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020			_a030913708X
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aTJ807.9.U6 _bN385 2010
110	2		_aNational Research Council (U.S.).
245	1	0	_aElectricity 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.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bNational Academies Press, _c2010.
300			_a367 p. : _bill.
490	1		_aAmerica's energy future series
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Resource base -- Renewable electricity generation technologies -- Economics of renewable electricity -- Environmental impacts of renewable electricity generation -- Deployment of renewable electric energy -- Scenarios.
505	0		_aHKBU Library
520			_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.
650		0	_aRenewable energy sources _zUnited States. _9194551
710	2		_aNational Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
710	2		_aNational Academy of Engineering. _9194552
710	2		_aNational Academies Press (U.S.) _9187834
900			_a = C.1 SDU
942			_cGBE _2lcc
999			_c104369 _d104369