Electricity from Renewable Resources: Status, Prospects, and Impediments (America's Energy Future) - Softcover

National Research Council; National Academy Of Engineering; National Academy Of Sciences; America's Energy Future Panel On Electricity From Renewable Resources

Softcover

ISBN 10: 030913708X ISBN 13: 9780309137089

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Resource Base
• 3 Renewable Electricity Generation Technologies
• 4 Economics of Renewable Electricity
• 5 Environmental Impacts of Renewable Electricity Generation
• 6 Deployment of Renewable Electric Energy
• 7 Scenarios
• Appendixes
• Appendix A: America's Energy Future Project
• Appendix B: Panel Biographical Information
• Appendix C: Presentations to the Panel
• Appendix D: Description of State Renewables Portfolio Standards
• Appendix E: Attributes of Life-Cycle Assessment
• Appendix F: Atmospheric Emissions from Fossil-Fuel and Nuclear Electricity Generation

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 030913708X
• ISBN 13: 9780309137089
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 386