Alternative and renewable energy sources and techn Books

As part of the effort to increase the contribution of solar cells (photovoltaics) to our energy mix, this book addresses three main areas: making existing technology cheaper, promoting advanced technologies based on new architectural designs, and...

The world is moving towards cleaner, more sustainable sources of energy, and the transportation sector is no exception. As the demand for more environmentally friendly modes of transportation grows, hydrogen power has emerged as a promising solution. But...

This brief provides an in-depth exploration of seawater splitting electrocatalysts, emphasizing critical challenges such as sustaining high current density, achieving oxygen evolution reaction (OER) selectivity, and utilizing earth-abundant materials. It...

This book is an interdisciplinary study linking the circular economy and renewable energy, satisfying the public interest in sustainable energy solutions from a social, political, economic, and technological perspective. The book considers all subjects...

The book starts with a foundational overview, providing readers with insights into the evolution of battery technology and the historical backdrop that has shaped the landscape of zinc-sulfur batteries before looking into their chemistry and construction...

Anaerobic digestion is a core technology for sustainable waste(water) management and renewable energy recovery from waste sources. This book introduces and brings readers up to date with anaerobic digestion and its applications. It refreshes readers on...

This book presents state-of-the-art solid waste management in developing countries. It outlines the impact of poor solid waste management on human health and the environment and examines appropriate solid waste management technologies for the developing...

This book consists of selected and peer-reviewed papers of 2022 5th International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering (CGEEE 2022), held in Jeju Island, Korea during July 28-30, 2022. CGEEE 2022 provides a forum for researchers and...

The 2022 Congress on Research, Development, and Innovation in Renewable Energies (CIDiER 2022) promotes international collaboration on ideas and dialogue around climate change solutions through research and development that leads to clean energy...

Dieses Buch bietet eine Einführung in die meteorologischen Randbedingungen für die Stromerzeugung aus Wind - sowohl an Land als auch auf See - und liefert meteorologische Informationen für die Planung und den Betrieb dieser wichtigen erneuerbaren...

This book provides an in-depth introduction to all major control and stability issues related to microgrids. It is the first book to offer a comprehensive look into the methodologies and philosophies behind system modeling, coordinated control, and...

This book shows possible solutions to how a profitable energy supply can be implemented with almost no population resistance. Worldwide, more than 80 % of our energy needs are still covered by fossil fuels. Under these circumstances, can climate change...

Towards Net Zero in the Building Industry looks at the contributions that the building and construction industry can (and must) make to help achieve net zero carbon emissions. The building industry accounts for close to 40% of global emissions and...

AI-Powered IoT in the Energy Industry: Digital Technology and Sustainable Energy Systems looks at opportunities to employ cutting-edge applications of artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Machine Learning (ML) in designing and...

This handbook discusses the latest developments in biorefinery technologies for waste-to-energy conversion. The growing global population and the accompanying increase in consumption and waste production make it urgent to find the best possible use of...

This book is intended to assist in the development of smart and efficient green energy solutions. It introduces energy systems, power generation, and power demands which able to minimise generation costs, power loss or environmental effects. It...

​Achieving Building Comfort by Natural Means explores examples of green building designs and methods that are currently being used around the world to achieve human comfort in buildings. The operation of buildings accounts for more than 40% of total...

This textbook is about economically competitive renewable energy sources (RES), including onshore and offshore wind, solar and small-hydro plants, and focusing on the electricity production from these sources.Clearly divided into sections discussing the...

This book investigates innovative solutions to increase the share of renewable engery in the global power mix, with a particular focus on improved and sustainable biomass conversion technologies. To this end, the book deals with an analysis of the...

This book provides an insight into the design, modeling, control, and application of multiphase hybrid permanent magnet machines for electrified powertrains in electric and hybrid electric vehicles. The authors present an overview of electric and hybrid...

This book introduces current managerial approaches to energy production and energy use. The volume analyses how to manage technological developments that contribute to lowering the price of energy production and also focuses on the impact renewable...

This book is a contribution by the presenters of the 2020 International Conference on the Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The Nile basin is facing unprecedented level of water right challenges after the construction of GERD has begun...

