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Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities
Empowering a Sustainable, Competitive, and Secure Twenty-First Century
Provides options and case studies for community level renewable energy potential and integration, along with its environmental, economic and social dynamics
Nasir El Bassam (Edited by), Marcia Schlichting (Edited by), Daniele Pagani (Edited by)
9780128216057, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 26 January 2021
594 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.7 cm, 0.93 kg
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. Scope of the Book 2. Restructuring Future Energy Generation and Supply 3. Road Map of Distributed Renewable Energy Communities 4. Planning of Integrated Renewable Communities 5. Determination of Community Energy and Food Requirements 6. Energy Basics, Resources, Global Contribution and Applications 7. Solar Energy 8. Wind Energy 9. Biomass and Bioenergy 10. Hydropower 11. Marine Energy 12. Geothermal Energy 13. Energy Storage, Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles 14. Current Distributed Renewable Energy for Rural and Urban Communities 15. Ownership, Citizens Participation and Economic Trends Appendix 1. Glossary 2. Abbreviations and Acronyms 3. Conversion Factors 4. Inventory of PV Systems for Sustainable Rural Development 5. Project “SOLARTECH SUD,? Solar Eco-Village Zarzis - Djerba Tunisia 6. Solar Park Vechelde (Kraftfeld Vechelde GmbH and Co. KG) 7. Solar Laundry, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, India 8. Manual and/or Solar Powered Water Treatment System
Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX], Energy conversion & storage [THRH], Energy technology & engineering [TH], Materials science [TGM], Environmentally-friendly architecture & design [AMCR]
