Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology

This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in the field of green information systems as well as green information and communication technology (ICT).

While covering the fascinating history of wind power as a whole, this timely handbook focuses on current technological developments and the promise-and pitfalls-of wind energy as part of the world's energy future.

Wastewater Treatment Using Green Synthesis discusses advances in wastewater treatment with a focus on biological processes.

How are indigenous and local people faring in their dealings with mining and related industries in the first part of the 21st century?

This book focuses on the construction of remote islands and reefs in the Maritime Silk Road.

Large-scale commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technology has been hindered by issues of reliability, durability, and cost, which are all related to the degradation of fuel cell performance.

Wastewater Treatment Using Green Synthesis discusses advances in wastewater treatment with a focus on biological processes.

This book presents a panoramic look at the transformation of the transmission network in the context of the energy transition.

Through waste-to-energy (WtE) technology, relevant WtE plants use waste as a renewable fuel to co-produce electricity, heating, and cooling for urban utilization.

Bioenergy Research: Advances and Applications brings biology and engineering together to address the challenges of future energy needs.

Solid Fuels and Heavy Hydrocarbon Liquids: Thermal Characterisation and Analysis, Second Edition integrates the developments that have taken place since publication of the first edition in 2006.

Through an examination of carbon footprint metaphors, this books demonstrates the ways in which climate change and other ecological issues are culturally and materially constituted through metaphor.

This book examines the development of bilateral energy relations between China and the two oil-rich countries, Kazakhstan and Russia.

Renewable Diesel: Value Chain, Sustainability, and Challenges presents a holistic reference on the production of renewable diesel, from fundamentals to state-of-the-art.

Experimental Methods in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics focuses on how to analyze and solve the classic heat transfer and fluid mechanics measurement problems in one book.

This book analyses the case-law of the European Court of Justice on free movement in the energy sector.

Green Design, Materials and Manufacturing Processes includes essential research in the field of sustainable intelligent manufacturing and related topics, containing reviewed papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Intelligent Manufacturing 2013.

This book presents readers with an integrated modeling approach for analyzing and understanding the interconnection of water, energy, and food resources and discusses the relationship between resilience and sustainability of the food- energy -water (FEW) system.

This book gathers selected research papers presented at the Third International Conference on Energy Systems, Drives, and Automations (ESDA 2020).

This book provides a comprehensive, hands-on approach to bioclimatic building design in Africa.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This book examines state-of-the-art techniques for using recycled materials for structural concrete production, and explores the use of concrete with metallurgical slag, rheology of fresh recycled concrete, and life-cycle analysis of building materials.

Until very recently, energy supply of the world has been treated as being nearly inexhaustible.

Engineering the physical, chemical, and energy properties of lignocellulosic biomass is important to produce high-quality consistent feedstocks with reduced variability for biofuels production.

In recent years, the Circular Economy (CE) has gained worldwide attention as an effective alternative economic system to the current take-make-waste model of production and consumption.

Springer Proceedings in Physics publishes the latest research from the 9th International Symposium on Hydrogen Energy, Renewable Energy and Materials.

The Green Solar Cities, EU-Concerto project focuses on the practical large scale implementation of solar energy technologies in combination with new build and retrofit low energy building in the cities of Copenhagen, with its city part Valby, in Denmark and Salzburg in Austria.

Drawing on the authors' extensive research and project implementation around the globe, this book provides detailed knowledge for converting solar radiation into a suitable energy supply.

This book describes the risks, impacts, measures, actions and adaptation policies that have developed globally as a result of the severe impacts of global climate change.

This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in the field of green information systems and green information and communication technology (ICT).

Technologies for Biochemical Conversion of Biomass introduces biomass biochemical conversion technology, including the pretreatment platform, enzyme platform, cell refining platform, sugar platform, fermentation platform, and post-treatment platform.

The internal heat of the planet Earth represents an inexhaustible reservoir of thermal energy known as Geothermal Energy.

Geomechanics of Sand Production and Control delivers a convenient resource for both academia and professionals to gain understanding and results surrounding sand production.

This Brief presents the impact of climatic abnormalities on hydropower potential of different regions of the World.

Wind energy is gaining critical ground in the area of renewable energy, with wind energy being predicted to provide up to 8% of the world's consumption of electricity by 2021.

Introduction to AI techniques for Renewable Energy SystemArtificial Intelligence (AI) techniques play an essential role in modeling, analysis, and prediction of the performance and control of renewable energy.

This book provides state-of-the-art reviews, current research and prospects of producing hydrogen using bio, thermal and electrochemical methods and covers hydrogen separation, storage and applications.

This book presents research dedicated to solving scientific and technological problems in many areas of electronics, photonics and renewable energy.

This book highlights state-of-the-art research findings on floating developments in both inland and coastal waters with focus on living, recreation and working offshore.

This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of agricultural technologies engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 15th International Congress on Agricultural Mechanization and Energy in Agriculture (ANKAgEng), held in Antalya, Turkey on October 29 - November 1, 2022.

The European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conferences are dedicated to accelerating the impetus towards sustainable development of global PV markets.

Handbook of Energy and Environmental Security educates the reader about the wider dimensions of the distinctive yet intertwined subjects of 'energy security and 'environmental security'.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research, innovations, and practical applications in the field of sustainability, with a focus on construction materials and their use in building and civil engineering structures.

This extensive and expansive book focuses on three core areas of detail: the design, construction, and classification criteria for offshore bottom-load wind turbines; offshore floating-load wind turbines; and the global performance and integrated load analysis of offshore wind turbines.

Global energy demand is likely to rise substantially by the mid-21st century.