Renewable Energy

Requirements and Sources
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-77184-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Renewable Energy Technologies

The transition to renewable energy is essential for ensuring energy supply, and to mitigate environmental effects of fossil fuels, particularly climate change. However, because renewable energy resources do not provide a constant supply of energy and they are not sufficiently portable for many applications, the development of energy storage methods is necessary. The book reviews historical and current energy use, as well as provides predictions for future energy demands. The main sources of renewable energy are introduced including hydroelectric, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels, along with an analysis of the need for energy storage.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunlap, Richard A.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energieverteilung, Stromnetze
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Energy and society.- The need for renewable energy.- Solar energy technologies.- Other renewable energy technologies.- Comparison of low-carbon energy sources.- Implementation of renewable energy technologies and the need for energy storage.

Über Autor(innen)

Richard A. Dunlap received a B.S. in Physics (Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1974), an A.M. in Physics (Dartmouth College 1976) and a Ph.D. in Physics (Clark University 1981). Since receiving his Ph.D., he has been on the Faculty at Dalhousie University where he currently holds an appointment as Research Professor in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science. Prof. Dunlap has more than 300 refereed research publications in fields that include critical phenomena, magnetic materials, amorphous alloys, quasicrystals, hydrogen storage and advanced battery materials. His previously published books include (Oxford 1988), (World Scientific 1997), (Cengage, 1st ed. 2015, 2nd ed. 2019), (IOP/Morgan & Claypool 2018), (IOP/Morgan & Claypool 2018), (IOP Publishing 2021), (IOP Publishing 2023), -(IOP Publishing 2023),  (IOP Publishing 2023) and  (IOP Publishing 2023).