microhydro Power in the Nineties; Chapter 36: Soft Starting Electrical Motors; Chapter 37: Microhydro Intake Design; Chapter 38: Microhydro Pipe Dilemma; Chapter 39: The Hydro's Back; Chapter 40: The Village or the House - That is the Question; Part Five: The Future - Bringing Market Solutions to Environmental Problems

Chapter 41: Twenty Years of People Power Chapter 42: Energy Farming; Chapter 43: Practical Solar - A Californian Combines Net Metering with Time of Use Metering to Make PV Pay; Chapter 44: Independent Power Providers - Beyond Net Metering; Chapter 45: Seeking Our Own Level; Chapter 46: Clearing the Air - Home Power Dispels the Top RE Myths; Chapter 47: Stimulating the Picohydropower Market for Low Income Households in Ecuador - Executive Summary; Chapter 48: The Story of PowerPal Microhydro; Chapter 49: Market Solutions for Environmental Problems - The Streamworks Project; Endnotes; Index

About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

From water to wire--harnessing the energy of running water.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698381503321

Autore

Brom Shlomo

Titolo

From rejection to acceptance [[electronic resource]] : Israeli national security thinking and Palestinian statehood / / Shlomo Brom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Institute of Peace, , [2007]

Descrizione fisica

19 pages ; ; digital, PDF file

Collana

Special report ; ; 177

Soggetti

Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Peace

National security - Israel

Palestinian Arabs - Politics and government - 1993-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (view on June 22, 2007).

"February 2007."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910894475703321

Titolo

Acta geologica Slovaca : AGEOS

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bratislava, : Univerzita Komenského Bratislava, 2009-

ISSN

1338-5674

Soggetti

Geology

Geology - Slovakia

Periodicals.

Slovakia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Slovacco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed