Electricity from Renewable Resources
eBook - ePub

Electricity from Renewable Resources

Status, Prospects, and Impediments

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  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Electricity from Renewable Resources

Status, Prospects, and Impediments

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About this book

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 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.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. PANEL ON ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  7. Contents
  8. Summary
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 Resource Base
  11. 3 Renewable Electricity Generation Technologies
  12. 4 Economics of Renewable Electricity
  13. 5 Environmental Impacts of Renewable Electricity Generation
  14. 6 Deployment of Renewable Electric Energy
  15. 7 Scenarios
  16. Appendixes