BIBLIOGRAPHY

Textbook references for power engineering

The explanations of how power plants, grids and electricity markets work on this site follow standard university textbooks and engineering handbooks. Data about individual plants comes from the official inventories listed on data sources.

Power systems

Power System Analysis and Design (6th ed.) — Glover, J. D., Overbye, T. J. & Sarma, M. S., Cengage Learning, 2017 · ISBN 978-1-305-63213-4
Used on: Electricity grids and markets: who does what? · How to read a power-plant inventory without overclaiming
Power System Dynamics: Stability and Control (3rd ed.) — Machowski, J., Lubosny, Z., Bialek, J. W. & Bumby, J. R., Wiley, 2020 · ISBN 978-1-119-52634-6
Used on: Comparing countries’ electricity mixes fairly
Power System Stability and Control — Kundur, P., McGraw-Hill, 1994 · ISBN 978-0-07-035958-1

Electricity markets

Fundamentals of Power System Economics (2nd ed.) — Kirschen, D. S. & Strbac, G., Wiley, 2018 · ISBN 978-1-119-21324-6
Used on: Power plant owners, operators and grid operators · Electricity grids and markets: who does what?
Power System Economics: Designing Markets for Electricity — Stoft, S., Wiley-IEEE Press, 2002 · ISBN 978-0-471-15040-4
Used on: Electricity grids and markets: who does what?

Energy fundamentals

Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems (2nd ed.) — Masters, G. M., Wiley-IEEE Press, 2013 · ISBN 978-1-118-14062-8
Used on: Solar photovoltaic plant · Hydropower station · Battery storage · MW vs MWh: reading power and energy correctly · Capacity factor: what it tells you about a power plant · Battery and pumped storage: MW, MWh and duration · Solar capacity explained: MWac, MWdc and real output
Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air — MacKay, D. J. C., UIT Cambridge, 2009 · ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3 · free to read
Used on: Tidal stream turbine · MW vs MWh: reading power and energy correctly · Renewable vs low-carbon electricity: what’s the difference? · Electricity carbon intensity: units and comparisons · Comparing countries’ electricity mixes fairly
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach (9th ed.) — Çengel, Y. A. & Boles, M. A., McGraw-Hill Education, 2019 · ISBN 978-1-259-82267-4
Used on: Nuclear power station · Combined-cycle gas plant · Coal-fired power station

Wind

Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application (2nd ed.) — Manwell, J. F., McGowan, J. G. & Rogers, A. L., Wiley, 2009 · ISBN 978-0-470-01500-1
Used on: Wind turbine · Wind farms: turbine ratings, weather and electricity output
Wind Energy Handbook (3rd ed.) — Burton, T., Jenkins, N., Bossanyi, E., Sharpe, D. & Graham, M., Wiley, 2021 · ISBN 978-1-119-45109-9
Used on: Wind turbine · Wind farms: turbine ratings, weather and electricity output

Solar

Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering (2nd ed.) — Luque, A. & Hegedus, S. (eds.), Wiley, 2011 · ISBN 978-0-470-72169-8
Used on: Solar photovoltaic plant · Solar capacity explained: MWac, MWdc and real output

Hydropower

Hydropower Engineering Handbook — Gulliver, J. S. & Arndt, R. E. A. (eds.), McGraw-Hill, 1991 · ISBN 978-0-07-025193-9 · free to read
Used on: Hydropower station · Hydropower: reservoirs, rivers and pumped storage

Nuclear

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (4th ed.) — Lamarsh, J. R. & Baratta, A. J., Pearson, 2017 · ISBN 978-0-13-457005-1
Used on: Nuclear power station

Thermal power

Combined-Cycle Gas & Steam Turbine Power Plants (3rd ed.) — Kehlhofer, R., Hannemann, F., Stirnimann, F. & Rukes, B., PennWell, 2009 · ISBN 978-1-59370-168-0
Used on: Combined-cycle gas plant
Steam: Its Generation and Use (42nd ed.) — Babcock & Wilcox Company, Babcock & Wilcox, 2015 · ISBN 978-0-9634570-2-8
Used on: Coal-fired power station · Biomass and waste-to-energy plant

Geothermal

Geothermal Power Plants: Principles, Applications, Case Studies and Environmental Impact (4th ed.) — DiPippo, R., Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier), 2016 · ISBN 978-0-08-100879-9
Used on: Geothermal power plant

Bioenergy

Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis and Torrefaction: Practical Design and Theory (3rd ed.) — Basu, P., Academic Press, 2018 · ISBN 978-0-12-812992-0
Used on: Biomass and waste-to-energy plant

Storage

Linden's Handbook of Batteries (5th ed.) — Beard, K. W. (ed.), McGraw-Hill Education, 2019 · ISBN 978-1-260-11592-5
Used on: Battery storage · Battery and pumped storage: MW, MWh and duration

Ocean energy

Ocean Energy: Tide and Tidal Power — Charlier, R. H. & Finkl, C. W., Springer, 2009 · ISBN 978-3-540-77931-5
Used on: Tidal stream turbine

Bibliographic details were checked against publisher and library catalogue pages on 29 September 2026. Links go to the publisher, or to a free legal copy where the author or library provides one.