Renewable Energy Systems: The way forward

by David S-K. Ting (Editor), Jacqueline A. Stagner (Editor)

Overview

To secure a brighter future, advancing renewable energy systems is crucial. This book explores some of the latest developments in renewable energy technologies, objectively evaluating their costs and policies while addressing the outstanding challenges and proposing solutions. The book also discusses essential energy differences between urban and rural settings. With case studies and regional perspectives, it outlines a path forward for clean energy, providing essential reading for postgraduate students, researchers, and policymakers in the field.

Key features:

• Covers the state-of-the-art of renewable energy systems
• Discusses the costs and policies of various renewable energy systems and disseminates the outstanding challenges and possible solutions to overcome them
• Discusses the latest advances in selected renewable energy technologies, in urban versus rural settings
• Includes case studies and highlights a path forward for clean energy based on sound analyses
• Provides essential reading for postgraduate students, researchers and policy makers working with renewable energy systems and technologies

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750361798
Publisher:	Institute of Physics Publishing
Publication date:	04/25/2025
Series:	IOP Series in Renewable and Sustainable Power
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

David S-K. Ting is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering and the founder of the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory at the University of Windsor, Canada. Professor Ting’s research focuses on flow turbulence along with energy conservation and renewable energy.

Jacqueline A. Stagner is the Engineering Undergraduate Programs Coordinator at the University of Windsor, Canada. As an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering, Dr. Stagner is actively involved in various renewable and sustainable energy research projects.

Table of Contents

1. The future of renewable energy systems — a long and winding transition pathway?
2. A methodological framework for modeling passive solar greenhouses
3. Technologies for utilizing solar energy in building
4. Measuring heat flux at solar photovoltaic plants
5. Production of clean fuels by thermochemical conversion and photocatalytic splitting of water
6. A proposal for the typological categorization of architectural integration approaches for wind energy in tall towers
7. Meeting the energy needs of the urban and rural poor in the Congo Basin through renewables: challenges and prospects
8. Autonomous agent power contracting
9. A prerequisite to computational fluid dynamics of airplane condensation trails
10. Sustainability transitions: comparing urban sophistication and rural simplicity