Featured Books & eBooks - Energy Storage, Transmission & Distribution
Green Electrical Energy Storage by ISBN: 9781259642838Publication Date: 2016Written by a recognized expert in the field, Green Electrical Energy Storage offers detailed coverage of electrochemical, chemical, electrical, and flywheel mechanical energy storage devices, their integration in energy systems using renewable energy sources, and the financial and legal tools to build them. Coverage includes cutting-edge technologies, finance, and implementation for real-world renewable energy storage applications
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Emerging Technologies and Applications (3rd Ed.) by ISBN: 9780081007082Publication Date: 2018Respected experts Bent Sorensen and Giuseppe Spazzafumo provide the basic scientific theory underlying hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, as well as technological applications and opportunities for sustainable integration into society. Written in an accessible way for a broad range of people working in the field, this third edition highlights recently emerged technologies, discusses the market penetration of the most promising technologies, and it gives an appraisal of how far fuel cell technology may go in the future, considering current challenges and economic trends.
The Electric Battery: Charging Forward to a Low-Carbon Future by Call Number: TK2901 .J66ISBN: 9781440849015Publication Date: 2017An easy-to-understand and engaging exploration of the battery's development across history that reveals current technological advances, celebrates the innovators who have led the charge forward, and shows how the electric battery represents the path to a low-carbon future.
The Powerhouse: America, China and the Great Battery War by Call Number: TK2945.L58 L45ISBN: 9780143128328Publication Date: 2016A worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth, the advanced lithium-ion battery. It will power the electric car, relieve global warming, and catapult the winner into a new era of economic and political mastery. Can the United States win?
Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy by Call Number: TK2945.L58 F58ISBN: 9780809030538Publication Date: 2011From electric cars to a "smart" power grid that can actually store electricity—letting us harness the powers of the sun and the wind and use them when we need them—lithium, a metal half as dense as water, is the key to setting us on a path toward a low-carbon energy future.
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Bagotsky, Vladimir. Fuel Cells: Problems & Solutions. (2009) - TK2931 .B35
Minami, T (Ed.). Solid State Ionics for Batteries. (2005) - eBook
Sammes, Nigel; Alevtina Smirnova; & Oleksandr Vasylyev.. Fuel Cell Technologies: State & Perspectives. (2004) - eBook
Dell, Ronald. Understanding Batteries. (2001) - TK2896 .D45
Car Wars: The Rise, the Fall, and the Resurgence of the Electric Car by Call Number: TL220 .F53ISBN: 9781250048707Publication Date: 2015Today, the electric has captured the imagination and pocketbooks of American consumers. Organizations like the US Department of Energy and the state of California, along with companies from the old-guard of General Motors and Toyota have embraced the once-extinct technology. Starting with the early days of the electric car, Fialka documents the MIT/Caltech race between prototypes in the summer of 1968 and carries readers up to present visionaries like Elon Musk and the upstart young Tesla Motors.
The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future by Call Number: HD9710.A2 T55ISBN: 9781476773490Publication Date: 2015One of the world's great manufacturing juggernauts—the $2 trillion automotive industry—is currently in the throes of a revolution. Its future will include cars Henry Ford and Karl Benz could scarcely have imagined. They will drive themselves, won't consume oil, and will come in radical shapes and sizes. But the path to that future is fraught. The top contenders are two traditional manufacturing giants, the United States and Japan, and a newcomer, China.
