Renewable energy made easy : free energy from solar, wind, hydropower, and other alternative energy sources / by David Craddock.

Reduce, reuse and renew
The almost-perfect day
Problems with fossil fuels
Renewable energy pros and cons
The focus of renewable energy made easy
The potential of solar power
A history of solar energy
Windows (not the operating system)
Solar collectors
Types of solar energy
Passive solar
Interseasonal storage
Daylighting
Low temperature alternatives
Photovoltaic
Powering Mr. Fusion: biomass as an energy source
A history of biomass
The conversion process and its pros and cons
Methods for improving fuel efficiency
Crops
Oily seeds and biodiesel
Biogas
Costs
Ethanol
The biomass-powered engine that could
Environmental issues
Getting wet and wild with hydropower
A history of hydropower
Head
Turbines
How does a hydropower system work?
Hydropower applications
The Francis turbine
Effects on ecosystems
Environmental issues
Wind power
A history of wind power and windmills
Wind turbines
Appropriate wind speeds
Estimating the power a turbine could produce
Costs of wind power
Siting ideal locations for wind turbines
Offshore wind
Strengths and weaknesses of wind power
The potential of wave power
A history of waves
How wave energy works
Types of waves
Sea states
Under the sea (state)
Capturing a wave
Integrating wave energy into our everyday lives
The extreme economics of wave energy
Limiting environmental impact
Harvesting geothermal energy
Prospective geothermal energy locations
Geothermal plants
Uses for geothermal energy
Problems with geothermal energy
High points of geothermal energy
Case studies.