Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1 Energy and the environment: the global landscape
- Part 2 Nonrenewable energy sources
- Part 3 Renewable energy sources
- 17 Solar energy overview
- 18 Direct solar energy conversion with photovoltaic devices
- 19 Future concepts for photovoltaic energy conversion
- 20 Concentrating and multijunction photovoltaics
- 21 Concentrating solar thermal power
- 22 Solar thermoelectrics: direct solar thermal energy conversion
- 23 Off-grid solar in the developing world
- 24 Principles of photosynthesis
- 25 Biofuels and biomaterials from microbes
- 26 Biofuels from cellulosic biomass via aqueous processing
- 27 Artificial photosynthesis for solar energy conversion
- 28 Engineering natural photosynthesis
- 29 Geothermal and ocean energy
- 30 Wind energy
- Part 4 Transportation
- Part 5 Energy efficiency
- Part 6 Energy storage, high-penetration renewables, and grid stabilization
- Summary
- Appendix A Thermodynamics
- Appendix B Electrochemistry
- Appendix C Units
- Index
- References
29 - Geothermal and ocean energy
from Part 3 - Renewable energy sources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1 Energy and the environment: the global landscape
- Part 2 Nonrenewable energy sources
- Part 3 Renewable energy sources
- 17 Solar energy overview
- 18 Direct solar energy conversion with photovoltaic devices
- 19 Future concepts for photovoltaic energy conversion
- 20 Concentrating and multijunction photovoltaics
- 21 Concentrating solar thermal power
- 22 Solar thermoelectrics: direct solar thermal energy conversion
- 23 Off-grid solar in the developing world
- 24 Principles of photosynthesis
- 25 Biofuels and biomaterials from microbes
- 26 Biofuels from cellulosic biomass via aqueous processing
- 27 Artificial photosynthesis for solar energy conversion
- 28 Engineering natural photosynthesis
- 29 Geothermal and ocean energy
- 30 Wind energy
- Part 4 Transportation
- Part 5 Energy efficiency
- Part 6 Energy storage, high-penetration renewables, and grid stabilization
- Summary
- Appendix A Thermodynamics
- Appendix B Electrochemistry
- Appendix C Units
- Index
- References
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