1st Edition
Key Thinkers for the Information Society Volume One
Key Thinkers for the Information Society provides an introduction to some important social theorists whose work has considerable relevance to today's 'brave new world' of information and communication technologies. With the aim of widening current perspectives on the information society, each contributor introduces a particular theorist and discusses the way in which their insights can be reintroduced into debates regarding the social, political and cultural impact of ICTs. Theorists presented in Volume 1 include some well-known and some less well-known figures: Walter Benjamin; Murray Edeleman; Jacques Ellul; Harold Innes; Lewis Mumford; Karl Polanyi; Eric Elmer Scattachneider and Raymond Williams. Each has something fresh and pertinent to say and taken as a whole this volume provides an exciting new resource for contemporary studies.
Members of The Watt Committee on Energy Working Group on Renewable Energy Sources
Foreword
G.K.C.PARDOE
PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE REPORT
Introduction and summary
The place of renewable energy as an energy source
R.SCHNEIDER
PART 2: TYPES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
Tidal energy
Wave energy
Wind energy
Small scale hydro-electric energy
Geothermal energy
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
Solar thermal technologies and photovoltaics
Biofuels
PART 3: SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS
Environment
Integration of renewable energy sources in electrical power systems
Economics of renewable energy sources
The Watt Committee on Energy: Objectives, Historical Background and Current Programme
Member Institutions of The Watt Committee on Energy
Watt Committee Reports
Biography
May, Christopher