1981 Hardcover published by Facts on File but produced by the US department of housing and urban development in cooperation with the US department of energy. Includes an introduction by the editor of The Solar Age Resource Book - Martin McPhillips.Book contains detailed illustrations, descriptions and plans for 91 single family homes that utilize solar energy.

Passive Solar Homes: 91 New Award-winning, Energy-conserving Single-family Homes with Specific Suggestions for Design & Construction

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Wind power represents a critical component of the strategies to reduce air and water pollution and to combat the effects of global climate change. Further, the development of wind farms promises to provide jobs and income to farmers and rural economies throughout the nation. This survey covers the history of the U.S. wind industry: how it works, its geography, and its impact on the environment. A collaborative panel—including members of the U.S. Department of Energy—explored a modeled energy scenario in which wind would provide 20 percent of the nation's electricity by 2030. This official 2008 report by the panel estimates impacts and discusses specific needs and outcomes in the areas of technology, manufacturing, transmission and grid integration, markets, siting strategies, and potential environmental effects.

Wind Power in America's Future: 20% Wind Energy by 2030

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Dover Publications

This report describes the use of remote sensing in wind power prospecting. Remote sensing can aid in identifying and locating indicators of wind power potential from the terrestrial, marine, and atmospheric environments (ie: wind-deformed trees, white caps, and areas of thermal flux). It is not considered as a tool for determining wind power potential. 
A wide variety of remotely sensed evidence is described in terms of the scale at which evidence of wind power can be identified, and the appropriate remote sensors for finding such evidence. The value of remote sensing to wind power prospecting is the ability to geographically associate a wide variety of wind indicators from the regional to local scale and to quickly pinpoint promising wind power sites. 
Remote sensing can be used for regional area prospecting using small-scale imagery. The information from such small-scale imagery is most often qualitative; and if it is transitory, examination of a number of images to verify persistence of the feature may be required. However, this evidence will allow rapid screening of a large area, enabling the prospector to quickly select the most promising locations for sub-regional investigations. 
Medium-scale imagery provides a better picture of the evidence obtained from small-scale imagery. At this level it is best to use existing imagery. Criteria relating to land use, accessibility, and proximity of candidate sites to nearby transmission lines can also be effectively evaluated from medium-scale imagery. 
Large-scale imagery provides the most quantitative evidence of the strength of wind. Wind-deformed trees can be identified at a large number of sites using only a few hours in locally chartered aircraft. A handheld 35mm camera can adequately document any evidence of wind. 
Three case studies that employ remote sensing prospecting techniques are described in this handbook. Based on remotely sensed evidence, the wind power potential in three geographically and climatically diverse areas of the United States is estimated, and the estimates are compared to actual wind data in those regions. In addition, the cost of each survey is discussed. The results indicate that remote sensing for wind power potential is a quick, cost effective, and fairly reliable method for screening large areas for wind power potential. Sites selected as having good wind power potential, based on evidence obtained from remote imagery, should be instrumented to determine important information such as: How good are the winds? At what height are they good? When are they good? How much turbulence can be expected?

Remote Sensing for Wind Power Potential, a Prospector's Handbook

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

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Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Program - U. S. Department of Energy Annual Reports to Congress for Fiscal Years 1993-1995

Business/Technology Books (B/T Books)

Fuel cells are an important technology for a potentially wide variety of applications including micropower, auxiliary power, transportation power, stationary power for buildings and other distributed generation applications, and central power. These applications will be in a large number of industries worldwide. This edition of the Fuel Cell Handbook is more comprehensive than previous versions in that it includes several changes. First, calculation examples for fuel cells are included for the wide variety of possible applications. This includes transportation and auxiliary power applications for the first time. In addition, the handbook includes a separate section on alkaline fuel cells. The intermediate temperature solid-state fuel cell section is being developed. In this edition, hybrids are also included as a separate section for the first time. Hybrids are some of the most efficient power plants ever conceived and are actually being demonstrated. Finally, an updated list of fuel cell URLs is included in the Appendix and an updated index assists the reader in locating specific information quickly.

