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Transition Towards 100% Renewable Energy

Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Congress WREC 2017

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Editors:
  1. Ali Sayigh

    1. World Renewable Energy Congress, Brighton, United Kingdom

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  • Presents the most up-to-date research developments, government policies, business models, and best practices and innovations
  • Highlights the latest advances in research related to renewable energy topics such as energy efficiency and the development and application of renewable energy technologies in industrial, commercial, transportation and household sectors
  • Contains case studies and examples designed to enhance practical applications

Part of the book series: Innovative Renewable Energy (INREE)

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Table of contents (48 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. To Import Coal or Invest in Renewables? A Real Options Approach to Energy Investments in the Philippines

    • Casper Agaton
    Pages 1-10

  3. Geothermal Energy Barriers, Policies and Economics in East Asia

    • Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
    Pages 11-20

  4. Experimental Study of Tubular Light Pipe System: Influence of Light Reflector on Its Performance

    • Abdus Salam Azad, Dibakar Rakshit
    Pages 21-30

  5. Techno-Economic and Environmental Implications of Electricity Generation from Solar Updraft Chimney Power Plant in Meekatharra in Western Australia

    • Brian Boswell, Wahidul K. Biswas
    Pages 31-47

  6. Do as I Say; Don’t Do as I Do, Let Alone Do as I’ve Done. A Study of Australian Universities’ Collective Response to Climate Science

    • Mike Burbridge
    Pages 49-58

  7. Using Superheated Steam Dryer for Cogeneration System Improvement and Water Recovery

    • Somchart Chantasiriwan, Sarocha Charoenvai
    Pages 59-68

  8. Relevance and Applicability of Standards in Wind Farm Collector Circuit Design Process and Balance of Plant Selection

    • A. P. Clifton, Amanullah M. T. Oo, Mohammad T. Arif
    Pages 69-78

  9. Scaling Up Miscibility Gap Alloy Thermal Storage Materials

    • Mark Copus, Samuel Reed, Erich Kisi, Heber Sugo, James Bradley
    Pages 79-89

  10. Validated CFD Simulations of EWH Energy Storage Based on Tank Orientation

    • Roshaan de Jager, Wei Hua Ho, Yu-Chieh J. Yen
    Pages 91-101

  11. Why EVs? A Comparison of Alternative Fuels to Help Australia Regain Energy Security

    • Alan Dunn, Martina Calais, Gareth Lee, Trevor Pryor
    Pages 103-114

  12. The Impact of Energy Security and Environment Concerns on the Fuel Mix for Light Passenger Vehicles in Australia During the Near Future: Findings from a 2015 Murdoch University Survey

    • Alan Dunn, Martina Calais, Gareth Lee, Trevor Pryor
    Pages 115-123

  13. Classification of Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems

    • José Luis Duomarco
    Pages 125-137

  14. Temperature Difference with Respect to Exposure Time for Black Paint and Galena Powder-Black Paint Composite Selective Surfaces

    • Iessa Sabbe Moosa, Bashar Bassam Maqableh
    Pages 139-147

  15. On-Track, But Off-Target: New Zealand’s 90% Renewable Electricity Target and District Council Planning

    • Claudia Gonnelli, Hong-Key Yoon, Karen Fisher, Julie MacArthur
    Pages 149-156

  16. Exploring the Death Spiral: A System Dynamics Model of the Electricity Network in Western Australia

    • William Grace
    Pages 157-170

  17. Efficient Seasonal Time of Use Feed-in Tariff for Residential Rooftop Solar Panels in Australian Electricity Market

    • Muhammad Adnan Hayat, Farhad Shahnia, Ali Arefi
    Pages 171-175

  18. Synthesis of ZnO Hexagonal Prisms on Aluminum Substrates by the Spray Pyrolysis Technique

    • Shadia J. Ikhmayies, Mohamad B. Zbib
    Pages 177-186

  19. Performance Evaluation of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Using Real-Time Measuring Wind Data

    • Choon-Man Jang, Chul-Kyu Kim, Sang-Moon Lee, Sajid Ali
    Pages 187-195

  20. SIREN: SEN’s Interactive Renewable Energy Network Tool

    • Angus King
    Pages 197-205
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About this book

This book contains selected papers presented during technical and plenary sessions at the World Renewable Energy Congress, the world’s premier conference on renewable energy and sustainable development. All papers were rigorously peer reviewed.The Congress, held at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia from February 5 -9, 2017, with the theme of “Transition Towards 100% Renewable Energy”, featured keynote speakers and parallel technical sessions highlighting technical, policy, and investment progress towards achieving 100% renewable energy ranging in scale from households to cities to large regions, with a focus on the challenges and opportunities transforming the global energy systems. The book highlights contributions from thought leaders involved in the supply, distribution, consumption, and development of sustainable energy sources.   

Editors and Affiliations

  • World Renewable Energy Congress, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Ali Sayigh

About the editor

Dr. Ali Sayigh is Chairman and Founder of the World Renewable Energy Congress and Council; Director General of World Renewable Energy Network (WREN); Chairman and Founder of the Arab Solar Energy Society; and Past Chairman of the UK Solar Energy Society. Dr. Sayigh was recently elected to chair the Iraqi Energy Institute, and he actively consults on renewable and sustainable energy issues for a number of international organizations, including UNESCO, ISESCO, UNDP, ESCWA, & UNIDO. Dr. Sayigh was Director of Solar Seminars at ICTP Trieste, Italy from 1977-1995; Professor of Solar Energy at King Saud, Kuwait, and Reading Universities from 1969 to 1994, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire from 1994 to 2004. He was the founding expert in Renewable Energy at AOPEC. He is Fellow of the Institute of Energy; Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; and Chartered Engineer. He has published more than 400 papers and has contributed to and edited more than 30 books. He has been Editor and Editor in Chief of several international journals including Renewable Energy and the International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work, Comprehensive Renewable Energy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transition Towards 100% Renewable Energy

  • Book Subtitle: Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Congress WREC 2017

  • Editors: Ali Sayigh

  • Series Title: Innovative Renewable Energy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69844-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69843-4Published: 08 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88852-1Published: 06 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69844-1Published: 29 January 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2522-8927

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-8935

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 546

  • Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations, 164 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Sustainable Development, Energy Policy, Economics and Management

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