Renewable Energy Technologies
- 1st Edition - October 31, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editor: Farooq Sher
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 7 7 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 7 7 2 - 7
Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive guide to the utilization and application of the different sources of renewable energy, highlighting how these technologies can he… Read more
Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive guide to the utilization and application of the different sources of renewable energy, highlighting how these technologies can help to tackle environmental challenges and global warming, and to support energy transition with enhanced reliability, security, and resilience. Bioenergy, solar energy, wind energy, hydrogen, hydropower, marine energy, and geothermal energy are covered in various sections organized by energy type. Throughout the book, emerging technologies are discussed, such as energy storage and artificial intelligence, and pathways to the adoption of renewable energy are explored. Supported by clear definitions of key terms and phrases, chapter objectives and summaries, study questions, and case studies, this book supports all those looking to gain a fundamental understanding of renewable energy and related emerging technologies, including students, postgraduate researchers, faculty, engineers, industry professionals, and policy makers.
- Covers the fundamentals of bio, solar, wind, hydrogen, hydro, ocean, and geothermal energy
- Addresses key challenges, such as storage, large-scale production, environment, and economic factors
- Considers integration with regulations, policy, climate objectives, and sustainable development goals
- Offers a future-oriented perspective, highlighting emerging areas such as artificial intelligence
- Supports reader understanding through the use of chapter objectives, summaries, questions, and case studies
Students, graduates, researchers, and faculty looking to understand renewable energy and related emerging technologies
Section I: Bioenergy Conversion and Utilisation Technologies
1. Biomass resources classification and pretreatment technologies
Contributors: Kehinde Oladoke Olatunji, Daniel Madyira, Anna Kożuch
2. Physicochemical conversion technologies
Contributors: Temima Ajanovic, paola bernardo, Shuyao Wang, Omojola Awogbemi, Usama Saed, ANKA Trajkovska Petkoska, Juliana Heloisa Pinê Américo-Pinheiro, Nida Zahra Syed, Ayodeji AKERELE, Daramy Kallon
3. Biotechnological conversion technologies
Contributors: Narcisa Smječanin, Esma Karahmet Farhat , Dušan Čulum, Mirza Nuhanović, Ayesha Zafar
4. Thermochemical conversion technologies
Contributors: Mika Sillanpaa, Indira Tashmukhanbetova, Dan Egesa, Magdalena Joka Yildiz, Nadja Horo, Elena Romanovskaia, Asmaa BENETTAYEB, M. Consuelo Alvarez-Galvan, Farooq Sher, Antonia Infantes-Molina
Section II: Solar Energy Technologies and Systems
5. Active and passive solar energy technologies
Contributors: Hanumant Jagtap, Ravinder Kumar, Anand Bewoor, Jaroslav Frantik, Jeet Prakash Sharma, Dr Nitin Gupta, Jan Najser, HEERAMAN JATOTH
6. Concentrating and non-concentrating solar energy technologies
Contributors: Saman Hameed, Carolina Piña, Anurag Sharma, Vanja Asanovic, Leijiao Ge, Ahmed Ibrahim, Petru Adrian Cotfas, Alissar Yehya, Daniel Tudor Cotfas
7. Solar photovoltaic energy technologies
Contributors: Farooq Sher, Zlata Ibrišimović Subašić, Edisa Papraćanin
8. Solar energy storage technologies
Contributors: Mohd Ghazali, Farzaneh Ghasemzadeh, Gholamhassan Najafi, Mostafa Esmaeili Shayan
Section III: Wind Energy Technologies and Infrastructures
9. Wind turbine technologies
Contributors: Farooq Sher, George Xydis, Henda Zorgani Agrebi, Hifza Zafar, Kristina Marintseva, Jerome Gacu, Bukurije Hoxha, Noha Mostafa, Emir Bakunić, Eduardo Menezes
10. Wind farms design and operational technologies
Contributors: Lei Zhou, Hongfu Zhang, Jiahao Wen
11. Wind energy storage technologies
Contributors: Monjur Mourshed, Shajjadur Rahman Shajid, Md Golam kibria, Md. Ahmed, Humayun Kabir Jim
Section IV: Hydrogen Energy Technologies and Systems
12. Biochemical hydrogen production technologies
Contributors: Eman Abdelfattah
13. Electrochemical hydrogen production technologies
