Includes bibliographical references and index.

High-quality, first-hand information / Roland Wengenmayr, Thomas Bührke -- Renewable energy sources on the rise / Harald Kohl -- Tailwind for sustainable technology / Martin Kühn -- Flowing energy / Roland Wengenmayr -- How the sun gets into the power plant / Robert Pitz-Paal -- Solar cells-- an overview / Roland Wengenmayr -- Solar cells from ribbon silicon / Giso Hahn -- Photovoltaic cells on glass / Nikolaus Meyer -- Energy from the depths of the Earth / Ernst Huenges -- Synthetic fuels from the biomass / Nicolaus Dahmen, Eckard Dinjus, Edmund Henrich -- Does the future belong to biogas? / Roland Wengenmayr -- Electric power from hot air / Jörg Schlaich, Gerhard Weinrebe -- Energy reserves from the oceans / Kai-Uwe Graw -- Is the hydrogen economy around the corner? / Gerd Eisen beiß -- Heat on call / Silke Köhler, Frank Kabus, Ernst Huenges -- Taming the flame / Manfred Waidhas, Harald Landes -- Cooling with the heat of the sun ; A Super climate in the greenhouse / Roland Wengenmayr -- Exceptional sustainability concept / Christian Matt, Matthias Schuler -- How political will changes a country / Thomas Bührke.

From the Publisher: This essential new title provides a contemporary overview on a major key topic of the 21st century. Written by well known scientists in the area who discuss the topic soberly and without ideology, they focus on how photovoltaic, solar power, wind power, hydropower, geothermal energy, fuel cells, and hydrogen enterprise work. Presented in full-color with catchy information diagrams and information boxes.

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