文档介绍：RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE
This is a great effort to present the facts on renewable
‘energy to a broad audience – easily understandable, precise
and visualized. Everybody who wants to get a quick overview
of renewable technologies and good practices should read
this highly informative book.
’ Dieter Seifried and Walter Witzel
Professor Dr Peter Hennicke, Former President of the Wuppertal
Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
This is a great summary of the debate and technologies
‘ FACTS THE Renewable
of renewable energies, and fully up-to-date.’
Professor Ernst von Weizsäcker, Co-Chair, United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP) Resource Panel
Interest in renewable energy has never been greater, but much uncertainty remains as
to the role the various technologies will play in the transition to a low-carbon future.
This book sets out the facts – how the technologies work, where and to what extent
they are currently employed, and where the greatest potential lies. Covering all the
major fields – solar electricity, solar thermal, solar architecture, bioenergy, wind, PWitzel Walter and Seifried Dieter Energy
geothermal, hydropower, as well as new energy technologies – it also includes sections
on how best to promote the uptake of renewables and answers mon questions
and opposition. The authors provide a number of German-sourced yet internationally
relevant examples and strategies that have e increasingly significant in the
promotion of renewable energy in recent years. The convenient layout mixes detailed
explanation with clear, THE FACTS
take-away facts and messages on each double-page spread.
This straight-talking, information filled guide is the perfect primer for anyone who wants
to better understand and promote renewable energy, whether in industry, study, policy
or campaigns.
Dieter Seifried is director of Ö-quadrat, an independent consulting firm ().
He is the author of numerou