Key features

• •Begins with a fascinating look at the changing face of global energy economy
• •Features chapters devoted to virtually all sources of alternative energy and energy systems
• •Offers technical discussions of hydropower, wind, passive solar and solar-thermal, photovoltaics, fuel cells, CHP systems, geothermal, ocean energy, biomass, and nuclear
• •Contains updated chapter review questions, homework problems, and a thoroughly revised solutions manual, available on the companion website