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Renewable energy is the key to the future of humankind. Wind power, solar (photovoltaic) energy, geothermal power, and other forms of renewables can help solve our most pressing environmental problems, including global climate change. But how do we move these promising technologies out of the laboratory and into widespread use? Renewable Energy Policy shows what public policy can?and cannot?do to help tap renewables’ promise. Renewable Energy Policy takes a pragmati (more…)

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up—This handy text reviews careers in solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy, hydrogen energy and fuel cells, and nuclear energy as well as employment in green building, management, and transportation. The underlying theme—knowledge is power—aids in the common organization of each chapter, which begins with a brief factual introduction and explains career opportunities, salaries, and required education. A brief bibliography fol (more…)

Review

Twidell and Weir are masters of their subject and join the ranks of acomplished authors who have made a powerful contribution to the field. Renewable Energy Resources is a superb reference work. – Paul Gipe, www.wind-works.orgIts ideal for student use – authoritative, compact and comprehensive, with plenty of references out to more detailed texts … a very valuable book. – Professor Dave Elliott of the Open University, UK, in Renew 162 2006What we need to combat climate c (more…)

Review

‘This is an excellent introductory text which deserves the widest readership’. Book Review 2004. ‘This is an outstanding undergraduate textbook which deserves to become the standard text. I can only urge all those who are teaching courses in the field and all students, formal or otherwise, to read and treasure this book’. Professor Robert Hill, Times Higher Education Supplement, review of the first edition of Renewable Energy.`…an excellent and timely primer…the book (more…)