Resumenes

* ENERGY RESOURCES
Energy Resources is essential reading for those involved in the fields of energy and environmental research and regulation. Energy Resources comprehensively covers issuessuch as the development of energy resources; the production and use of alternative fuels; engineering problems in the extraction, conversion, and clean-up technologies; and the mitigation ofenvironmental problems.
* BIOMASS
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, orconverted into other energy products such as biofuel.
* WIND POWER
Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity,windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships.
* HYDROELECTRIC POWER
Hydroelectric power must be one of the oldest methods of producing power. Thewater would spin the pole that crushed grain to make their delicious, low-fat prehistoric bran muffins. People have used moving water to help them in their work throughout history, and modern peoplemake great use of moving water to produce electricity.
* SOLAR POWER
Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly usingconcentrated solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam.

* NUCLEAR POWER
Nuclear power isthe use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and do useful work. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, andJapan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity.
* GEOTHERMAL POWER
Geothermal electricity is electricity generated from geothermal energy. Technologies in use...