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Electricity from Renewable Resources: Status, Prospects, and Impediments

By National Academy of Sciences

Book information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2010
ISBN
030913708X, 9780309137089
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14681032 bytes)
Series
America's Energy Future
Pages
388\387
Topic
Technique Energy
Time added
2013-12-22 20:37:23
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Description

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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