Electrical Engineer's Reference Book, 16th Edition

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Alternative Energy Sources

MA Laughton, BASc, PhD, DSc(Eng), FREng, CEng, FIEE,     Formerly of Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London (Sections 27.1 to 27.5. 27.7. and 27.9)

GW Brundrett, BEng, PhD, FIMechE, FCIBSE,     School of Architecture and Building. University of Liverpool (Section 27.10)

PL Surman, MA, MSC, PhD, CChem, CEng,     The Energy Workshop, Harrogate (Section 27.6)

RH Taylor, PhD. DIC, FIEE, FInstP, CEng,     Magnox Electric plc (Section 27.8)

Contents

Introduction 27.1

Embedded generation 27.1.1

Energy costs 27.1.2

Solar 27.2

Photo voltaic systems 27.2.1

Solar thermal applications 27.2.2

Marine energy 27.3

Tidal energy 27.3.1

Wave energy 27.3.2

Hydro 27.4

Wind 27.5

Wind energy 27.5.1

Wind ...