Fuel Cell Handbook

National Energy Technology Laboratory

Technology

University Press of the Pacific

This guide is designed to help you search for information in the wind energy field, ranging from its history and technology basics to the latest in research and development. It is written to help several audiences, including engineers and scientists who may be unfamiliar with a particular aspect of wind energy, university researchers who are interested in this field, manufacturers who want to learn more about specific wind topics, librarians who provide information to their clients, and anyone else who is interested in knowing more about wind energy technologies.

Wind Energy Information Guide

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

This guide has been written by experts in the field to provide you, a consumer, with information about the use of solar energy to heat the water you use in your home. It is no secret that energy costs have been rising rapidly in the past several years, and that conventional sources of energy are in short supply. As more and more people feel the impact of the rising cost and limited availability of some types of energy, increasing attention is being given to the energy available in sunlight. No longer just a fad for some individual experimenters, no longer only a subject for scientific and engineering studies, solar energy applications are now a matter of intense interest to almost everyone. Of all of the ways in which we can capture and use solar energy to meet our needs, providing hot water is perhaps the simplest and most economical for the homeowner. Many manufacturers now make equipment and systems to provide solar-heated water, and many firms around the country are qualified to install, maintain, and service them. The Federal government and several states even provide tax credits to help cover the cost of solar energy systems. But deciding to buy and install a solar hot water system still requires you to consider a number of factors---whether the system will save you money now or in the future, what kind of system to buy and from whom to buy it, whether to install it yourself or have it installed, and similar matters. This guide is designed to provide some of the information you will need to make these decisions, and to tell you where to get the rest of the information you may need to install or have installed a satisfactory solar hot water system.

Hot Water from the Sun: A Consumer Guide to Solar Water Heating

Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

The Franklin Research Center

This book reviews the 162 passive solar home designs chosen for awards, providing drawings and descriptions. It also discusses selection of solar alternatives, commonly-made thermal mistakes, construction details, energy calculations, and more.

The First Passive Solar Home Awards

Arts & Photography

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Architecture

This handbook explains how biomass can be converted to a gas in a downdraft gasifier and gives details for designing, testing, operating, and manufacturing gasifiers and gasifier systems, primarily for shaft power generation up to 200 kW. t is intended to help convert gasification from a practical art into a field of engineered design. Although the handbook focuses on downdraft gasification as the only method suitable for small-scale power systems, it also gives extensive detail on biomass fuels, gas testing and cleanup instrumentation, and safety considerations that will be of use to all those who work with gasifiers at whatever scale. The combustion of biomass in wood stoves and industrial boilers has increased dramatically in some areas, and forest, agricultural, and paper wastes are being used extensively for fuels by some industries. However, more extensive biomass use still waits for the application of improved conversion methods, such as gasification, that match biomass energy to processes currently requiring liquid and gaseous fuels. Examples of such processes include glass, lime, and brick manufacture; power generation; and transportation. CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction and Guide to the Literature and Research 2.0 History, Current Directions, and Future Development 3.0 Gasifier Fuels 4.0 Principles of Gasification 5.0 Gasifier Designs 6.0 Gasifier Fabrication and Manufacture 7.0 Gas Testing 8.0 Gas Cleaning and Conditioning 9.0 Gasifier Systems 10.0 Instrumentation and Control 11.0 Engine Adaptation and Operation 12.0 Safety and Environmental Considerations 13.0 Decision Making References Appendix The ultimate guide to researching and potentially building a biomass downdraft gasifier engine system. A must read for anyone interested in alternative energy and emergency preparedness. A useful and informative guide for individuals everywhere.

Handbook of Biomass Downdraft Gasifier Engine Systems

Solar Energy Research Institute

Solar Technical Information Program

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