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Case Study: San Onofre -- Canadian CANDU reactor -- Pebble-bed reactor -- Hyperion nuclear power reactor -- Fusion reactors -- Fusion as a future energy source -- Future fusion-reactor research and development -- Chapter 14: Air Pollution Abatement -- Effects of pollution on human and animal life -- Pollution-abatement equipment -- Emerging future technologies: bioreactors -- Groundwater replenishment system -- Chapter 15: Carbon Dioxide Sequestration And Carbon Trading Economics -- Chemical and physical properties of carbon dioxide -- Carbon dioxide production -- Industrial production of carbon dioxide -- Industrial uses of carbon dioxide -- Carbon dioxide in photosynthesis -- Carbon dioxide sequestration in ocean waters and aquatic life -- Pesticides and plastics -- Carbon dioxide in the oil and chemical industries -- Role of carbon dioxide in human physiology -- Carbon dioxide use in the production of ammonia and fertilizer -- Carbon credits -- Economics of global warming --^

Chapter 5: Energy Conservation -- Energy-saving measures -- Power-factor correction -- Electric power generation and distribution -- Computerized lighting control -- California Title 24 electric energy compliance -- Demand-side energy management and control -- LEED-leadership in energy and environmental design -- State of California Green Building Action Plan -- LEED -- Chapter 6: Passive Solar Heating Technologies -- Passive solar water heating -- Concentrator solar technologies -- Solar cooling and air-conditioning -- Direct solar power generation -- Innovations in passive solar power technology -- Chapter 7: Fuel Cell Technology -- Fuel cell design -- Fuel cell application -- Fuel cells as alternatives to internal combustion fuels -- Hydrogen economy -- Chapter 8: Wind Energy Technologies -- History of wind power -- Wind power generation -- Wind power management -- Betz´ Law of Fluid Dynamics -- Structural considerations -- Basics of wind turbine operation --^

Disagreement and criticisms of the Kyoto protocol -- Appendix A: Unit conversion and design reference tables -- Appendix B: Photo gallery -- Appendix C: Historical time line of solar energy -- Appendix D: Glossary of renewable energy power systems -- Bibliography -- Index.

Grid interconnection and metering requirements -- Inspection -- CSI limitations -- CSI reservation steps -- Incentive payments -- Equipment distributors -- Special funding for affordable housing projects -- Special funding for public and charter schools -- Principal types of municipal leases --

Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer note -- Chapter 1: Global Warming: Climatic And Atmospheric Changes -- Climate change factors -- Variations within the Earth´s climate -- Natural factors driving climate change -- Memory of climate -- Human influences on climate change -- Transition of various forms of sequestered solar energy use and their effect on societies -- Industrial sources of atmospheric pollution -- Little Ice Age -- Chapter 2: Energy Systems -- Conservation of energy -- Concept of energy in various scientific fields -- Chapter 3: Solar Power System Physics And Technologies -- Brief history of the photoelectric phenomenon -- Solar cell physics -- Solar cell electronics -- Solar cell manufacturing and packaging technologies -- Dye-sensitized solar cells -- Multijunction PV cells -- Polymer solar cells -- Concentrators -- Solar panel arrays -- Solar power system components -- Crystalline, amorphous, thin-film, and sun-tracker technologies --^

Origins of biomass -- Biomass energy potential -- Energy value of biomass -- Benefits of biomass energy -- Microturbine generators -- Landfill, wastewater treatment, and plant biogas generators -- Hot water and generators -- Economic benefits of using landfill gas -- Environmental benefits of using landfill gas -- Case study of successful application of microgenerator technology -- Cal poly biogas case study -- Biomass energy -- Biofuels and thermal depolymerization -- Biomass energy implementation -- Carbon black -- Gasification process -- Biopower -- Bioproducts -- Some interesting facts about bioenergy -- Biodiesel -- Chapter 13: Fission- And Fusion-Type Nuclear Power -- Properties of uranium -- Nuclear fission power plant -- Construction of a nuclear power plant -- Subcriticality, criticality, and supercriticality -- Advantages and Disadvantages of fission nuclear reactors -- Effects of nuclear radiation -- Radioactive decay -- Radiation danger -- Nuclear radiation accidents --^

Solar power system design -- Storage battery technologies -- Solar power system configurations -- Ground-mounted PV module installation and support -- Roof-mounted installations -- Electrical shock hazard and safety considerations -- Solar tracking systems -- Field safety recommendations -- Solar power system maintenance -- Troubleshooting -- Solar power system warning signage -- PV system design guidelines -- Solar power system design considerations -- Solar power rebate application procedure -- Solar power system deployment -- Economics of solar power systems -- Special note -- Chapter 4: California Solar Initiative Program -- CSI fund distribution -- CSI power-generation targets -- Incentive payment structure -- Expected Performance-Based Buydown (EPBB) -- Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) -- Host customer -- Solar power contractors and equipment sellers -- PV system sizing requirements -- Energy-efficiency audit -- Warranty and performance permanency requirements -- Insurance --^

Wind turbine energy economics -- Chapter 9: Ocean Energy Technologies -- Tidal power -- Tidal physics: effects of the terrestrial centrifugal force -- Tidal power generation -- Current tidal generation technologies -- Marine-current turbine technologies -- Some interesting oceanic technologies -- Chapter 10: Hydroelectric And Micro-Hydro Turbine Power -- Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental effects of hydroelectric power -- Hydroelectric power technology -- Classification of hydropower energy facilities -- Hydroelectric plant equipment -- Case studies of hydroelectric power plants -- Micro-hydropower generation -- Chapter 11: Geothermal Energy -- Thermal power extraction potential -- Geothermal technologies -- Geothermal potential -- Cost of geothermal energy and economics -- Geothermal case study in an air-conditioning application -- Ocean thermal energy -- Chapter 12: Biofuel, Biogas, And Thermal Depolymerization Technologies -- History -- Chemical composition --^