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This is a reproduction of the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory Report which includes up-to-date information on power technologies, including complete technology profiles. The data book also contains charts on electricity restructuring, power technology forecasts and comparisons, electricity supply, electricity generation and demand, prices, economic indicators, environmental indicators, and conversion factors. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Available for Free on Web
The publishers have found a unique way to make money - they take something that was produced by the government, slap a price on it and ship it out.If I had done more careful research, I would have realized that this product was available on the web at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory web site.In fact, an updated version is available for download.

The work itself provides a general overview of various technologies, along with the developments and projections as to how that technology might be deployed in the future.It may be influenced by the priorities of the administration in power - this version gives a lot of play to the "hydrogen economy" that the administration is pushing. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from E, published by Earth Action Network, Inc. on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 4968 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The hydrogen economy: after oil, clean energy from a fuel-cell-driven global Hydrogen web.
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Publication: E (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Earth Action Network, Inc.
Volume: 14Issue: 1Page: 26(10)

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This report focuses on specific companies that have developed, or are developing, low-carbon products and services for consumers - primarily for use in the home. Specifically, it considers opportunities for micro-generation, hydrogen fuels cells and green energy companies. It is closely tied to our section report about ‘Climate change and the home’.

Questions addressed

• How well known are the major ‘green energy’ providers in each country?
• Of those people aware of the providers, how many use them, or intend to use them in the near future?
• What are people’s attitudes towards fuel-cell technology being used in different situations?
• How do people react to a product profile test for a home CHP boiler utilising fuel cell technology?
• What is the profile & regional distribution of ‘Enthusiasts’ for the home boiler prototype?
• What responsibilities, attitudes, barriers to adoption are pertinent when considering the ‘Enthusiasts’?
• How do any of these questions differ from country to country, between socio-demographic groups and between Climate Citizens, Mild Greens, and Sceptics & Uninvolveds?

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How long will the world's oil and gas reserves last? Which countries make the most use of alternative energy sources? How will we heat our homes and power our cars in the future? This title tells the amazing story of alternative energy, including biopower,

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Innovation, Markets and Sustainable Energy is the first attempt to explore fuel cells and hydrogen technologies by embracing a solid theoretical perspective in the field of innovation and management. Adopting a cross-sectional and international perspective, the book analyzes the implications of introducing fuel cells into the industrial system and explores the complexity of market development for new technological solutions.

This book presents an in-depth study of the hydrogen and fuel cell industry and markets, concentrating on the disruptive nature of these technologies. It examines the value chain structure and the strategies of relevant industry players, the alliances and inter-organizational learning processes, the development of new markets, and venture capital dynamics. It also provides an overview of the policies that support hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in major countries around the world.

Academics focussing on innovation management, strategy, sustainability, and energy and environmental management will warmly welcome this timely book. It will also be of great interest for the fuel cell and hydrogen practitioner community at large and in particular policymakers. ... Read more

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Fuel cells are an important technology for a potentially wide variety of applications including micropower, auxiliary power, transportation power, stationary power for buildings and other distributed generation applications, and central power.These applications will be in a large number of industries worldwide.

This edition of the Fuel Cell Handbook is more comprehensive than previous versions in that it includes several changes.First, calculation examples for fuel cells are included for the wide variety of possible applications.This includes transportation and auxiliary power applications for the first time.In addition, the handbook includes a separate section on alkaline fuel cells.The intermediate temperature solid-state fuel cell section is being developed.In this edition, hybrids are also included as a separate section for the first time.Hybrids are some of the most efficient power plants ever conceived and are actually being demonstrated.Finally, an updated list of fuel cell URLs is included in the Appendix and an updated index assists the reader in locating specific information quickly. ... Read more

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This book reviews the state-of-the-art in fuel cells (low and high temperature) across all the types applied in the field today and assesses current trends in development. The main technology problems are discussed and current gaps to market success identified. The innovations covered in the book deliver new answers to pertinent problems and/or offer new opportunities, be it in operating conditions, application area, extension of lifetime, new fuels, exciting new diagnosis and analysis methods. The volume gives an insight not only to the key developments within the next few years, but also shows perspectives in the mid-term. Readers receive an overview of cutting edge, challenging research and development that can be used in future developments, both of personal careers, as well as in company technology planning.

