Sustainable energy solutions /
edited by Klaus Petritsch.
- Oakville, Ontario : Delve Publishing, c2018.
- xvii, 421 pages : color illustrations
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Includes index.
Chapter 1: Hydropower - The Sustainability Dilemma Chapter 2: Small Wind Turbines: Specification, Design, And Economic Evaluation Chapter 3: Enhancing Wave Energy Competitiveness Through Co-Located Wind and Wave Energy Farms. A Review on the Shadow Effect Chapter 4: Optimizing Hybrid Renewable Energy System: A Review Chapter 5: Sustainability of Off-Grid Photovoltaic System for Rural Electrification In Developing Countries: A Review Chapter 6: Geothermal Energy: Delivering on the Global Potential Chapter 7: Global Biomass Production Potentials Exceed Expected Future Demand Without the Need for Cropland Expansion Chapter 8: Optimal Bioenergy Power Generation for Climate Change Mitigation With or Without Carbon Sequestration Chapter 9: Positioning Nuclear Power in the Low-Carbon Electricity Transition Chapter 10: Upscaling of Integrated Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting Devices to Large Areas Chapter 11: A Critical Study of Stationary Energy Storage Policies In Australia In an International Context: The Role of Hydrogen and Battery Technologies
This book provides a technological and scientific endeavor to assist society and farming communities in different regions and scales to improve their productivity and sustainability. The text coverage is presented into four sections. First section focuses on the conversion of moving water or air (wind) into electricity and solar, solar-hybrids, and geothermal energy-sources are presented in second section. Furthermore, biofuel and biomass energy production is asserted in three section and section four, hydrogen and nuclear power, addresses important issues like the need to phase out nuclear power due to technical and economic incompatibility with renewables.
In English text.
9781984602466 (e-book)
Renewable energy sources. Sustainable development.