02328cam a22002657a 4500 091005s2010 dcuab b 000 0 eng c 9780309137089 030913708X SDU TJ807.9.U6 N385 2010 National Research Council (U.S.). Electricity from renewable resources : status, prospects and impediments / American's Energy Future Panel on Electricity from renewable resources, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010. 367 p. : ill. America's energy future series Introduction -- Resource base -- Renewable electricity generation technologies -- Economics of renewable electricity -- Environmental impacts of renewable electricity generation -- Deployment of renewable electric energy -- Scenarios. HKBU Library "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. Renewable energy sources United States. 194551 National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) National Academy of Engineering. 194552 National Academies Press (U.S.) 187834 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 104369 104369 0 0 lcc 0 TJ08079 U6 N385 02010 0 CGB 277499 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-08-01 2 0 TJ807.9.U6 N385 2010 1000364918 2025-08-01 00:00:00 C.1 2025-08-01 GBE