What is project finance? What makes project or structured finance so relevant for large renewable energy infrastructure? Which vocabulary do I need to know in order to speak the same language during meetings with lawyers, investors, bankers and...

This volume presents a timely recognition, warning and mapping of the fast approaching wave, or "bio-tsunami", of global socio-technical transformation, built by a much wider spectrum of converging powers, including biotechnology, new agriculture, novel...

This book includes the proceedings of the Sustaining Tomorrow 2020 symposium and summit which bring together research from experts in academia, industry, and policy arenas to uncover the challenges and to forge solutions to sustain tomorrow. To sustain...

This book is a selected collection of 54 peer-reviewed original scientific research papers of the 5th International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (GTSD2020) organised in Vietnam in 2020. It highlights the importance of...

This book gathers together innovative research and practical findings relating to urban mobility transformation. It is especially intended to provide academicians, researchers, practitioners and decision makers with effective strategies and techniques...

This book explores the bioclimatic approach to building design. Constant innovations in the field are evident, including the need to face climate changes and increase the local resilience at different scales (regional, urban, architectural). Differently...

So machen Sie sich unabhängig von steigenden Strompreisen, holen sich Fördergelder vom Staat und verdienen mit Ihrer eigenen Solaranlage sogar noch Geld, ohne technische Kenntnisse zu habenDie Strompreise sind in den vergangenen Jahren kontinuierlich...

Details integrated sustainable designs for energy and environmental engineering as well as computer science. Discusses the key components of energy as well as the main elements of sustainability. Covers smart computational technologies in the domain of...

Details the latest progress on clean energy technology, presenting advances in research on devices for production of new types of solar cells and hydrogen generation. Potential applications for promotion of green processes and techniques, novel forms of...

This is the most comprehensive guide ever written on renewables technology and engineering, intended to cater for the rapidly growing numbers of present and future engineers who are keen to lead the revolution.All the main sectors are covered -...

This book covers the full range of engineering topics from harvesting energy from the wind through to transmission and connection to the National Grid.

This book consolidates recent research on technologies, concepts and commercial developments in renewable energy engineering. It provides an overview of the practices and technologies, and details concepts like solar thermal systems, fuel cell...

In the monograph on Fault diagnosis for electric power systems and electric vehicles, the following issues are analyzed

Electric Power Systems Analysis" is one of the most challenging courses of the Electric Power Engineering major which is taught for junior students.

The contents of the present monograph on Intelligent Control for Electric Power Systems and Electric Vehicles, are outlined as follows

This book addresses the increasing energy demand associated with the global refrigeration industry driven by the need for cooling. It proposes the substitution of vapor compression refrigeration systems (VCRS) with vapor absorption refrigeration systems...

This book presents different aspects of renewable energy integration, from the latest developments in renewable energy technologies to the currently growing smart grids. The importance of different renewable energy sources is discussed, in order to...

This book focuses on the issues of integrating large-scale renewable power generation into existing grids. The issues covered in this book include different types of renewable power generation along with their transmission and distribution, storage and...

The present study has attempted to apply the advantage of neuro-genetic algorithms for optimal decision making in maximum utilization of natural resources. Hydro-power is one of the inexpensive, but a reliable source of alternative energy which is...

This book highlights the design of a new type of solar chimney that has lower height and bigger diameter, and discusses its applications. The bigger diameter chimneys are introduced showing cold inflow phenomena that significantly reduced the performance...

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2020). This book covers papers on contemporary renewable energy and environmental technologies which include water...

This book provides recent trends and innovation in solar energy. It covers the basic principles and applications of solar energy systems. Various topics covered in this book include introduction and overview of solar energy, solar PV generation, solar...

This book discusses the macromolecular characterization of hydrocarbon components and their industrial applications for sustainable future development. It provides efficient integrated solutions and feasible industrial applications for sustainable...

This book presents a series of new topologies and modulation schemes for soft-switching in isolated DC-DC converters. Providing detailed analyses and design procedures for converters used in a broad range of applications, it offers a wealth of...