Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities
Empowering a Sustainable, Competitive, and Secure Twenty-First Century
- 2nd Edition - January 21, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Nasir El Bassam, Marcia Schlichting, Daniele Pagani
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 0 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 3 9 - 8
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Request a sales quoteDistributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities: Empowering a Sustainable, Competitive, and Secure Twenty-First Century, Second Edition, is a fully revised reference on advances in achieving successful energy transition. Addressing the highly dynamic, complex and multidimensional process of a dominant socio-technical system transforming into another, this up-to-date reference addresses all stages of this complex process with data and figures to demonstrate how to tackle the process of changing a society's energy circumstance. This new edition provides an updated picture of renewables in communities and their use, covering energy concepts, strategies, prospects and combining all aspects to provide a roadmap to self-sustainable development.
Addressing the influence of society on the development of renewable industry, this book provides guidelines with case studies, along with trends and innovative practices regarding renewable energy and their applications with a goal of successfully establishing smooth energy transitions in self-sustainable communities.
- Includes case studies that provide solutions for future decentralized energy supply problems
- Contains fully updated equations, data sections and figures for all energy technologies
- Shares a blueprint for the development of self-sustainable Integrated Renewable Communities
Energy Engineering Professionals; Renewable Energy researchers; Transmission and Distribution Grid Operators and Planners; Electrical, Mechanical, Power, Control, Sustainability and Systems Engineers; Energy Economists; Government Regulators and Utility Business Leaders; Researchers and Financers in renewables
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Citations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. What Kind of Energy Does the World Need?
- Chapter 1.1. Distributed renewable energy
- Chapter 1.2. Using distributed energy resources to meet the trilemma challenges
- Chapter 1.3. Scope of the book
- Chapter Two. Restructuring future energy generation and supply
- 2.1. Basic challenges
- 2.2. Current and future energy supplies
- 2.3. Peak oil
- 2.4. Availability of alternative resources
- 2.5. Outlook
- Chapter three. Road map of distributed renewable energy communities
- 3.1. Energy and sustainable development
- 3.2. Community involvement
- 3.3. Facing the challenges
- 3.4. The concept of the food and agriculture organization, an integrated energy community
- 3.5. Global approach
- 3.6. Basic and extended needs
- 3.7. Representative energy plant species for different climate regions
- 3.8. Regional implementation
- 3.9. Opportunities driven by energy sector coupling
- Chapter four. Planning of integrated renewable communities
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Scenario 1
- 4.3. Scenario 2
- 4.4. Case study I: implementation of integrated energy farm under climatic conditions of central Europe
- 4.5. Case study II: arid and semiarid regions
- Chapter Five. The water–energy–food nexus
- 5.1. Determination of community requirements for energy, water, and food
- 5.2. Modeling approaches
- 5.3. Data acquisition
- 5.4. Determination of energy and food requirements
- 5.5. Energy potential analysis
- 5.6. Data collection and processing for energy use
- 5.7. Wind energy
- 5.8. Biomass
- Chapter Six. Energy basics
- 6.1. Basics of energy
- 6.2. Special topics relating to electricity
- 6.3. Global contribution
- 6.4. Resources and applications
- Chapter Seven. Solar energy: Technologies and options
- 7.1. Worldwide installed capacities
- 7.2. Photovoltaic
- 7.3. Global PV market
- 7.4. Applications
- 7.5. Accumulation of soiling on solar energy systems
- 7.6. Concentrating solar thermal power
- 7.7. Solar thermal collectors
- 7.8. Solar cookers and solar ovens
- Chapter Eight. Wind energy
- 8.1. Wind power and wind energy
- 8.2. Types of wind turbines
- 8.3. Global market
- 8.4. Offshore wind farm Dogger Bank
- 8.5. Small wind turbines
- Chapter Nine. Energy resources, global contribution, and applications
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Bioenergy and biofuels: innovation and technology progress
- 9.3. Characteristics and potentials
- 9.4. Solid biofuels
- 9.5. Biogas and biomethane
- 9.6. Conversion systems to heat, power, and electricity
- 9.7. Outlook
- Chapter Ten. Hydropower
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Global production of hydropower energy
- 10.3. Types of hydropower plants
- 10.4. Types of turbines
- 10.5. Relative efficiencies
- 10.6. Assessment of hydropower potential
- 10.7. Impact of climate change on hydropower generation
- Chapter Eleven. Marine energy
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Ocean thermal energy conversion
- 11.3. Advantages and disadvantages
- 11.4. Ocean tidal power
- 11.5. Ocean wave power
- 11.6. Environmental and economic challenges
- Chapter Twelve. Geothermal energy
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. The history of geothermal energy
- 12.3. Geothermal heat pumps
- 12.4. Geothermal electricity
- 12.5. Environmental effects, benefits, and economic costs
- 12.6. The future of geothermal energy
- Chapter Thirteen. Energy storage, smart grids, and electric vehicles
- 13.1. Energy storage
- 13.2. Smart grids
- 13.3. Electric vehicles
- 13.4. Future developments
- Chapter Fourteen. Current distributed renewable energy in rural and urban communities
- 14.1. Thisted, Denmark: 100% renewable energy community
- 14.2. Samsø island
- 14.3. Energy island of VindØ
- 14.4. Kampala, Uganda taxi-bike drivers move to electric bikes
- 14.5. Rural community of Jühnde
- 14.6. Containerized solar minigrid, Fanidiama village, Mali
- 14.7. Decentralized desalination systems powered by solar energy in Maasai, Tanzania
- 14.8. Road map to renewable energy in remote communities in Australia
- 14.9. Iraq Dream Homes
- 14.10. Renewables in Africa
- 14.11. Renewables in India
- 14.12. Distributed renewable energy and solar oases for deserts and arid regions: the DESERTEC concept
- 14.13. Vatican City
- Chapter Fifteen. Ownership, citizens participation and economic trends
- 15.1. Community ownership
- 15.2. Citizens' participation
- 15.3. The Danish ownership model
- 15.4. Integration of the energy supply by public ownership
- 15.5. Economic impacts
- 15.6. Socioeconomic benefits and economic impacts of Renewables 2019
- 15.7. Actions for broadening the ownership of renewables
- 15.8. Global investment's in renewables
- 15.9. Costs of renewables
- Chapter Sixteen. The importance of green mobility
- 16.1. Environmental and social impacts
- 16.2. Mobility on the road
- 16.3. Mobility on the rail
- 16.4. Mobility on the water
- 16.5. Mobility in the air
- 16.6. Rethinking mobility: are there any alternatives to current models?
