Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology

This book presents recent advances in the development of biomaterials for industrial applications, and discusses the potential for substituting environmentally hazardous substances with environmentally friendly and degradable components.

The second edition of Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics, first published in 2001, provides an updated account of the underlying science, technology and market prospects for photovoltaics.

This book focuses on crystalline silicon solar cell science and technology.

Fuel Cells Technology and Electrode Materials for Sustainable Future presents an up-to-date review of the latest advancements in fuel cell technology and materials, including a comprehensive examination of the synthesis, characterization, and application of electrode materials for fuel cells.

Haus Sanierung lohnt sichExplodierende Energiekosten, Klimaschutz und Sanierungspflicht stellen immer mehr Immobilienbesitzer von älteren Gebäuden vor die Herausforderung, diese energetisch auf den neusten Stand zu bringen.

Authored by world-class scientists and scholars, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life.

In Volume 6 of the Advances in Solar Energy we have specifically targeted for a review the rich experience of the Power Utilities.

This book presents the basics of flame propagation, emphasizing the combustion of ethanol, hydrogen, and ammonia, which are fuels that could make combustion sustainable.

Cold Water Oil: Offshore Petroleum Cultures is a collection of essays examining how societies conceive of fossil fuel extraction in the inhospitable but fragile waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

Compiling knowledge gained through more than 50 years of experience in environmental engineering technology, this book illustrates the application of fundamental concepts in microbiology to provide a sound basis for the design and operation of various biological systems used in solving environmental challenges in the air, water, and soil.

This edited volume presents new insights and challenges in the field of electric mobility in relation to new mobility and infrastructure concepts as well as to renewable energies.

This book assesses China's reputation as a global clean energy champion, and applies institutional and public policy theories to explain how the country has achieved so much and why there continue to be so many unintended consequences and constraints to progress.

The interplay between land use and climate change is a crucial aspect of sustainable development, especially in Nepal.

This book traces the history and implementation of regulation programs for state crude oil production.

With the introduction of Industry 4.

This book presents an overview of state-of-the art approaches to determine thermal safety margins in nuclear reactors.

Transportation electrification, particularly using electric vehicles (EV), has been widely suggested to mitigate global warming and energy security issues due to their economic and environmental benefits.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 5th ECML PKDD Workshop on Data Analytics for Renewable Energy Integration, DARE 2017, held in Skopje, Macedonia, in September 2017.

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This book features cutting-edge research presented at the second international conference on Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energetic Systems, IC-AIRES2018, held on 24-26 November 2018, at the High School of Commerce, ESC-Kolea in Tipaza, Algeria.

From its very beginnings, the Conservation Commission has devoted a large part of its research to long-term energy analyses.

Ensuring optimum ventilation performance is a vital part of building design.

This comprehensive reference is a state-of-the-art survey of biomass as an energy carrier for the provision of heat, electricity, and transportation fuel, considering technical, economic, environmental, and social aspects.

This book offers a solutions-based approach to climate change problems which potentially impinge on human beings within the tropics.

This monograph features what happens when light meets molecules.

There is increasing recognition that low-cost, high capacity processes for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals are essential for expanding the utilization of carbon neutral processes, reducing dependency on fossil fuel resources, and increasing rural income.

Buildings can breathe naturally, without the use of mechanical systems, if you design the spaces properly.

Multiphysics of Wind Turbines in Extreme Loading Conditions addresses the extreme transient loading of wind turbines through a multiphysics modeling approach, notably by considering the dynamic effects and the nonlinearities of the physics involved in such situations.

This book provides readers with sufficient insight into battery equalization control technologies from both theoretical and engineering perspectives.

Industry 4.

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the process of hydrogen production by water splitting, including materials used, methods and instrumentation.

As cities in developing countries grow and become more prosperous, energy use shifts from fuelwood to fuels like charcoal, kerosene, and coal, and, ultimately, to fuels such as liquid petroleum gas, and electricity.

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of hydrogen energy, hydrogen energy-related technologies and systems, and the environmental and economic impacts of hydrogen energy.

This book focuses on the low-carbon technologies presented at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, covering the utilization and application of renewable energy, new-type low-carbon technologies, low-carbon construction, water treatment, waste disposal and low-carbon transportation, etc.

From the discovery of fire to that of the atom, the development of human societies has largely been based on the conquest of energy.

Reducing your carbon emissions in an economic down-turn can be challenging, but saving the planet doesn't have to cost you more.

Pathways to a Smarter Power System studies different concepts within smart grids that are used in both industry and system regulators (e.

This practical text is an essential source of information for those wanting to know how to deal with the variability that exists in every engineering situation.

This book provides an essential overview of wind science and engineering, taking readers on a journey through the origins, developments, fundamentals, recent advancements and latest trends in this broad field.

Wärmepumpen – Ihr Einstieg in erneuerbare EnergienDie Energiekrise zeigt deutlich, wie dringlich eine Trendwende auf dem Heizungsmarkt hin zu erneuerbarer Wärme ist.

Compendium of Hydrogen Energy: Hydrogen Production and Purification, the first text in a four-volume series, focuses on the production of hydrogen.

Battery-Integrated Residential Energy Systems introduces battery energy storage systems (BESS) of residential systems and offers insight into modeling, managing, and controlling them.

Distributed Control and Cyber Security Issues in Microgrids presents a thorough treatment of distributed control methods and cyber security issues for power system researchers and engineers.

This books focuses on recent break-throughs in the development of a variety of photonic devices, serving distances ranging from mm to many km, together with their electronic counter-parts, e.

This book explores the theoretical background and provides an experimental analysis of using natural energy resources in sustainable building design.