Each title in this series addresses an environmental topic and illustrates its aspects with the help of maps. This title presents energy resources, and explains key ideas, concepts and vocabulary. Twelve spreads each introduce an area of the world, including a map locating relevant sites, graphs offering comparative data and photography.
A spread at the back of the book provides further study and comparison exercises.

This book is part of a book series called Maps Of the Environmental World .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

After travelling widely as a Naval Officer, Jack Gillett taught geography for over 25 years and has written more than 20 books for KS2 to A-level. He is also an experienced GCSE Geography Examiner.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The World - The growing need for energy
• 2: The British Isles - Wind power
• 3: Europe - Fossil fuels
• 4: Europe - Wave and tidal power
• 5: Russian Federation and Kazakhstan - Natural gas
• 6: The Middle East - Oil
• 7: India - Biomass energy
• 8: China - Coal
• 9: Japan - Nuclear power
• 10: Australia - Uranium mining
• 11: New Zealand - Geothermal energy
• 12: North America - Hydro-electric power
• 13: Brazil - Ethanol production
• 14: Africa - Fuelwood
• 15: Africa - Solar energy
• 16: Now test yourself!
• 17: Glossary
• 18: Index