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  • Energy and Sustainable Futures

    Proceedings of 2nd ICESF 2020

    Series series Springer Proceedings in Energy
    This open access book presents papers displayed in the 2nd International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Futures (ICESF 2020), co-organised by the University of Hertfordshire and the University Alliance DTA in Energy. The research included in this book covers a wide range of topics in the areas of energy and sustainability including:• ICT and control of energy;• conventional energy sources;• ... Read more

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  • Living Off-Grid

    Do you want to break the shackles and stop giving your hard earned money to large multinational utility companies?What would you do if there was an extended blackout spanning a month or more? How would you feed yourself and your family if the shelves in your local supermarket were suddenly empty? By becoming self-sufficient you will never need to worry about these things.Don’t worry; there is no ... Read more

    $3.36 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Prosperity without Growth

    Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow

    by Tim Jackson ...
    What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits?The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth. Its findings provoked controversy, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Reinventing Fire

    Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era

    by Amory Lovins ...
    Imagine fuel without fear. No climate change. No oil spills, no dead coalminers, no dirty air, no devastated lands, no lost wildlife. No energy poverty. No oil-fed wars, tyrannies, or terrorists. No leaking nuclear wastes or spreading nuclear weapons. Nothing to run out. Nothing to cut off. Nothing to worry about. Just energy abundance, benign and affordable, for all, forever.That richer, fairer, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Green Entrepreneur Handbook

    The Guide to Building and Growing a Green and Clean Business

    by Eric Koester ...
    Written by a practicing business attorney with startup experience in the environmental and technology sectors, this comprehensive handbook assists entrepreneurs in tackling the wide variety of opportunities to go green. A one-stop resource for entrepreneurs, it helps readers incorporate clean technology, environmental practices, and green business approaches into the work environment. The book ... Read more

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  • The Wireless Tesla

    by Nikola Tesla ...
    Nikola Tesla dreamed of a wireless future. In this fully illustrated volume we have collected fifteen of his essays having to do with wireless. These include the "True Wireless," "Tesla's Wireless Light," "The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires," "The Future of the Wireless Art," "Nikola Tesla Sees A Wireless Vision," and many others. Nikola Tesla has been called the most important ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fire on the Horizon

    The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster

    "A phenomenal feat of journalism. . . . I tore through it like a novel but with the queasy knowledge that the whole damn thing is true." —Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and WarBlending exclusive first-person interviews and penetrating investigative reporting, oil rig captain John Konrad and veteran Washington Post writer Tom Shroder give the definitive, white-knuckled account of the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America's Future

    Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America's Future

    by Michael Levi ...
    The United States is in the throes of two unfolding energy revolutions, and partisans-convinced that only their side holds the key to American prosperity, security, and safety-are battling over which one should prevail. In The Power Surge, Michael Levi takes readers inside these revolutions to find out what's really happening-and which side is right. From the back roads of Ohio where old friends ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Where are the Flying Cars? Science, Technology, and Public Policy

    by John Youker ...
    Where are the Flying Cars? is not really about flying cars. It's a brief discussion of science, technology and public policy, and the need to confront the reality that not all new and proposed technologies will ultimately prove to be both successful and (hopefully) environmentally benign.We as a species have been so successful in constructing various devices and machines, as well as artificial ... Read more

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  • Crude World

    by Peter Maass ...
    The catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has brought new attention to the huge costs of our oil dependence. In this stunning and revealing book, Peter Maass examines the social, political, and environmental impact of petroleum on the countries that produce it.Every unhappy oil-producing nation is unhappy in its own way, but all are touched by the “resource curse”—the power of oil to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Colours of Energy

    Essays on the Future of Energy in Society

    In The Colours of Energy – Essays on the Future of Energy in Society, leading energy thinkers explore the future of energy in society. In 36 provoking and inspiring essays, they question established truths and chart possible paths towards a more sustainable future. They share their insights on how to provide energy to an increasingly affluent and growing world population within the boundaries of ... Read more

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  • Solar Electricity Basics

    Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy

    by Dan Chiras ...
    A guide to choosing and using solar electricity systems from “the man who launched a thousand rooftop solar arrays . . . the essential go-to manual” (John D. Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist, coauthors of ECOpreneuring).As we look for safer, more economical, and more sustainable ways to meet our needs for electricity—and as more and more electric cars hit the road—solar has become an increasingly popular ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Betting on Famine

    Why the World Still Goes Hungry

    by Jean Ziegler ...
    “The seminal book on global poverty and hunger . . . How rapacious speculators and complicit bureaucrats are starving a billion people” (Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch and author of Foodopoly).Few people know that world hunger was very nearly eradicated in our lifetimes. In the past five years, however, widespread starvation has suddenly reappeare... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Untapped

    The Scramble for Africa's Oil

    Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn’t seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the scene of a competition between major powers that recalls the nineteenth-century scramble for colonization there. But what does this ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Let's Get Charged! (All About Electricity) : 5th Grade Science Series

    Fifth Grade Books Electricity for Kids

    Series series Children's Physics Books
    The purpose of this educational book is to teach your child the importance of electricity. However, unlike the school's official textbooks, this book contains just the right blend of text and images to facilitate self-paced learning. Use this book to complement classroom-based education. Make sure to grab your child a copy now! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Designing Sustainable Energy for All

    Sustainable Product-Service System Design Applied to Distributed Renewable Energy

    Series series Green Energy and Technology
    This open access book addresses the issue of diffusing sustainable energy access inlow- and middle-income contexts.Access to energy is one of the greatest challenges for many people living in low-income and developing contexts, as around 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity.Distributed Renewable Energy systems (DRE) are considered a promising approachto address this challenge and provide ... Read more

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  • Power Hungry

    The Myths of ""Green"" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future

    by Robert Bryce ...
    The promise of "green jobs" and a "clean energy future" has roused the masses. But as Robert Bryce makes clear in this provocative book, that vision needs a major re-vision. We cannot -- and will not -- quit using carbon-based fuels at any time in the near future for a simple reason: they provide the horsepower that we crave. The hard reality is that oil, coal, and natural gas are here to stay ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Innovation Landscape brief: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data

    IRENA’s Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies. ... Read more

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  • Innovation Landscape brief: Electric-vehicle smart charging

    IRENA’s Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies. ... Read more

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  • Post-COVID recovery: An agenda for resilience, development and equality

    Energy transition investments in the wake of COVID-19 can pave the way for equitable, inclusive and resilient economies. ... Read more

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  • Bottled Lightning

    Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy

    by Seth Fletcher ...
    Lithium batteries may hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil-independent future. From electric cars to a "smart" power grid that can actually store electricity, letting us harness the powers of the sun and the wind and use them when we need them, lithium—a metal half as dense as water, found primarily in some of the most uninhabitable places on earth—has the potential to set us on a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Electric Power System Basics for the Nonelectrical Professional

    Series series IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems
    The second edition of Steven W. Blume’s bestseller provides a comprehensive treatment of power technology for the non-electrical engineer working in the electric power industryThis book aims to give non-electrical professionals a fundamental understanding of large interconnected electrical power systems, better known as the “Power Grid”, with regard to terminology, electrical concepts, design ... Read more

    $78.00 USD

  • Wind Power For Dummies

    by Ian Woofenden ...
    The consumer guide to small-scale wind electricity production!Maybe you're not T. Boone Pickens, but you can build your own home-sized wind-power empire right in your back yard. Wind Power For Dummies supplies all the guidance you need to install and maintain a sustainable, cost-effective wind generator to power your home for decades to come.This authoritative, plain-English guide walks you ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code 2017 Handbook, 29th Edition

    The Definitive Guide to the 2017 National Electrical CodeCompletely revised to fully align with the 2017 NEC, McGraw-Hill’s National Electrical Code (NEC) 2017 Handbook, 29th Edition, presents the trusted advice and analysis you need to accurately interpret the latest set of rules. In-depth coverage of the background and rationale for specific rules enhances understanding of the meaning and ... Read more

    $51.99 USD