Renewable Energy: Ten Short Lessons (Pocket Einstein Series) - Softcover

Peake, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421442426 ISBN 13: 9781421442426

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021

Synopsis

In Renewable Energy: Ten Short Lessons, Stephen Peake distills the key issues of this timely subject, examining how we can harness the power of a range of groundbreaking energy technologies most effectively to achieve a sustainable energy future.

Renewable energy is central to managing climate change and our transition to a sustainable energy supply for the 10 billion of us who will populate the earth by 2050. But how will we cope without fossil fuels to heat, cool, and light our buildings, power our industry, and run our transport systems? And are some renewables better than others? Packed full of easy-to-understand diagrams and fact boxes, these ten lessons cover all the basics, as well as the latest understanding and developments, to enlighten the nonscientist.

About the series: The Pocket Einstein series is a collection of essential pocket-sized guides for anyone looking to understand a little more about some of the most important and fascinating areas of science in the twenty-first century. Broken down into ten simple lessons and written by leading experts in their field, the books reveal the ten most important takeaways from those areas of science you've always wanted to know more about.

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About the Author

Stephen Peake is a professor of climate change and energy at the Open University, a fellow of the Cambridge Judge Business School, and a senior associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cambridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1421442426
• ISBN 13: 9781421442426
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192