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“robert whitcomb”

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  • Cape Wind

    Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound

    by Robert Whitcomb, Wendy Williams ...
    When Jim Gordon set out to build a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, he knew some people might object. But there was a lot of merit in creating a privately funded, clean energy source for energy-starved New England, and he felt sure most people would recognize it eventually. Instead, all Hell broke loose. Gordon had unwittingly challenged the privileges of some of America's richest and most ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Mortal Sea

    fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail

    by W. Jeffrey Bolster ...
    Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world. ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Developing the Global Bioeconomy

    Technical, Market, and Environmental Lessons from Bioenergy

    Edited by Patrick Lamers, Erin Searcy, J. Richard Hess, Heinz Stichnothe ...
    Developing the Global Bioeconomy: Technical, Market, and Environmental Lessons from Bioenergy brings together expertise from three IEA-Bioenergy subtasks on pyrolysis, international trade, and biorefineries to review the bioenergy sector and draw useful lessons for the full deployment of the bioeconomy. Despite the vast amount of politically driven strategies, there is little understanding on how ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Planning and Installing Photovoltaic Systems

    A Guide for Installers, Architects and Engineers

    by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sonnenenergie (DGS) ...
    Series series Planning and Installing
    New third edition of the bestselling manual from the German Solar Energy Society (DGS), showing you the essential steps to plan and install a solar photovoltaic system.With a global focus, it has been updated to include sections on new technology and concepts, new legislation and the current PV market.Updates cover:new developments in inverter and module technologymarket situation worldwide and ... Read more

    $305.00 USD

  • The Energy Imperative

    100 Percent Renewable Now

    by Hermann Scheer ...
    For decades, Hermann Scheer was one of the world's leading proponents of renewable energy. In this, his last book before his death in 2010, he lays out his vision for a planet 100% powered by renewables and examines the fundamental ethical and economic imperatives for such a shift. And most importantly, he demonstrates why the time for this transition is now. In Scheer's view, talk of bridging ... Read more

    $215.00 USD

  • Energy Resources and Systems

    Volume 2: Renewable Resources

    by Tushar K. Ghosh, Mark A. Prelas ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This second volume of Energy Resources and Systems is focused on renewable energy resources. Renewable energy mainly comes from wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, ocean, bioenergy, ethanol and hydrogen. Each of these energy resources is important and growing. For example, high-head hydroelectric energy is a well established energy resource and already contributes about 20% of the world’s ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Future Energy

    Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for our Planet

    Edited by Trevor Letcher ...
    As the demand for global energy increases, fact-based evaluations of alternative energy sources are needed in order to address the growing interest in how energy is produced, provided, and transported in sustainable ways. Future Energy, Second Edition provides scientists and decision makers with the knowledge they need to understand the relative importance and magnitude of various energy ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • New Hampshire and the Civil War

    Voices from the Granite State

    by D. Heald PhD ...
    The Granite State has a remarkable record of service during the Civil War. It supplied a total of 10,657 recruits for the infantry, cavalry and field artillery divisions in 1861, with the majority of these first recruits enlisting for three years of service. Historian Bruce Heald lets the soldiers and sailors tell their stories in their own words by weaving together the letters to those left ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Multi Criteria Analysis in the Renewable Energy Industry

    by José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Decision makers in the Renewable Energy sector face an increasingly complex social, economic, technological, and environmental scenario in their decision process. Different groups of decision-makers become involved in the process, each group bringing along different criteria therefore, policy formulation for fossil fuel substitution by Renewable Energies must be addressed in a multi-criteria ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Smart Energy Grid Design for Island Countries

    Challenges and Opportunities

    Edited by F.M. Rabiul Islam, Kabir Al Mamun, Maung Than Oo Amanullah ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book identifies the challenges, solutions, and opportunities offered by smart energy grids (SEGs) with regard to the storage and regulation of diversified energy sources such as photovoltaic, wind, and ocean energy. It provides a detailed analysis of the stability and availability of renewable sources, and assesses relevant socioeconomic structures.The book also presents case studies to ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Around Great Moose Lake

    by Brenda Seekins ...
    Series series Images of America
    Athens, Harmony, Hartland, and St. Albans surround the 3,500-acre Great Moose Lake in central Maine, and this volume reveals the fascinating history found here. Sportsmen discovered this land in the mid-1800s and established hunting lodges on the lake�s shore, which continued for more than 60 seasons. In their heyday, the lodges provided employment for locals and planted alluring mysteries for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Future Solar Energy Devices

    by Mihaela Girtan ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book addresses electronics and the rise of photonics, and asks what the future holds in store for this technology. It highlights the latest research on all types of solar cells and photonic devices, and a new approach combining photonics and electronics. Beyond simply explaining the existing systems or providing a synthesis of the current state of knowledge, the book also offers readers new ... Read more

    $58.49 USD