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Andrews & Jelley: Energy Science

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Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11

Chapter 1: Introduction

International Energy Agency
www.iea.org

US Department of Energy
www.energy.gov

Energy statistics of US government.
www.eia.doe.gov

Research on Climate Change
www.metoffice.gov.uk/research

On-line encyclopaedia
www.wikipedia.org

Overview of global energy
www.worldenergy.org

Environmental think-tank
www.wri.org

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Chapter 2: Thermal energy

Overview of global energy
www.worldenergy.org

Information on geothermal energy
iga.igg.cnr.it/geo/geoenergy.php

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Chapter 4: Hydropower, tidal power, and wave power

Overview of global energy
www.worldenergy.org

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Chapter 5: Wind power

Overview of windpower
www.windpower.org

European Wind Energy Association
www.ewea.org

American Wind Energy Association
www.awea.org

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Chapter 6: Solar energy

Overview of solar cell technologies
www.eere.energy.gov/solar/

Information on solar cells
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell

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Chapter 7: Biomass

Information on biomass technologies
www.eere.energy.gov/biomass

Information on renewables in USA
www.nrel.gov

Biomass potential in the UK
www.dti.gov.uk/files/file22065.pdf

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Chapter 8: Energy from fission

MIT report on nuclear power
web.mit.edu/nuclearpower

Nuclear energy for electricity
www.uic.com.au

World Nuclear Association
www.world-nuclear.org

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Chapter 9: Energy from fusion

The science of JET
www.jet.efda.org/documents/books/wesson.pdf [PDF]

Lecture notes on plasma physics
farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/plasma/lectures

Quantitative discussion of fusion
www-fusion-magnetique.cea.fr/gb

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Chapter 10: Generation and transmission of electricity, energy storage, and fuel cells

US Department of Energy
www.energy.gov

UK Fuel Cell Association
www.fuelcellsuk.org

On-line encyclopedia
www.wikipedia.org

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Chapter 11: Energy and society

Articles on climate change
www.newscientist.com/topic/climate-change

Economics of climate change
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/stern_review_report.cfm

Intergovernment panel on climate change
www.ipcc.ch

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