Contributors: Abdinejad Abdinejad, Abdelqader El Guerraf, El Bazzaoui, Mohammed Bazzaoui, Alexandra Portoaca, Ghulam Abbas, Mohamed AQIL
14. Photocatalytic hydrogen production technologies
Contributors: MARISOL FARALDOS, Farooq Sher, Natalia Łukasik, M. Consuelo Alvarez-Galvan, Qudoos Yousuf, Temima Ajanovic, Arjan Korpa, Mariam Ameen
15. Hydrogen fuel cell technologies
Contributors: Jaroslav Frantik, Iliya Iliev, Hristo Beloev, Aveek Gupta, Jan Najser, Vojtech Blazek, Dr Nitin Gupta, Ravinder Kumar
16. Hydrogen storage technologies
Contributors: Muhammad kashif Khan, Marcin Khzouz, Lisandra Rocha Meneses, Temima Ajanovic, fatima zafar, Tazien Rashid
Section V: Hydropower, Marine, and Geothermal Energy Technologies
17. Hydropower technologies
Contributors: YEW HENG TEOH, Pakeeza Waheed, Izma Tanveer, Begum Erten, Haseeb Yaqoob, Mr Zulqarnain
18. Marine energy technologies
Contributors: Farooq Sher, Arlinda Bresa, Izma Tanveer
19. Geothermal energy technologies
Contributors: Wenbo Huang, Qingshan Ma, Ana nd, Ang Li, Fangming Jiang, Juanwen Chen
Section VI: Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy
20. Social, economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy technologies
Contributors: Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, roquyya khatoon, Liviu Catalin Andrei, Elif Danisman, Alexander Chupin, Narcisa Smječanin
21. Policy and regulatory frameworks for renewable energy technologies development and integration
Contributors: Temima Ajanovic, Jana Chovancová, Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente, Alexander Cruz, Piyya Muhammad Rafi-ul-Shan, Olena Melnyk, Penpim Phuangsuwan
Section VII: Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy
22. Design and digitalisation of renewable energy technologies and infrastructures
Contributors: Hala Nassereddine, Qudoos Yousuf, Ghazouani Hiba, Olena Borysiak, Nadja Horo, Majlinda Daci Ajvazi, Mudddasar Safdar, Miguel Angel Pans Castillo, Irfan Ul Hai, Sladjana Starcevic
23. Artificial intelligence in renewable energy technologies and sustainable transition
Contributors: Farooq Sher, Nicolas Clauser, Madjid Soltani, M Veronica Sofianos, Ljubinka Vasic, Bilal Fareed
1. Biomass resources classification and pretreatment technologies
Contributors: Kehinde Oladoke Olatunji, Daniel Madyira, Anna Kożuch
2. Physicochemical conversion technologies
Contributors: Temima Ajanovic, paola bernardo, Shuyao Wang, Omojola Awogbemi, Usama Saed, ANKA Trajkovska Petkoska, Juliana Heloisa Pinê Américo-Pinheiro, Nida Zahra Syed, Ayodeji AKERELE, Daramy Kallon
3. Biotechnological conversion technologies
Contributors: Narcisa Smječanin, Esma Karahmet Farhat , Dušan Čulum, Mirza Nuhanović, Ayesha Zafar
4. Thermochemical conversion technologies
Contributors: Mika Sillanpaa, Indira Tashmukhanbetova, Dan Egesa, Magdalena Joka Yildiz, Nadja Horo, Elena Romanovskaia, Asmaa BENETTAYEB, M. Consuelo Alvarez-Galvan, Farooq Sher, Antonia Infantes-Molina
Section II: Solar Energy Technologies and Systems
5. Active and passive solar energy technologies
Contributors: Hanumant Jagtap, Ravinder Kumar, Anand Bewoor, Jaroslav Frantik, Jeet Prakash Sharma, Dr Nitin Gupta, Jan Najser, HEERAMAN JATOTH
6. Concentrating and non-concentrating solar energy technologies
Contributors: Saman Hameed, Carolina Piña, Anurag Sharma, Vanja Asanovic, Leijiao Ge, Ahmed Ibrahim, Petru Adrian Cotfas, Alissar Yehya, Daniel Tudor Cotfas
7. Solar photovoltaic energy technologies
Contributors: Farooq Sher, Zlata Ibrišimović Subašić, Edisa Papraćanin
8. Solar energy storage technologies
Contributors: Mohd Ghazali, Farzaneh Ghasemzadeh, Gholamhassan Najafi, Mostafa Esmaeili Shayan
Section III: Wind Energy Technologies and Infrastructures
9. Wind turbine technologies
Contributors: Farooq Sher, George Xydis, Henda Zorgani Agrebi, Hifza Zafar, Kristina Marintseva, Jerome Gacu, Bukurije Hoxha, Noha Mostafa, Emir Bakunić, Eduardo Menezes
10. Wind farms design and operational technologies
Contributors: Lei Zhou, Hongfu Zhang, Jiahao Wen
11. Wind energy storage technologies
Contributors: Monjur Mourshed, Shajjadur Rahman Shajid, Md Golam kibria, Md. Ahmed, Humayun Kabir Jim
Section IV: Hydrogen Energy Technologies and Systems
12. Biochemical hydrogen production technologies
Contributors: Eman Abdelfattah
