Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology

Emerging Dynamics: Science, Energy, Society and Values focuses on the impact of science, science-based technology and scientific values on present-day humanity and its future.

This book examines the performance of oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converters.

This book examines the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Latin America, with a particular focus on Brazil.

This book describes practical ways to understand energy and water use in organizations and then manage or control that use, thereby reducing risk and cost.

This book provides an insight into the complexities of weaning Nigeria from its fossil fuels addiction while growing the economy on low carbon trajectory.

The 3rd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials (ENEFM2015) was held from 19-23 October 2015.

This book is devoted to the analysis and applications of energy, exergy, and environmental issues in all sectors of the economy, including industrial processes, transportation, buildings, and services.

This book presents selected contributions to the Pan-American Congress of Naval Engineering, Maritime Transport and Port Engineering (COPINAVAL), which is in its twenty-fifth edition and has become a reference event for the global maritime and port sector, attracting more and more participants from different countries.

This book discusses aspects of policy and techno-economic analysis of renewable energy in developing countries.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the nature of manifestation and general aspects of thermal springs of Odisha.

This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system.

This book offers examples of how data science, big data, analytics, and cloud technology can be used in healthcare to significantly improve a hospital's IT Energy Efficiency along with information on the best ways to improve energy efficiency for healthcare in a cost effective manner.

This book details a process of creating a long-term sustainability and resilience plan for local governments to use in designing and implementing sustainability and resilience-related policies, initiatives, and programs.

This book describes for first time the synthesis and intensified process design in the production of top biofuels.

This textbook fosters information exchange and discussion on all aspects of introductory matters of modern mechanical engineering from a number of perspectives including: mechanical engineering as a profession, materials and manufacturing processes, machining and machine tools, tribology and surface engineering, solid mechanics, applied and computational mechanics, mechanical design, mechatronics and robotics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, renewable energies, biomechanics, nanoengineering and nanomechanics.

This book addresses the societal aspects of harnessing geothermal resources for different uses, such as power production, heating and cooling.

This volume discusses how small bioreactors can produce useful biogas and compost from biodegradable waste.

This book introduces the current challenges in modern wind turbine analysis, design and development, and provides a comprehensive examination of state-of-the-art technologies from both academia and industry.

This book discusses the basic principles and processes of solar energy conversion in natural photosynthesis.

This book systematically describes and evaluates the impact of energy cooperatives as a key driving force in the German energy transition toward a sustainability-oriented energy sector.

This book presents a unique analysis of the sustainability performance of various renewable energy sources, based on Brazilian case studies.

This book presents the state of the art in biogas production using anaerobic digestion technology, with an emphasis on waste utilization/valorization.

This book reports on the design, synthesis and characterization of new small molecule electron acceptors for polymer solar cells.

This book elucidates what it means to transition to alternative sources of energy and discusses the potential for this energy transition to be a more democratic process.

This book is a sociological account of the historical trajectory of feed-in tariffs (FITs) as an instrument for the promotion of renewable energy in Europe.

This book focuses on developing strategies for ultra-lean combustion of natural gas and hydrogen, and contributes to the research on extending the lean flammability limit of hydrogen and air using a hot supersonic jet.

This book explores key theoretical and empirical issues related to the development and implementation of planning strategies that can provide guidance on the transition to climate-compatible and low-carbon urban development.

This book comprises a selection of the top contributions presented at the second international conference "e;Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2017"e;, held in March 2017 in Bolzano, Italy.

This book offers a theoretical model of feed-in tariffs and provides different investigations into the promotion of renewable energy.

In addition to describing core concepts and principles, this book reveals professional methodologies and tools used by national agencies and private corporations to predict sites' potential for wind and solar power generation.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on fully thermal and hybrid solar generators based on thermoelectric devices.

This book presents new approaches to R&D of piezoelectric actuators and generators of different types based on established, original constructions and contemporary research into framework of theoretical, experimental, and numerical methods of physics, mechanics, and materials science.

The book summarizes the current state of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology in power generation applications.

This thesis investigates the use of blade-pitch control and real-time wind measurements to reduce the structural loads on the rotors and blades of wind turbines.

Significant progress has been made by industrial countries to reduce emissions from the use of fossil fuels, but as the economies of the less-developed regions of the world begin to expand, they too will face similar challenges.

This book takes the reader on a journey from the moment that raw wood material enters the factory to the final pellet consumption.

This book presents a review and in-depth analyses of improved biotechnological processes emphasizing critical aspects and challenges of lignocellulosic biomass conversion into biofuels and value-added products especially using extremophiles and recombinant microorganisms.

This book presents the energy system roadmaps necessary to limit global temperature increase to below 2(deg)C, in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

This book discusses recent developments in renewable and sustainable materials from a green technology perspective and how these materials interact with the environment.

This book discusses the design and scheduling of residential, industrial, and commercial energy hubs, and their integration into energy storage technologies and renewable energy sources.

This book focuses on the use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in the production of biofuels.

This book focuses on solar energy and its applications in Iraq and its neighboring countries.

This book presents numerical and experimental research in the field of wind energy exploitation in urban environments.

This book presents a practical framework for the application of big data, cloud, and pervasive and complex systems to sustainable solutions for urban environmental challenges.

This book advances the use of biodiesel-more environmentally friendly than traditional fossil fuels-by showing how it can be synthesized at a lower cost, with greater efficiency and as a more pure and stable product.

This textbook is intended for engineering students taking courses in power electronics, renewable energy sources, smart grids or static power converters.

This book includes the latest research presented at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energetic Systems held in Tipaza, Algeria on October 22-24, 2017.

This book is a compilation of recent research on distributed optimization algorithms for the integral load management of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) fleets and their potential services to the electricity system.

This book offers an introduction to the meteorological boundary conditions for power generation from wind - both onshore and offshore, and provides meteorological information for the planning and running of this important renewable energy source.

This book provides a single-source reference for whole life embodied impacts of buildings.