Introduction to Alternative and Renewable Energy: Alternative Energy - New Directions

These presentation slides are intended for use in a college-level introductory course in alternative and renewable energy. The slides covers new directions for alternative energy including thermoacoustics, thermoelectrics, magnetocalorics, sun heat thermochemical storage, liquid metal batteris and fusion. Information on fusion covers magnetic confinement and inertial confinement. Each technology is described and useful graphics are included to illustrate the material. This presentation may be downloaded in PDF file format.