ELECTRICITY FROM WAVE AND TIDE — AN INTRODUCTION TO MARINE ENERGY

Here is a very compact and concise but in fact remarkably comprehensive and authoritative technical overview of the most important marine energy devices of today, released with the ultimate goal of reaching to the sustainable electrical energy generation. The content of the volume includes many full-colour images and photos providing really inspiring case studies of the most technically promising energy devices and their developments. The publication is mainly aimed ant a very wide readership from general readers to the industry professionals, policy makers plus all other players of the energy industry. Brief contents below... Preface; Introduction - Marine energy and Planet, Marine resources, Historical overview, Power, energy and performance, Into the future; Capturing Marine Energy - Ocean waves, Wave energy conversion, Tidal streams, Tidal stream energy conversion, Research and development; Generating Electricity - Introductory, Power take-off, Alternate current electricity, Generators, Connecting to a grid, Large scale renewable energy; Several Case Studies on Wave Energy/Tidal Stream Energy Converters. Another interesting book on the new, quite perspective and absolutely environment friendly ways of getting electricity.