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Quantitative Evaluation of Energy Systems (Methods - Solutions - Applications)

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:48:20 +0000

Future engineers face the major challenge of shaping the energy transition and sustainable resource use under the constraints of climate change and biodiversity loss. This book provides the knowledge required to quantitatively evaluate options for future energy supply. It is aimed at students o..

Price: $99.99

Solar Grid-connected Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:28:58 +0000

This volume outlines the global energy situation and current status of photovoltaic power generation both in and outside of China. From there, it goes on to discuss the basic principles and electrical characteristics of photovoltaic cells, evaluating various major MPPT tracking algorithms and isol..

Price: $69.95

The Energy Permacrisis (How Fossil Capitalism Produces System Failures and New Energy Poverty)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:17:46 +0000

The Energy Permacrisis investigates a series of increasingly frequent energy crises over the last 15 years – amid rapid changes in climate, energy resources, finance and politics.

Price: $39.99

Renewable Energy (A Primer for the Twenty-First Century)

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:46:51 +0000

From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further acce..

Price: $20.00

More Energy, Clean Planet (Cheap Power Will Solve the Climate Crisis Within a Century)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:01:27 +0000

More energy is the climate solution. Here is the engineering argument.

More Energy, Clean Planet makes the case that cheap, clean energy is the climate strategy with the physics to actually work. Keri Waters, an engineer and three-decade hardware operator, lays out t..

Price: $29.99

New Energy (The energy transition on and around the North Sea)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:51:39 +0000

Project by award-winning photographer Kadir van Lohuizen on the energy industry and its challenges and dilemmas on and around the North Sea. Accompanies an exhibition in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam starting October 2026.

There are few places on earth where the complexity and enor..

Price: $80.00

Energy (A Short History)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:49:30 +0000

With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and everything.

‘There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.’ Bill Gates

Turn on a light. Start the car. Boil water..

Price: $21.00

Securing the Current: How Systems, Societies and Institutions Shape the Reliability of the Electric Grid

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:32:18 +0000

This book explores electric grid reliability from a non-technical, multidisciplinary perspective, focusing on societies facing economic, political, or environmental instability. It also shows how infrastructure performance depends not only on engineering systems but also on institutions, econom..

Price: $89.00

Thermodynamics (Fundamentals and Applications)

Wed, 27 May 2026 19:40:42 +0000

Thermodynamics offers a blend of theory and practical applications for a complete understanding of thermodynamics for various engineering applications. Beginning with a basic introduction of thermodynamics, the book advances to more specialized topics like Organic Rankine cycle, gas mixt..

Price: $73.99

Smart Cities and Japan's Energy Transition (Past, Present, and Future)

Wed, 27 May 2026 19:27:12 +0000

This book offers a complex and problem-based analysis of the past, present, and future of smart cities in Japan’s energy transition. This book will be a valuable resource for all interested in energy transition, climate action, and smart cities, where Japan and Japanese smart cities serve as ex..

Price: $64.99