13. Electrochemical hydrogen production technologies
Contributors: Abdinejad Abdinejad, Abdelqader El Guerraf, El Bazzaoui, Mohammed Bazzaoui, Alexandra Portoaca, Ghulam Abbas, Mohamed AQIL
14. Photocatalytic hydrogen production technologies
Contributors: MARISOL FARALDOS, Farooq Sher, Natalia Łukasik, M. Consuelo Alvarez-Galvan, Qudoos Yousuf, Temima Ajanovic, Arjan Korpa, Mariam Ameen
15. Hydrogen fuel cell technologies
Contributors: Jaroslav Frantik, Iliya Iliev, Hristo Beloev, Aveek Gupta, Jan Najser, Vojtech Blazek, Dr Nitin Gupta, Ravinder Kumar
16. Hydrogen storage technologies
Contributors: Muhammad kashif Khan, Marcin Khzouz, Lisandra Rocha Meneses, Temima Ajanovic, fatima zafar, Tazien Rashid
Section V: Hydropower, Marine, and Geothermal Energy Technologies
17. Hydropower technologies
Contributors: YEW HENG TEOH, Pakeeza Waheed, Izma Tanveer, Begum Erten, Haseeb Yaqoob, Mr Zulqarnain
18. Marine energy technologies
Contributors: Farooq Sher, Arlinda Bresa, Izma Tanveer
19. Geothermal energy technologies
Contributors: Wenbo Huang, Qingshan Ma, Ana nd, Ang Li, Fangming Jiang, Juanwen Chen
Section VI: Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy
20. Social, economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy technologies
Contributors: Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, roquyya khatoon, Liviu Catalin Andrei, Elif Danisman, Alexander Chupin, Narcisa Smječanin
21. Policy and regulatory frameworks for renewable energy technologies development and integration
Contributors: Temima Ajanovic, Jana Chovancová, Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente, Alexander Cruz, Piyya Muhammad Rafi-ul-Shan, Olena Melnyk, Penpim Phuangsuwan
Section VII: Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy
22. Design and digitalisation of renewable energy technologies and infrastructures
Contributors: Hala Nassereddine, Qudoos Yousuf, Ghazouani Hiba, Olena Borysiak, Nadja Horo, Majlinda Daci Ajvazi, Mudddasar Safdar, Miguel Angel Pans Castillo, Irfan Ul Hai, Sladjana Starcevic
23. Artificial intelligence in renewable energy technologies and sustainable transition
Contributors: Farooq Sher, Nicolas Clauser, Madjid Soltani, M Veronica Sofianos, Ljubinka Vasic, Bilal Fareed
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- Published: October 31, 2025
- Language: English
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Farooq Sher
Dr. Farooq Sher is an internationally recognised academic, researcher, and innovator in the fields of chemical and environmental engineering. With over twenty years of experience, he has established a global reputation for pioneering research at the intersection of engineering science, sustainable technologies, and digital transformation, particularly with emerging digital tools applied to modern chemical and process engineering challenges.
Dr. Sher currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom. In addition to his academic responsibilities, he is actively engaged in international collaboration, research capacity-building, and interdisciplinary project leadership across several engineering domains. Dr. Sher holds PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, following his MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), an acknowledgement of his commitment to excellence in teaching, mentoring, and educational development at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Dr. Sher's research spans a broad range of topics, including AI-driven process optimisation, sustainable manufacturing, catalytic systems, waste-to-energy technologies, renewable energy integration, and net-zero engineering solutions. His multidisciplinary and application-focused research approach bridges academic theory with real-world industrial innovation. Dr. Sher has published extensively, contributing numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, review papers, and book chapters to high-impact international publications. His work has received thousands of citations, and he has been consistently listed among the Top 2% of Scientists in the World by Elsevier and Stanford University, USA recognising his influence and impact in scientific research.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Nottingham Trent University, UK