December 2012
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
9h 51m
English
book
Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities
by Nasir El Bassam, Preben Maegaard, Marcia Schlichting
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1: Relevance of distributed generation.
India Energy Portal, Distributed Generation, www.indiaenergyportal.org/subthemes.php?text=
Figure 1.2a, b: Stand-alone off-grid systems.
http://www.wholesalesolar.com/products.folder/systems-folder/OFFGRID
Figure 1.3: Off-grid system which can be also connected to the grid.
Reprinted with permission. ©2012 Home Power Inc., www.homepower.com
Figure 1.4: Combined power plant.
http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/12/30/germany-going-100-renewable-or-yet-another-reason-why-america-is-falling-behind/. Accessed March 23, 2010
Figure 2.1: Past, present and future energy sources.
Source: El Bassam, 1992
Figure 2.2: Global final energy consumption, 2006 (REN21, 2007).
Source: REN21 Renewables ...
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