Overview
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Ali Sayigh
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Chairman, World Renewable Energy Congress, Brighton, United Kingdom
Explains the research advances being made in pivotal renewable energy technologies from solar thermal and photovoltaics, to microgrids and sustainable architecture
Includes case studies and detailed examples to demonstrate how leading-edge research is being applied in practice
Highlights successful sustainability and green energy solutions from regions across the globe
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (87 chapters)
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Fuel Cells
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- Evangelia Topriska, Maria Kolokotroni, Zahir Dehouche, Ruth Potopsingh, Earle Wilson
Pages 193-203
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- Mridula Tripathi, Priyanka Chawla
Pages 205-213
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- Amela Ajanovic, Reinhard Haas
Pages 215-223
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Geothermal Energy
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Front Matter
Pages 225-225
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- Dejan Milenic, Ana Vranjes, Nenad Doroslovac
Pages 227-234
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- Peter Bayer, Markus Beck, Michael de Paly
Pages 235-245
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- Mounir Aksas, Fouad Khaldi, Rima Zouagri
Pages 247-258
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Hydropower and Ocean Energy
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Front Matter
Pages 259-259
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- Jihoon Kim, Tuyen Quang Le, Jin Hwan Ko, Jin-Soon Park, Kwang-Soo Lee
Pages 261-270
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- Jana Hadler, Klaus Broekel
Pages 271-278
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- Matt Folley, Trevor Whittaker
Pages 279-289
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- Kanzumba Kusakana, Herman Jacobus Vermaak, Bubele Papy Numbi
Pages 291-303
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- Lee Nak-Joong, Kim In-Chul, Hyun Beom-Soo, Lee Young-Ho
Pages 305-316
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- Toru Shigemitsu, Junichiro Fukutomi, Chihiro Tanaka
Pages 317-327
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- Samuel J. Williamson, Julian D. Booker, Bernard H. Stark
Pages 329-338
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- Xuereb Annalise, Spiteri Staines Cyril, Sant Tonio, Mulè Stagno Luciano
Pages 339-350
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- Sarah Tatum, Carwyn Frost, Daphne O’Doherty, Allan Mason-Jones, Tim O’Doherty
Pages 351-363
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- Andrew Kozyn, William D. Lubitz
Pages 365-375
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Low-Energy Architecture
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Front Matter
Pages 377-377
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- Francesco Pomponi, Poorang A.E. Piroozfar
Pages 379-389
About this book
This book provides insights on a broad spectrum of renewable and sustainable energy technologies from the world’s leading experts. It highlights the latest achievements in policy, research and applications, keeping readers up-to-date on progress in this rapidly advancing field. Detailed studies of technological breakthroughs and optimizations are contextualized with in-depth examinations of experimental and industrial installations, connecting lab innovations to success in the field.
The volume contains selected papers presented at technical and plenary sessions at the World Renewable Energy Congress, the world's premier conference on renewable energy and sustainable development. Held every two years, the Congress provides an international forum that attracts hundreds of delegates from more than 60 countries.
Editors and Affiliations
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Chairman, 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 over 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. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work, Comprehensive Renewable Energy.