Contents Foreword vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xiii Contributors xv 1 Energy and development: concerns of the current millennium 1 2 Renewable energy utilization: desirability, feasibility, and the niches 13 3 Review of basic scientific and engineering principles 19 4 The solar energy resource 181 5 Solar photovoltaic technology 239 6 Solar thermal engineering 329 7 Elements of passive solar architecture 399 8 Wind energy resources 445 9 Introduction to wind turbine technology 503 10 Small hydro: resource and technology 541 11 Geothermal energy, tidal energy, wave energy, and ocean thermal energy 593 12 Bio-energy resources 625 13 Thermochemical conversion of biomass 705 14 Biochemical methods of conversion 795 15 Liquid fuels from biomass: fundamentals, process chemistry, and technologies 857 Index 919