Renewable energy engineering and technology : principles and practice / edited by V.V.N. Kishore

Includes bibliographical references and index

Energy and development : concerns of the current millennium -- Renewable energy utilization : desirability, feasibility, and the niches -- Review of basic scientific and engineering principles -- The solar energy resource -- Solar photovoltaic technology -- Solar thermal engineering -- Elements of passive solar architecture -- Wind energy resources -- Introduction to wind turbine technology -- Small hydro : resource and technology -- Geothermal energy, tidal energy, wave energy, and ocean thermal energy -- Bio-energy resources -- Thermochemical conversion of biomass -- Biochemical methods of conversion -- Liquid fuels from biomass : fundamentals, process chemistry, and technologies