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This book covers the development of electric cars -- from their early days to new hybrid models in production -- together with the very latest technological issues faced by automotive engineers working on electric cars, as well as the key business factors vital for the successful transfer of electric cars into the mass market. Considerable work has gone into electric car and battery development in the last ten years with the prospect of substantial improvements in range and performance in battery cars as well as in hybrids and those using fuel cells. This book comprehensively covers this important subject and will be of particular interest to engineers and managers working in the automotive and transport industries.

Also available:

Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Vehicles - ISBN 9780863413360
Local Energy: Distributed generation of heat and power - ISBN 9780863417399

The Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the world's leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The IET publishes more than 100 new titles every year; a rich mix of books, journals and magazines with a back catalogue of more than 350 books in 18 different subject areas including:

-Power & Energy
-Renewable Energy
-Radar, Sonar & Navigation
-Electromagnetics
-Electrical Measurement
-History of Technology
-Technology Management
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Customer Reviews (3)

The Electric Car...
If you are looking to get your feet wet in the electric transportation field, this is a good start. It provides the fundamentals and concepts for a novice user to start to understand what is needed, and how parts work together. If you want to build an electric car, this is not the book for you.

Excellent overview of electric cars
The Electric Car gives an excellent overview of electric cars.And as promised by the subtitle, Westbrook discusses the development and future of battery, hybrid and fuel-cell cars.All in all, this book is the best I have found on this important subject.I recommend it highly.

As interest increases in electric cars, particularly hybrids, books on the subject increase as well.Some are interesting and helpful.A surprisingly large amount are not.Few, if any, match the depth and breadth of the information and opinion in The Electric Car.

Westbrook spent his career working with electric cars.That shows in the book's detailed information and patient discussion.This is a book by an industry insider, who knows what he is talking about.What he does not know, he finds out, through contacts in the industry that he keeps active.

Westbrook does tend a little toward the pedantic.And he loves a long and complex sentence.No fluffy reading here.In fact, the book can be hard to get through if you are tired and not at the best of your game.

Nonetheless, if you have strong interest in electric cars, in my opinion you need this book.

Good introductory book
This book provides an accurate history of electric and hybrid cars, however it may be a bit lacking in terms of charting the future of electric cars and their power sources. All in all a solid buy for a intoduction to electric car technology. ... Read more

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With energy consumption rising and with it our dependence on crude oil from politically uncertain regions, and faced with the threat to the environment from polluting emissions, it is becoming ever more evident that fuels from renewable resources are an increasingly attractive option to fossil fuels. Edinger and Kaul, like a growing number of other experts, hold the mobility of populations--transportation, in other words--responsposible for the rise in the rate of greenhouse gas emissions, a condition that can only get worse as less developed regions of the world emerge with their own needs and demands for mobility. What to do? Edinger and Kaul outline in sharp detail the shortcomings of current vehicular technologies and dominant fossil fuels. They present a careful, authoritative examination of innovative technologies that in their opinion have the best chance of combating dangerous reliance on conventional means of power, not only for transportation but other purposes as well. And they focus on special forms of fuel cell drive systems, with their high efficiencies and reduced consumptions, and on other emerging renewable technologies and their innovative, sustainable power sources--such as fuels from biomass and renewable electricity, a particularly promising source of energy for newly growing economies. Wide ranging in coverage, forthright in style, the book is an important review of how things are today, why they could get worse, but perhaps most importantly, what we can do about it. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Fuel Cell Technology News, published by Business Communications Company, Inc. on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 432 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Global Thermoelectric to Merge with FuelCell Energy.
Publication: Fuel Cell Technology News (Newsletter)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: Business Communications Company, Inc.
Volume: 5Issue: 12

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