List of books about renewable energy

Wind farm

This is a bibliography of renewable energy.

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 3% and are growing very rapidly.[1]

Total investment in renewable energy reached $244 billion in 2012. The top countries for investment in recent years were China, Germany, Spain, the United States, Italy, and Brazil.[2][3] Leading renewable energy companies include BrightSource Energy, Enercon, First Solar, Gamesa, GE Energy, Goldwind, Nordex, Sinovel, Suntech, Trina Solar, Vestas and Yingli.[4][5]

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  1. ↑ REN21 (2011). "Renewables 2011: Global Status Report" (PDF). p. 17.
  2. ↑ REN21 (2012). Renewables Global Status Report 2012 p. 17.
  3. ↑ REN21 (2011). "Renewables 2011: Global Status Report" (PDF). p. 35.
  4. ↑ Top of the list, Renewable Energy World, 2 January 2006.
  5. ↑ Keith Johnson, Wind Shear: GE Wins, Vestas Loses in Wind-Power Market Race, Wall Street Journal, March 25th 2009, accessed on January 7th 2010.
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