Renewable Energy in the Countryside

Informationen zum Autor Peter Prag is a Chartered Surveyor and a Senior Visiting Fellow in the School of Real Estate and Planning at the University of Reading! UK Klappentext This work addresses the issue of renewable energy from the point of view of landowners! farmers and rural land managers - those people who must make important decisions about how! where and when to install renewable energy sources on their land and the business implications of the decisions they make. Zusammenfassung The third edition of Renewable Energy in the Countryside contains a new chapter on biogas, up-to-date discussions on the implications of the Renewable Heat Initiative and new opportunities for solar energy and ground source heat in the context of farms and country houses as well as the implications of changes in UK planning policies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Incentives! Returns and Rewards3. Wind Turbines 4. Solar Power 5. Biomass 6. Biogas 7. Biofuels 8. Hydroelectrics 9. Ground and Water Source Heat 10. Emissions Saving11. Future Imperfect

Product details

• Authors: Peter Prag, Peter (University of Reading Prag
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.2012
• EAN: 9780415523974
• ISBN: 978-0-415-52397-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Alternative & renewable energy industries, Alternative and renewable energy industries