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The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living | 
 enlarge | Author: William H. Kemp
Publisher: Aztext Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  18 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 592
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0973323329
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.042
EAN: 9780973323320
ASIN: 0973323329
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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Product Description
As oil prices continue to rise, many people are starting to think about how to unhook from the electricity grid. The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses completely on off-grid, sustainable living and rural energy independence. Author/engineer William Kemp, who is a leading expert in small and mid-scale renewable energy technologies, designed and built his own off-grid home. The result is a house that has all the standard "middle class" creature comforts while using less than five times the total fossil-fuel energy of the average North American house. The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses on the unique requirements of off-grid living and contains chapters on energy conservation, heating and cooling, backup power, domestic water heating, wireless communications, photovoltaic, wind and microhydro energy generation, battery selection, and inverters. Since its release in 2003, The Renewable Energy Handbook has been a top-selling technology book and is recognized as the best book in its field. The book is augmented with hundreds of illustrations, line drawings, photographs and appendices.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 tripe July 11, 2008
Zeke Hefko
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a web site printed out in large type. Books printed thirty years earlier are more usefull.
 Awesome book! June 27, 2008
S. Guyette (New Hampshire, USA)
Helpful and informative. Easy to understand diagrams and explanations in plain English (i.e. you don't have to be ultra-tech-savvy to understand it).
 informative June 18, 2008
Joseph L. Engelbrecht (Bondurant, Iowa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lots of useful info. Gives you a new way to look at the world.
 The Good and Bad June 18, 2008
W. Koonce (Bellevue, NE United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would have given this book a four-star rating if not for the preaching that permeated each chapter. I didn't buy this book to learn how to save the planet from evil, wasteful humans. Having written that, the author does a good job explaining varied methods to exist without relying on the commercial power grid. Descriptions on different methods/technologies to accommodate the want to be self-sufficient when it comes to electrical power are comprehensive.
Renewable Energy Handbook June 5, 2008
Kyle Kleinpeter (Abilene, TX)
William Kemp does an excellent job of explaining and organizing your options for renewable energy sources. Even for the beginner, this is an easy to read and understand, and can be used as a reference guide. I bought this book to understand my options for my new build.
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