Energy and The Environment: Wind and Water

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Part I  Hydroelectric Power

1 Waterpower: A Brief History

• Designs from Antiquity
• The Industrial Revolution and Michael Faraday
• Creating Electricity Demand and Supply
• Niagara Falls

2 Theory and Practice

• Turbine Design
• The Water Supply
• Pumped Storage
• Base Load versus Peak Load

3 Costs and Policies

• The Costs of Hydropower
• Global Warming
• More about Environmental Costs
• Methane Emissions and Hydropower
• The Future of Hydropower

Part II Electricity from the oceans

4 Wave Power

• Sea Snakes
• Blow Holes
• The Archimedes Wave Swing

5 Tidal Power

• The French and Canadian Projects
• Turbines without Dams

6  Heat Engines

• The Theory of Heat Engines
• Practical Applications
• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Tests

7 The Role of Government in Promoting New Technologies

• The United States: Creating Supply and Demand
• An Interview with Dr. Stan Bull on Research at the NREL
• Denmark: Creating Supply, Demand, and Goodwill
• Germany: Rapid Growth, Ambitious Goals

Part III Wind Power

8  Wind Power: A Brief History

• Windmills
• Wind Turbines
• The Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area

9 The Nature of Wind Power

• How Much Energy Is in the Wind?
• Estimating Capacity
• Storing the Wind
• Wind Power, Topography, and the Environment

10  Wind Energy: Economic and Public Policy Considerations

• The Costs of Wind Power
• The Role of Economic Class
• The Future of Wind Power

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