Prospects for Sustainable Energy : A Critical Assessment (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Introduction: Part II. The Candidate Sustainable Technologies: Technological/Economic Assessments: 1. Solar energy sources; 2. Biomass energy; 3. Windpower; 4. Hydroelectric power; 5. Energy storage; 6. Geothermal energy; 7. Ocean energy; 8. Nuclear fusion; 9. Hydrogen fuel from renewable resources; 10. Summary assessment of the technologies; Part III. The Prospects for Technological Change Toward Sustainability: 11. Research & development (R&D); Appendix I. Energy cost analysis; Appendix II. Glossary of symbols; Appendix III. The conduct and management of research and development.