List of books about renewable energy

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This is a bibliography of renewable energy.

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) account for another 3% and are growing very rapidly.{{cite web|url=http://www.ren21.net/Portals/97/documents/GSR/GSR2011_Master18.pdf |title=Renewables 2011: Global Status Report |author=REN21 |year=2011 |page=17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905003859/http://www.ren21.net/Portals/97/documents/GSR/GSR2011_Master18.pdf |archivedate=2011-09-05 }}

Total investment in renewable energy reached $244 billion in 2012. The top countries for investment in recent years were China, Germany, Spain, the United States, Italy, and Brazil.REN21 (2012). [http://www.map.ren21.net/GSR/GSR2012.pdf Renewables Global Status Report 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215215616/http://www.map.ren21.net/GSR/GSR2012.pdf |date=2012-12-15 }} p. 17.{{cite web|url=http://www.ren21.net/Portals/97/documents/GSR/GSR2011_Master18.pdf |title=Renewables 2011: Global Status Report |author=REN21 |year=2011 |page=35 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905003859/http://www.ren21.net/Portals/97/documents/GSR/GSR2011_Master18.pdf |archivedate=2011-09-05 }} Leading renewable energy companies include BrightSource Energy, Enercon, First Solar, Gamesa, GE Energy, Goldwind, Nordex, Sinovel, Suntech, Trina Solar, Vestas and Yingli.Top of the list, Renewable Energy World, 2 January 2006.Keith Johnson, [https://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/03/25/wind-shear-ge-wins-vestas-loses-in-wind-power-market-race/ Wind Shear: GE Wins, Vestas Loses in Wind-Power Market Race], Wall Street Journal, March 25th 2009, accessed on January 7th 2010.