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DescriptionRenewable Energy Resources, John Twidell and Tony Weir, 2nd Edition  Author Information Tony Weir is a policy adviser to the Australian government, specializing in the interface between technology and policy, covering subjects such as energy supply and demand, climate change and innovation in business. He was formerly Senior Energy Officer at the South Pacific Forum Secretariat in Fiji, and has lectured and researched in physics and policy studies at universities of the UK, Australia and the Pacific. John Twidell has considerable experience in renewable energy as an academic professor, a board member of wind and solar professional associations, a journal editor and contractor with the European Commission. As well as holding posts in the UK, he has worked in Sudan and Fiji. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Principles of renewable energy Chapter 2: Essentials of fluid dynamics Chapter 3: Heat transfer Chapter 4: Solar radiation Chapter 5: Solar water heating Chapter 6: Buildings and other solar thermal Chapter 7: Photovoltaic generation Chapter 8: Hydro-power Chapter 9: Power from the wind Chapter 10: The photosynthetic process Chapter 11: Biomass and biofuels Chapter 12: Wave power Chapter 13: Tidal power Chapter 14: Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) Chapter 15: Geothermal energy Chapter 16: Energy systems, storage and transmission Chapter 17: Institutional and economic factors Appendix A: Units and conversions Appendix B: Data Appendix C: Some heat transfer formulas Solution guide to problems at the end of chapters Index  Sharing Widget |