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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. Citations - p. iii 8. Foreword - p. xvii 9. Preface - p. xxi 10. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 11. Chapter One. What Kind of Energy Does the World Need? - p. 1 12. Chapter Two. Restructuring future energy generation and supply - p. 27 13. Chapter three. Road map of distributed renewable energy communities - p. 39 14. Chapter four. Planning of integrated renewable communities - p. 63 15. Chapter Five. The water–energy–food nexus - p. 81 16. Chapter Six. Energy basics - p. 113 17. Chapter Seven. Solar energy: Technologies and options - p. 123 18. Chapter Eight. Wind energy - p. 149 19. Chapter Nine. Energy resources, global contribution, and applications - p. 165 20. Chapter Ten. Hydropower - p. 213 21. Chapter Eleven. Marine energy - p. 231 22. Chapter Twelve. Geothermal energy - p. 247 23. Chapter Thirteen. Energy storage, smart grids, and electric vehicles - p. 263 24. Chapter Fourteen. Current distributed renewable energy in rural and urban communities - p. 297 25. Chapter Fifteen. Ownership, citizens participation and economic trends - p. 327 26. Chapter Sixteen. The importance of green mobility - p. 345 27. Chapter Seventeen. Water desalination, purification, irrigation, and wastewater treatment - p. 393 28. Chapter Eighteen. Technologies at the experimental stages - p. 435 29. Chapter Nineteen. Drivers for digitalization of energy - p. 443 30. Chapter Twenty. Blockchain - p. 447 31. Chapter Twenty one. Grid challenges: Integration of distributed renewables with the national grid - p. 451 32. Chapter Twenty Two. Marshall plan for Empowering Urban and Rural Communities: Strategies toward poverty and migration reduction - p. 457 33. Chapter Twenty three. Our vision for peace via renewables: Power, water and food for all - p. 507 34. Appendix One. Glossary - p. 515 35. Appendix Two. List of energy abbreviations and acronyms - p. 517 36. Appendix Three. Conversion factors - p. 549 37. Appendix Four. Inventory of photovoltaic systems for sustainable rural development - p. 553 38. Index - p. 557
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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. Citations - p. iii 8. Foreword - p. xvii 9. Preface - p. xxi 10. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 11. Chapter One. What Kind of Energy Does the World Need? - p. 1 12. Chapter Two. Restructuring future energy generation and supply - p. 27 13. Chapter three. Road map of distributed renewable energy communities - p. 39 14. Chapter four. Planning of integrated renewable communities - p. 63 15. Chapter Five. The water–energy–food nexus - p. 81 16. Chapter Six. Energy basics - p. 113 17. Chapter Seven. Solar energy: Technologies and options - p. 123 18. Chapter Eight. Wind energy - p. 149 19. Chapter Nine. Energy resources, global contribution, and applications - p. 165 20. Chapter Ten. Hydropower - p. 213 21. Chapter Eleven. Marine energy - p. 231 22. Chapter Twelve. Geothermal energy - p. 247 23. Chapter Thirteen. Energy storage, smart grids, and electric vehicles - p. 263 24. Chapter Fourteen. Current distributed renewable energy in rural and urban communities - p. 297 25. Chapter Fifteen. Ownership, citizens participation and economic trends - p. 327 26. Chapter Sixteen. The importance of green mobility - p. 345 27. Chapter Seventeen. Water desalination, purification, irrigation, and wastewater treatment - p. 393 28. Chapter Eighteen. Technologies at the experimental stages - p. 435 29. Chapter Nineteen. Drivers for digitalization of energy - p. 443 30. Chapter Twenty. Blockchain - p. 447 31. Chapter Twenty one. Grid challenges: Integration of distributed renewables with the national grid - p. 451 32. Chapter Twenty Two. Marshall plan for Empowering Urban and Rural Communities: Strategies toward poverty and migration reduction - p. 457 33. Chapter Twenty three. Our vision for peace via renewables: Power, water and food for all - p. 507 34. Appendix One. Glossary - p. 515 35. Appendix Two. List of energy abbreviations and acronyms - p. 517 36. Appendix Three. Conversion factors - p. 549 37. Appendix Four. Inventory of photovoltaic systems for sustainable rural development - p. 553 38. Index - p. 557
