Books on Alternative Energy
Living Without Electricity
Editorial Reviews
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"Reads quickly because it is written in an entertaining and loving style, but it contai…
Micro Hydro Power
Hydroelectricity is the world's largest -- and cleanest -- source of renewable energy. But despite lively interest i…
Renewables Are Ready
Renewables Are Ready (subtitled People Creating Renewable Energy Solutions) is a guide to safe, clean, and renewable ene…
Running a Bio-Gas Programme
The designs & uses of biogas plants, with technical appendices, for domestic and community plants. Economic & so…
The Independent Home
If you are wanting to know more about living off- the- grid or generally becoming less dependent on the power company, t…
The Passive Solar House
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The Passive Solar House Using Solar…
The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook
This is the Bible of independent living and renewable energy. Now in its tenth edition, the Real Goods Solar Living Sour…
The Solar Electric House
Solar electricity is the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity by solar photovoltaic cells. It is a truly elega…
Wind Power for Home & Business
Wind Power for Home & Business includes chapters on how to evaluate modern wind turbine technology, how to install w…
Wind Pumps: A Guide for Development Workers
This book systematically looks at every aspect of the implementation of a wind-powered water-pumping system. Although in…
Motors as Generators for Micro-Hydro Power
This guide to the use of induction motors for electricity generation in remote locations has been rewritten as a practic…
Solar Catalog
160 pages full of products, specifications, prices, technical articles, design information and more – the industry…
A Chinese Biogas Manual
A Chinese Biogas Manual. China has over seven million biogas pits in operation. They act as a combination waste di…
Practical Photovoltaics
Practical Photovoltaics
Electricity from Solar Cells
Richard J. Komp
Practical Photovoltaics, the now-classic refere…
The Passive Solar House, Revised and Expanded Edition
The Passive Solar House, Revised and Expanded Edition (Hardbound)
The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home…
Natural Home Heating
Natural Home Heating
The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options
Greg Pahl
"Here is the comprehensive guid…
Biodiesel:Growing a New Energy Economy
As the politics of energy grow bleak, visionary entrepreneurs in the biofuels industry may very well become society'…
The Solar House
The Solar House Passive Heating and Cooling Passive solar heating and passive cooling--approaches known as natural condi…
Wind Energy Basics
Wind Energy Basics A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems Paul Gipe; Foreword by Richard Perez of Home Power Magazine T…
Who Owns the Sun
Who Owns the Sun? Daniel M. Berman and John T. O'Connor Forewordfrom Ralph Nader's foreword: This well-documente…
How to Live Without Electricity and Like It
Whether you seek to be completely "off the grid" or simply prepared for occasional or frequent power outages, …
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Fuel from Water
The book advocates hydrogen fuel as the best long-term alternative to fossil fuels and as a way to stop polluting the ai…
