Overview
- Provides unique perspectives from developing countries
- Written by leading environmental and energy experts
- Includes methods and technologies to harness renewable energy resources
- Combines both theoretical and practical aspects with case studies
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Keywords
- Biomass
- Developing Countries
- Economics of Renewable Energy
- Environmental Impacts
- Hydrogen
- Hydropower
- Promotion
- Renewable Energy
- Resources
- Solar Energy
- Transmission and Storage
About this book
New information, technologies and methods for availability assessment and the utilization of renewable energy resources are the core focus of this work. Included are introductory chapters on the energy situation and associated concerns. Resource assessments and the uses of solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, biomass energy, biogas and bio fuels resources towards generating electricity, thermal energy, and automotive power and transport fuels are examined in detail. The economics, storage, environmental benefits and promotion of renewable energy are discussed at length. Unique insights coming from the perspective of developing countries make this a unique contribution to this important field of work. This text will be of benefit to researchers, manufacturers, policy makers and planners.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Renewable Energy Resources and Utilization
Book Subtitle: A Developing Country´s Perspective
Authors: Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, Khanji Harijan
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-211-99428-3Due: 26 August 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-211-99429-0Due: 26 August 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Illustrations: 100 b/w illustrations