BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 CATCHING RAYS: SOLAR ENERGY -- SOLAR HEATING -- SOLAR POWER -- SOLAR CELLS AND SOLAR PANELS -- SOLAR CELL STRUCTURE AND OPERATION -- SOLAR PANEL DESIGN -- DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR CELLS -- CHAPTER 2 CHASING THE WIND: WIND ENERGY -- WIND POWER -- THE HISTORY OF WINDMILLS -- WIND TURBINES -- HORIZONTAL-AXIS MACHINES -- VERTICAL-AXIS MACHINES -- CHAPTER 3 HARNESSING WATER: HYDROPOWER -- HYDROELECTRIC POWER -- TIDAL POWER AND WAVE POWER -- WATERWHEELS -- WATER TURBINES -- IMPULSE TURBINES -- REACTION TURBINES -- OUTPUT AND SPEED CONTROL -- CAVITATION -- TURBINE SELECTION ON THE BASIS OF SPECIFIC SPEED -- TURBINE MODEL TESTING -- CHAPTER 4 TAPPING THE EARTH: GEOTHERMAL ENERGY -- HOT SPRINGS -- GEYSERS -- GEOTHERMAL POWER -- STEAM TURBINES -- PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS -- BLADING DESIGN -- TURBINE STAGING -- POWER DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 5 CONVERTING BIOMASS: BIOFUELS -- TYPES OF BIOFUELS -- THE MANUFACTURE OF ETHANOL -- ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- CHAPTER 6 SPLITTING THE ATOM: NUCLEAR ENERGY -- NUCLEAR FISSION -- CHAIN REACTION AND CRITICALITY -- REACTOR CONTROL -- FISSILE AND FERTILE MATERIALS -- HEAT REMOVAL -- SHIELDING -- CRITICAL CONCENTRATION AND SIZE -- THERMAL, INTERMEDIATE, AND FAST REACTORS -- CHAPTER 7 NUCLEAR REACTOR DESIGN AND COMPONENTS -- CORE -- FUEL TYPES -- COOLANTS AND MODERATORS -- REFLECTOR -- REACTOR CONTROL ELEMENTS -- STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS -- COOLANT SYSTEM -- CONTAINMENT SYSTEM -- TYPES OF REACTORS -- LIGHT-WATER REACTOR -- HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR -- LIQUID-METAL REACTORS -- CANDU REACTOR -- ADVANCED GAS-COOLED REACTOR -- OTHER POWER REACTOR TYPES -- CHAPTER 8 FUEL CELLS -- PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION -- THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM -- DESIGNING FUEL CELL SYSTEMS -- TYPES OF FUEL CELLS -- ALKALINE FUEL CELLS -- PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS.

MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS -- SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS -- SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS -- PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELL -- DEVELOPMENT OF FUEL CELLS -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.