By Christopher Turek, Solar Energy International Director of Online and Student Services

As part of Solar Energy International's Textbook Series, one of the first books to be released is an iPad / eBook that covers the basics and fundamentals of leading renewable energy applications and an overview of Solar Energy International's mission. It is now available in iTunes for $19.99.

Solar Energy International's "Introduction to Renewable Energy" eBook is for those who wish to learn the basics of renewable energy - including where it is found, how we can harvest it for use in our homes and businesses and how it can help ease pressures on the environment.

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As a nonprofit educational organization, Solar Energy International is also presented in this eBook to showcase the efforts SEI has put forth to promote renewable energy over the last 20 years. All proceeds from this eBook benefit SEI's nonprofit efforts for renewable energy education.

Intended for high schools, colleges, technical trade schools and adult learners, this eBook presents renewable energy in its many forms - introducing the reader to solar, wind, micro-hydro and other renewable energy technologies.

Again, this is one of the first books to be launch in the broader SEI Textbook Series. Pre-orders are also going on now for SEI's highly anticipated "Solar Electric Handbook: Photovoltaic Fundamentals and Applications" textbook shipping early summer 2012. Click here for more information about SEI's  Textbook Series >>