Comprehensive Renewable Energy - Hardcover

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Trevor M. Letcher is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a past Director of the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics and his research involves the thermodynamics of liquid mixtures and energy from landfill. He was awarded the South African Chemical Institute’s Gold medal in 1999 and in 2000 he was awarded the South African Gold medal by the South African Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published over 250 papers in peer review journals and has edited, co-edited and written eleven books in his research and related fields. His latest books include Unravelling Environmental Disasters (2012), Materials for a Sustainable Future (2012), Waste (2011), Heat Capacities (2010), Climate Change (2009) and Future Energy (2008).

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This fully revised and updated edition of Comprehensive Renewable Energy provides an overview of all renewable energy technologies, written by leading scientists and engineers who have summarised and assessed the most important data, concepts and applications. The field of renewable energy is rapidly changing in light view of the accelerating effects of climate change. In addition to extensive updating of the first edition content, an entirely new section focuses on the environmental and social issues of renewable energy.

Given the rapid expansion of publications in this field, the compilation of definitive reviews of this kind is invaluable.This work will be the ideal tool for researchers and students in the fields of material science, energy, engineering and physics, from both industry and academia.