Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses (MIT Press) 9780262029148, 2014045995, 0262029146

The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 How Power Density Matters
2 Quantitative Keys to Understanding Energy
3 Renewable Energy Flows
4 Fossil Fuels
5 Thermal Electricity Generation
6 Energy Uses
7 Making Sense of Power Densities
8 Energy Transitions
Appendix
References
Index

Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses (MIT Press)
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