- Chapter Seventeen. Water desalination, purification, irrigation, and wastewater treatment
- 17.1. Introduction
- 17.2. Renewable energy and pumps
- 17.3. Renewable energy and water purification
- 17.4. Renewable energy and desalination
- 17.5. Renewable energy and wastewater treatment
- 17.6. Renewable energy and farm irrigation
- Chapter Eighteen. Technologies at the experimental stages
- 18.1. Introduction
- 18.2. Fusion power
- 18.3. Antimatter energy
- 18.4. Atmospheric electricity
- 18.5. Microalgae
- 18.6. Osmotic power
- 18.7. Advanced hydrogen technology
- 18.8. Outlook
- Chapter Nineteen. Drivers for digitalization of energy
- Chapter Twenty. Blockchain
- 20.1. Characteristics of blockchain
- 20.2. Blockchain technology background
- Chapter Twenty one. Grid challenges: Integration of distributed renewables with the national grid
- 21.1. The electricity distribution grid
- 21.2. Siemens to install smart distribution networks in Iraqi Provinces
- 21.3. Penetration of renewables in the grid
- 21.4. Development direction, cyberattacks, and outlook
- Chapter Twenty Two. Marshall plan for Empowering Urban and Rural Communities: Strategies toward poverty and migration reduction
- 22.1. Introduction
- 22.2. Integrated energy settlement, Wierthe, Germany
- Chapter 22.3. Integrated energy settlement in Rousse, Bulgaria
- Chapter 22.4. Sustainable development of village of Kiga, Iran
- Chapter 22.5. Empowering of three urban cities in Africa (Empowering Urban Cities in Africa)
- Chapter Twenty three. Our vision for peace via renewables: Power, water and food for all
- 23.1. Key words “solar oases”
- 23.2. Procedure
- 23.3. Concluding remarks and outlook
- Appendix One. Glossary
- Appendix Two. List of energy abbreviations and acronyms
- Appendix Three. Conversion factors
- Appendix Four. Inventory of photovoltaic systems for sustainable rural development
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 21, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 594
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128216057
- eBook ISBN: 9780323851398
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Nasir El Bassam
Prof. Dr. N. El Bassam is the founder and director of the International Research Centre for Renewable Energy (IFEED), Germany, India and USA; Chairperson at World Council of Renewable Energy (WCRE) Scientific Advisory Board, Federal Association of Regenerative Mobility, and Vice President of the Climate Protection Agency North Germany; Chairman of the Working Group Sustainable Rural Energy Network (SREN), FAO, United Nations, Rome; ); Program Head of the Projects wind energy and Concentrating Solar Power for Power (CSP) Supply and Seawater Desalination Middle East and North Africa (DESERTEC).
He coordinates the Centre activities, technology transfer of and the co-operation in national and international organizations (UN, EU, and Club of Rome), the integration and application of renewable energy resources available in various regions for electricity, water and food supply with aims of empowering the countryside.
El Bassam is well-known as Poverty Researcher, in this context he initiated the strategy and project “Empowering Urban Cities and Rural Habitats in Africa” which considered as a Marshal Plan for sustainable economic development and combating Poverty, migration, and Depopulation of urban cities and Rural Communities worldwide.
He contributes as an editor in the journals: International Journal “Sustainability Science, Springer Scientific Publishing Services; Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (AJEAS).
El Bassam published 12 books, authored numerous publications, and received several awards
Affiliations and expertise
Founder and Director, International Research Centre for Renewable Energy (IFEED)MS
Marcia Schlichting
Ms. Schlichting is Editor for the International Research Centre for Renewable Energy and International Secretary. Ms. Schlichting has an Associate Degree in Applied Science, Water, and Wastewater Technology and has conducted laboratory research in the field of filtration and purification.
Affiliations and expertise
Editor, International Research Centre for Renewable Energy and International SecretaryDP
Daniele Pagani
Daniele Pagani is an Engineer with international mindset and good capacity of combining multidisciplinary projects at Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark and responsible for Sustainable Mobility, Founder Road2home.eu.
Affiliations and expertise
Sustainable Mobility, Founder Road2home.eu.Read Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities on ScienceDirect