Download or read book The Emergence of Agrivoltaics written by Dimitris A. Chalkias and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assists in the adoption of the sustainable cross-sectoral nexus approach of agrivoltaics, which can provide a quite significant untapped potential for the sustainable development of humanity. Increasing demand for water, energy and food, due to population growth and urbanization, is aggravated by unprecedented extreme weather and climatic conditions. This situation is likely to undermine the sustainable and peaceful development of humanity. Today, more than ever, there is an imperative need to support the identification and development of practical solutions, where the use of a nexus approach can lead to improved outcomes in the integrated management of water–energy–food–ecosystem (WEFE) resources. This book disseminates the current knowledge of the modern approach of agrivoltaics, providing a comprehensive state of the art on the field, discussing the current status, the challenges and the future perspectives for their further development. This new currently in-depth unexplored topic will be covered thoroughly by the present book, which will attract the readership of both the scientific and industrial research communities, even of people who are dealing with cultivations, promoting the development in the field, from conceptual designs to practical realizations.

Download or read book Renewable Energy and Storage Devices for Sustainable Development written by V. K. Jain and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains selected and peer-reviewed papers presented during the ‘International Workshop on Renewable Energy and Storage Devices for Sustainable Development’ (IWRESD-2021). The book covers recent research on various applications and scientific developments in the areas of renewable energy. These topics are solar cells, sustainable energy conversion, processing technologies, instrumentation, energy storage devices, solar thermal applications, batteries, new materials, and processes to develop low-cost renewable energy-based technologies, etc. This book will be of interest to researchers and engineers across a variety of fields.

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Download or read book The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research written by Nídia S. Caetano and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 9th edition of the International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, ICEER 2022, took place in the middle of September, ISEP, Porto, Portugal (Hybrid). This book includes all the well-presented papers in ICEER 2022. The maturity of this conference series has now been reached, with a large number of participants from academia, as well as a few coming from the professional field. Linking together energy and environment research is not an easy task. However, it is now understood that these fields are interconnected and that the answer to the challenge of a sustainable future depends enormously on the willingness and capability of problem thinking in an integrated manner. This book presents the participants in ICEER 2022 contribution toward sustainability, through energy and environment research, thanks for all.

Download or read book Solarnomics written by David Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Each chapter includes “Process” flow diagrams, providing a step-by-step process on how to implement the material covered in the chapter. • Takes a technical topic and presents it in a very accessible language and in short, punchy chapters for a business reader. • Emphasizes the details of how to actually conduct an assessment of the economic viability of a solar project.

Download or read book Computational Science and Its Applications ICCSA 2023 Workshops written by Osvaldo Gervasi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nine-volume set LNCS 14104 – 14112 constitutes the refereed workshop proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2023, held at Athens, Greece, during July 3–6, 2023. The 350 full papers and 29 short papers and 2 PHD showcase papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 876 submissions. These nine-volumes includes the proceedings of the following workshops: Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2023); Advanced Processes of Mathematics and Computing Models in Complex Computational Systems (ACMC 2023); Artificial Intelligence supported Medical data examination (AIM 2023); Advanced and Innovative web Apps (AIWA 2023); Assessing Urban Sustainability (ASUS 2023); Advanced Data Science Techniques with applications in Industry and Environmental Sustainability (ATELIERS 2023); Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2023); Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2023); Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications (BIONCA 2023); Choices and Actions for Human Scale Cities: Decision Support Systems (CAHSC-DSS 2023); and Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM 2023).

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Download or read book Sustainable Development with Renewable Energy written by Nídia S. Caetano and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Sustainable Solar Electricity written by Antonio Urbina and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed life cycle assessment of photovoltaic technologies in order to analyse the environmental and socioeconomic impacts that a large deployment of solar photovoltaic systems will produce in the near future. Including both commercial and emerging technologies, the book presents the energy and materials requirements to manufacture solar electricity power systems at the order of the TeraWatt scale deployment as is envisaged by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) for the near future. It discusses current manufacturing practices and how these may be adapted in the future including: reuse and recycling of components and materials; raw material supply chains to the manufacturing factories; and end-of-life procedures including recycling and landfilling of modules. The environmental and socioeconomic impacts of solar energy are analysed in detail, providing recommendations for standardization and regulations in order to make photovoltaic technologies, both current and emerging, a really sustainable alternative for the supply of “greener” electricity.

Download or read book Trends in Renewable Energy and Power Quality written by Manuel Pérez-Donsión and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses and updates the trends surrounding the potential advantages of renewable energy sources, distributed generation, energy storage, and other factors relevant to smart systems. In addition to well-consolidated topics such as photovoltaic and wind generation, new issues and solutions regarding smart grids, power electronics converters, energy management, storage systems, and innovative renewable sources exploitation techniques have been considered.

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