Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology

Biophilic Urbanism provides readers with the tools to create more nature-based urban environments that are climate positive, sustainable, and healthy.

Environmental Sustainability Using Green Technologies explains the role of green engineering and social responsibility in the development of chemicals, processes, products, and systems.

Skyrocketing energy costs and constant reminders of the impacts of conventional energy sources are making homeowners and businesses look at different ways to use energy more efficiently and to generate their own electricity to reduce fuel bills and their carbon footprint.

In smart grids the formerly separated worlds of energy and telecommunication converge to an interactive and automated energy supply system.

Solar Hydrogen Production: Processes, Systems and Technologies presents the most recent developments in solar-driven hydrogen generation methods.

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This book provides an outstanding single-volume resource on the topic of solar energy for young adults and general audiences.

This book analyses the role of liquified natural gas in a decarbonising world and presents the most significant energy-transition options and implications for the liquified natural gas industry.

Sustainable Biofuels: Opportunities and challenges, a volume in the "e;Applied Biotechnology Reviews series, explores the state-of-the-art in research and applied technology for the conversion of all types of biofuels.

Some 35 years ago I was somewhat precariously balanced in a drilling derrick aligning a whipstock into a directional hole in North Holland by the Stokenbury method, and no doubt thinking to myself that I was at the very forefront of technology.

The polyurethane industry is among the fastest growing, with polyurethanes used in consumer as well as industrial sectors.

Provides a comprehensive picture of today s energy world, describes the potential for energy savings that can be achieved, and analyzes the technology developments which will lead to a 100% renewable energy-powered world The world is at the crossroads of either quickly changing the energy picture towards implementing efficient renewable energy sources or postponing this process by another generation.

This book provides insights to the lay person as well as the experts who are actively enabling these changes in the construction industry.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Green Information and Communication Systems for a Sustainable Future covers the fundamental concepts, applications, algorithms, protocols, new trends, challenges, and research results in the area of Green Information and Communication Systems.

Food Industry Wastes: Assessment and Recuperation of Commodities presents emerging techniques and opportunities for the treatment of food wastes, the reduction of water footprint, and creating sustainable food systems.

This book covers the utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuel production as well as other industrial applications such as in biotechnology, paper and pulp, chemical and bioplastics.

In wafer-based and thin-film photovoltaic (PV) devices, the management of light is a crucial aspect of optimization since trapping sunlight in active parts of PV devices is essential for efficient energy conversions.

This book provides authoritative information, techniques and data necessary for the appropriate understanding of biomass and biowaste (understood as contaminated biomass) composition and behaviour while processed in various conditions and technologies.

Rapidly developing countries such as China and India are the real main players in the climate debate, with the potential for massive increases in their carbon emissions in coming years.

This book explores the governance of smart cities from a holistic approach, arguing that the creation of smart cities must consider the specific circumstances of each country to improve the preservation, revitalisation, liveability, and sustainability of urban areas.

A Step-by-step Guide to Developing Innovative Computational Tools for Shallow Geothermal SystemsGeothermal heat is a viable source of energy and its environmental impact in terms of CO2 emissions is significantly lower than conventional fossil fuels.

Emerging Energy Materials: Applications and Challenges guides the reader through materials used in progressive energy systems.

TiO2 Nanotube Arrays: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications is the first book to provide an overview of this rapidly growing field.

Although green innovation and technology is not new, so far very limited information is available regarding the diversified approaches for green technologies and engineering.

The 8th installment of the REWAS conference series held at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition focuses on circular economy for the energy transition.

This book explores the governance of smart cities from a holistic approach, arguing that the creation of smart cities must consider the specific circumstances of each country to improve the preservation, revitalisation, liveability, and sustainability of urban areas.

This new edition of A Guide to Energy Management in Buildings begins by asking why we need to control energy use in buildings and proceeds to discuss how the energy consumption of a building can be assessed or estimated through an energy audit.

This book surveys state-of-the-art research on and developments in lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles.

Luminescent materials with advanced performance are in the research hot spot with the recent technical developments of the display, lighting, and fluorescence labeling.

The world's deserts are sufficiently large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their landmass with PV systems could generate many times the current primary global energy supply.

This book discusses light-based science, emphasizing its pervasive influence in science, technology, policy, and education.

This book addresses the case for a Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement (SETA) and the move from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

This book develops a method for economic-technological forecasting of the optimal functioning and parameters of the energy system.

The sixth volume of this handbook provides an overview of the research on the country-based experience of bioethanol fuels at large, Chinese, US, and European experience of bioethanol fuels, production of bioethanol fuel-based biohydrogen fuels for fuel cells, bioethanol fuel cells, and bioethanol fuel-based biochemicals with a collection of 17 chapters.

Used in the production of a wide number of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction represents a synthetic process of great interest to organic chemists of academia and industry.

This book investigates the role of law in enabling and addressing the barriers to the development of off-grid renewable electricity (OGRE).

Recent technological advancements in green nanotechnology have opened a brand-new avenue for research and development in the field of medicinal plant-mediated nanoparticles, biopolymers, biotechnology, and antimicrobial and biomedical research.

This thesis proposes a new raft-type wave-powered desalination device that can convert wave power into hydraulic energy and use reverse osmosis (RO) to directly desalinate seawater.

This edited book presents nanotechnology-based approaches to improve quality of biofuels production.

Flow and Heat Transfer in Geothermal Systems: Basic Equations for Description and Modeling Geothermal Phenomena and Technologies is the ideal reference for research in geothermal systems and alternative energy sources.

This book aims to inform readers about the recent developments in the evaluation and utilization of bioethanol fuels.

The proceedings presents a comprehensive collection of carefully selected papers from the 2nd International Conference on Smart Electrical Grid and Renewable Energy (SEGRE 2024).

The world's deserts are sufficiently large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their landmass with PV systems could generate many times the current primary global energy supply.

Sowohl die Elektromobilität als auch Carsharing-Konzepte besitzen hohe Bedeutung im Rahmen nachhaltiger Mobilitätskonzepte und der Energiewende in Deutschland.

This book covers alternative fuels and their utilization strategies in internal combustion engines.

Modeling and Optimization of Biomass Supply Chains: Top Down and Bottom Up Assessment for Agricultural, Forest and Waste Feedstock provides scientific evidence for assessing biomass supply and logistics, placing emphasis on methods, modeling capacities, large data collection, processing and storage.

Biomass finds its application as feedstock to produce biofuels and other value-added products, which finds usage in energy and environmental areas with particular focus on bioenergy production from different biomass and high-volume, medium-value industrial products.