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U.S. National Research Council. Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels. (2013) - TL216.5 .N38
Corbo, Pasquale. Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Road Vehicles. (2011) - eBook
Hung, Steve. Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2011 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference. (2011) - eBook
Mackay, Jenny. Electric Cars. (2011) - TL220 .M27
Anderson, Curtis. Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History. (2010) - TL220 .A53
Billmaier, James. Jolt!: The Impending Dominance of the Electric Car and Why America Must Take Charge. ( 2010) - TL220 .B55
Mitchell, William; Christopher Borroni-Bird; & Lawrence Burns. Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility in the 21st Century. (2010) - TL220 .M58
Boschert, Sherry. Plug-In Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America. (2006) - TL221.15 .B68
Westbrook, Michael. Electric Car: Development and Future of Battery, Hybrid, and Fuel-Cell Cars. (2001) - TL220 .W472
Motavalli, Jim. Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future. (2000) - TL221.15 .M68
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Security & Sustainability Forum. Three Revolutions – Transforming Transportation. (2018)
Security & Sustainability Forum. On the Road to Mass Market Electric Vehicles. (2018)
Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, & the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet by Call Number: TP359.H8 H633ISBN: 9780262516952Publication Date: 2012In this new edition of his pioneering book Tomorrow's Energy, Peter Hoffmann makes the case for hydrogen as the cornerstone of a new energy economy. Hoffmann covers the major aspects of hydrogen production, storage, transportation, fuel use, and safety. He explains that hydrogen is not an energy source but a carrier, like electricity, and introduces the concept of "hydricity," the essential interchangeability of electricity and hydrogen. He brings the hydrogen story up to date, reporting on the latest developments, including new hydrogen and fuel-cell cars from GM, Daimler, BMW, Honda, and Toyota.
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Al-Hallaj, Said. Hybrid Hydrogen Systems: Stationary & Transportation Applications. (2011) - eBook
Broom, Darren. Hydrogen Storage Materials: The Characterization of Their Storage Properties. (2011) - eBook
Corbo, Pasquale. Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Road Vehicles. (2011) - eBook
Elkins, Paul. Hydrogen Energy: Economic & Social Challenges. (2010) - eBook
Ball, Michael. Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities & Challenges. (2009) - eBook
Romm, Joseph. Hype About Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate. (2004) - TP261.H9 R65
National Research Council. Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs. (2004) - HD9660.H933 U645
Rifkin, Jeremy. Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web & the Redistribution of Power on Earth. (2002) - TP359.H8 R54
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Security & Sustainability Forum. Can Hydrogen Close the Climate Emissions Gap? (2019)
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by ISBN: 9781632865687Publication Date: 2017America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of basic repair. Today, as we invest great hope in new energy sources—solar, wind, and other alternatives—the grid is what stands most firmly in the way of a brighter energy future. If we hope to realize this future, we need to reimagine the grid according to twenty-first-century values. It's a project which forces visionaries to work with bureaucrats, legislators with storm-flattened communities, moneymen with hippies, and the left with the right. And though it might not yet be obvious, this revolution is already well under way.
Modernizing America's Electricity Infrastructure by ISBN: 9780262036795Publication Date: 2017America's aging electricity infrastructure is deteriorating rapidly even as the need for highly reliable electric service—driven by the explosion of digital technology—continues to rise. Largely missing from national discussions, however, is a coherent, comprehensive national strategy for modernizing this critical infrastructure. Energy expert Mason Willrich presents just such a strategy in this book, connecting the dots across electric utilities, independent suppliers, government bureaucracies, political jurisdictions, and academic disciplines.
The Grid: Biography of an American Technology by Call Number: TK3001 .C58ISBN: 9780262037174Publication Date: 2017The North American power grid has been called the world's largest machine. Americans rely utterly on the miracle of electrification and the grid connects nearly every living soul on the continent. In this book, Julie Cohn tells the history of the grid, from early linkages in the 1890s through the grid's maturity as a networked infrastructure in the 1980s. She focuses on the strategies and technologies used to control power on the grid, paying particular attention to the work of engineers and system operators who handled the everyday operations.
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Haugen, David; Susan Musser; & Ross Berger (Eds.). The U.S. Energy Grid. (2012) - TJ163.25.U6 U8
Blume, Steven Warren. Electric Power System Basics: For the Non-Electrical Professional. (2007) - TK1001 .B58
Pansini, Anthony. Guide to Electrical Power Distribution. (2005) - eBook
Pansini, Anthony. Transmission Line Reliability and Security. (2004) - eBook
De Kock, Jan. Practical Power Distribution for Industry. (2004) - eBook