Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities
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Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities

Empowering a Sustainable, Competitive, and Secure Twenty-First Century

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eBook - ePub

Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities

Empowering a Sustainable, Competitive, and Secure Twenty-First Century

About this book

Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities: Empowering a Sustainable, Competitive, and Secure Twenty-First Century, Second Edition, is a fully revised reference on advances in achieving successful energy transition. Addressing the highly dynamic, complex and multidimensional process of a dominant socio-technical system transforming into another, this up-to-date reference addresses all stages of this complex process with data and figures to demonstrate how to tackle the process of changing a society's energy circumstance. This new edition provides an updated picture of renewables in communities and their use, covering energy concepts, strategies, prospects and combining all aspects to provide a roadmap to self-sustainable development. Addressing the influence of society on the development of renewable industry, this book provides guidelines with case studies, along with trends and innovative practices regarding renewable energy and their applications with a goal of successfully establishing smooth energy transitions in self-sustainable communities. - Includes case studies that provide solutions for future decentralized energy supply problems - Contains fully updated equations, data sections and figures for all energy technologies - Shares a blueprint for the development of self-sustainable Integrated Renewable Communities

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Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9780323851398
Edition
2
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Energy
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Title of Book
  2. Cover image
  3. Title page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Citations
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Chapter One What Kind of Energy Does the World Need?
  12. Chapter Two Restructuring future energy generation and supply
  13. Chapter three Road map of distributed renewable energy communities
  14. Chapter four Planning of integrated renewable communities
  15. Chapter Five The water–energy–food nexus
  16. Chapter Six Energy basics
  17. Chapter Seven Solar energy: Technologies and options
  18. Chapter Eight Wind energy
  19. Chapter Nine Energy resources, global contribution, and applications
  20. Chapter Ten Hydropower
  21. Chapter Eleven Marine energy
  22. Chapter Twelve Geothermal energy
  23. Chapter Thirteen Energy storage, smart grids, and electric vehicles
  24. Chapter Fourteen Current distributed renewable energy in rural and urban communities
  25. Chapter Fifteen Ownership, citizens participation and economic trends
  26. Chapter Sixteen The importance of green mobility
  27. Chapter Seventeen Water desalination, purification, irrigation, and wastewater treatment
  28. Chapter Eighteen Technologies at the experimental stages
  29. Chapter Nineteen Drivers for digitalization of energy
  30. Chapter Twenty Blockchain
  31. Chapter Twenty one Grid challenges: Integration of distributed renewables with the national grid
  32. Chapter Twenty Two Marshall plan for Empowering Urban and Rural Communities: Strategies toward poverty and migration reduction
  33. Chapter Twenty three Our vision for peace via renewables: Power, water and food for all
  34. Appendix One. Glossary
  35. Appendix Two. List of energy abbreviations and acronyms
  36. Appendix Three. Conversion factors
  37. Appendix Four. Inventory of photovoltaic systems for sustainable rural development
  38. Index