02221cam a22002297a 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059040000800074050002600082110003800108245026900146260005700415300001900472490003500491505023900526505001700765520105100782650004501833710004001878710003701918710003601955091005s2010    dcuab    b    000 0 eng c  a9780309137089  a030913708X  aSDU00aTJ807.9.U6bN385 20102 aNational Research Council (U.S.).10aElectricity from renewable resources :bstatus, prospects and impediments /cAmerican's Energy Future Panel on Electricity from renewable resources, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council of the National Academies.  aWashington, D.C. :bNational Academies Press,c2010.  a367 p. :bill.1 aAmerica's energy future series0 aIntroduction -- Resource base -- Renewable electricity generation technologies -- Economics of renewable electricity -- Environmental impacts of renewable electricity generation -- Deployment of renewable electric energy -- Scenarios.0 aHKBU Library  a"A component in the America's Energy Future study, Electricity from Renewable Resources examines the technical potential for electric power generation with alternative sources such as wind, solar-photovoltaic, geothermal, solar-thermal, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources. The book focuses on those renewable sources that show the most promise for initial commercial deployment within 10 years and will lead to a substantial impact on the U.S. energy system. A quantitative characterization of technologies, this book lays out expectations of costs, performance, and impacts, as well as barriers and research and development needs. In addition to a principal focus on renewable energy technologies for power generation, the book addresses the challenges of incorporating such technologies into the power grid, as well as potential improvements in the national electricity grid that could enable better and more extensive utilization of wind, solar-thermal, solar photovoltaics, and other renewable technologies."--Publisher's description. 0aRenewable energy sourceszUnited States.2 aNational Academy of Sciences (U.S.)2 aNational Academy of Engineering.2 aNational Academies Press (U.S.)