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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20260317084331.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781498701938 |
| Qualifying information |
harback |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Universiti Teknologi Brunei |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
UTB |
| 084 ## - BOOK Call Number |
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| Classification number |
TJ808 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nelson, Vaughn |
| Relator term |
author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Introduction to Renewable Energy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Vaughn Nelson and Kenneth Starcher |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
second edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
USA : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
CRC press , |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxxvi, 423 : |
| Other physical details |
illustration ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Include bibliographical references and index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Introduction to Renewable Energy, Second Edition covers the fundamentals of renewable energy and serves as a resource to undergraduates in renewable energy courses. non-specialists within the energy industries, or anyone working to support the successful implementation of renewable energy.<br/>The second edition discusses developments that have occurred since the publication of the first edition and considers the growing environmental impact of human activity on planet Earth. Dedicated to converging science and technology in a way that ensures a sustainable future, this book outlines the basics of renewable energy and focuses on current and developing policies that support the shift to renewable energy. New in the second edition, the book addresses bioenergy, energy balance, biodiesel, photovoltaic applications, and climate change.<br/>The authors take a multidisciplinary approach and share their observations on trending technologies (including neuroscience, artificial intelligence, virtual reality (VR), nanotechnology, and genetic engineering) that they predict will have a significant impact in the next 25 years. Attributing the major problems in the world to overconsumption and overpopulation, they outline solutions that depend on global and local policies and work to reduce consumption, population growth, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental pollution, and military expenditures.<br/>In addition, the book proposes possible answers to our energy dilemma that include<br/>* Reduced demand of fossil fuels to depletion rate<br/>* Transition to zero population growth and the beginning of a steady-state society<br/>A tax placed on carbon<br/>Implementing more policies and incentives to increase conservation and efficiency and to decrease the emissions of carbon dioxide |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Renewable energy sources |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Starcher, Kenneth., |
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author |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Local Classification |
| Suppress in OPAC |
No |
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General Collection |
| 998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
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| Internal field |
Book |
| CC (RLIN) |
830034 : 033647 c.1 UTB |
| Internal field |
The School Box Enterprise |
