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READy: Renewable Energy Action on Deployment
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READy: Renewable Energy Action on Deployment

by IEA-RETD, Rolf de Vos, Janet Sawin
December 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
280 pages
7h 44m
English
Elsevier
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Appendix B

Renewable Energy Technologies

Most renewable energy resources originate from the sun (except for geothermal and some forms of ocean energy). Solar heat is the “motor” behind wind, biomass, and the water cycle tapped to produce hydropower; the earth core’s nuclear processes and the gravity of the moon deliver the rest. In principle, the renewable energy resources are overly abundant. The sun provides the earth with radiation that in every hour provides roughly as much energy as the whole world consumes during a whole year. Yet many new technologies are being developed in order to convert the primary energy to secondary energy carriers that can be used such as electricity, heat (water, steam, air, etc), and fuels (see Table B.1).

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ISBN: 9780124055193