• A welcome new edition of this well respected text
• Gives comprehensive coverage of the principal renewable energy sources available today
• Accessible to readers across a wide range of academic backgrounds
• Interdisciplinary approach covers the economic, social, environmental and policy issues raised by renewable energy, as well as describing their key physical and engineering features
• New full colour design includes hundreds of illustrations plus numerous tables of data and a wide range of detailed case studies
• Written by an experienced and authoritative course team at the Open University

Readership: Undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in Energy, Sustainable Development, Environmental Subjects and Architecture. Also suitable for non-specialists.

Godfrey Boyle, Open University

"'This is an excellent introductory text which deserves the widest readership'. Book Review 2004."

"'This is an outstanding undergraduate textbook which deserves to become the standard text. I can only urge all those who are teaching courses in the field and all students, formal or otherwise, to read and treasure this book'. Professor Robert Hill, Times Higher Education Supplement, review of the first edition of Renewable Energy."

1: Gary Alexander and Godfrey Boyle: Introducing Renewable Energy
2: Bob Everett: Solar Thermal Energy
3: Godfrey Boyle: Solar Photovoltaics
4: Stephen Larkin, Janet Ramage and Jonathan Scurlock: Bioenergy
5: Janet Ramage: Hydroelectricity
6: David Elliott: Tidal Power
7: Derek Taylor: Wind Energy
8: Les Duckers: Wave Energy
9: Geoff Brown and John Garnish: Geothermal Energy
10: Bob Everett and Godfrey Boyle: Integration