{"product_id":"explaining-renewable-energy-9781032275758","title":"Explaining Renewable Energy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis undergraduate text aimed primarily at high schoolers and lower level undergraduates focuses on explaining how the various forms of renewable energy work and the current ongoing research. It includes sections on non-scientific aspects that should be considered such as availability of resources. A final chapter covers methods of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenewable energy is currently on everyone's mind in the context of climate change. This text provides students with an introduction into the science behind the various types of renewable energy enabling them to access review literature in the field and options that that should be considered when selecting methods.  \u003cp\u003eFeatures\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollates the most relevant and up to date information on renewable energy systems in a user friendly format for undergraduate and high school students.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFocuses on power production technologies from renewable energy sources.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn introduction to how sources of renewable energy work; their advantages and drawbacks. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimely text with the need for fast adoption of renewable energy technologies around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuitable for a diverse audience including students with some scientific background such as final year in high school wanting to know more about combatting climate change. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElaine A. Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e studied chemistry as an undergraduate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat Oxford University, England, and then stayed on to complete\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea DPhil in theoretical chemistry with Peter Atkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a two-year postdoctoral position at the University of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouthampton, England, she joined the Open University, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(OU), in 1975, becoming a lecturer in chemistry in 1977, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esenior lecturer in 1998 and reader in 2004. She retired in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017 and currently has an honorary position at the Open\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has produced OU teaching texts in chemistry for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecourses at levels 1, 2 and 3 and written texts in astronomy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat level 2 and physics at level 3. She is a co-author of \u003ci\u003eMetals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Life and of \u003ci\u003eConcepts in Transition Metal Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich were part of a level 3 Open University course in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einorganic chemistry, and were co-published with the Royal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSociety of Chemistry. She was team leader for the production\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand presentation of an Open University level 2 chemistry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emodule delivered entirely online. She is a Fellow of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Royal Society of Chemistry and a Senior Fellow of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigher Education Academy. 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