Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy
Volume 2: Opportunities in Production, Storage, and Integration
- 1st Edition - March 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editor: Mejdi Jeguirim
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 6 0 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 6 0 1 - 0
Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy: Volume Two, Opportunities in Production, Storage, and Integration is a comprehensive resource that delves into the latest develo… Read more
Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy: Volume Two, Opportunities in Production, Storage, and Integration is a comprehensive resource that delves into the latest developments and strategies in renewable energy. As the sixth installment in the Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies Series, it builds on the foundation of the International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), focusing on both the performance and innovation of renewable energy production. By exploring a broad range of technologies, the book offers readers a critical understanding of emerging solutions, production processes, and the challenges inherent in integrating renewable energy sources into modern energy grids.
The volume features dedicated chapters on major renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, geothermal, bioenergy, energy storage, fuel cells, and hydrogen production. It also addresses good practices, policy, and regulatory frameworks necessary for successful grid integration and the energy transition. By blending state-of-the-art research with real-world applications, this book serves as an essential reference for sustainability experts, researchers, educators, and industry professionals.
The volume features dedicated chapters on major renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, geothermal, bioenergy, energy storage, fuel cells, and hydrogen production. It also addresses good practices, policy, and regulatory frameworks necessary for successful grid integration and the energy transition. By blending state-of-the-art research with real-world applications, this book serves as an essential reference for sustainability experts, researchers, educators, and industry professionals.
- Presents and analyzes the latest advances across solar, bioenergy, hydrogen production, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and energy storage
- Contributed to by global experts with a focus on challenges and opportunities in renewable energy production and distribution
- Emphasizes the importance of sustainability, policy, and regulation in relation to successful and achievable implementation
Graduates, researchers, professors, and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector
Section 1: SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY
1. High-Efficiency Solar Collectors Using the Bubble Injection
Method: Concept and Performance
2. Evaluation of Solar Rock Bed Used for Heating Schools
Section 2: SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY
3. Advancements in Photovoltaic-Thermal Solar Energy Systems and Their Applications
4. Performance Evaluation of Thermal Regulation of Photovoltaic Panels
Section 3: BIOENERGY PRODUCTION
5. Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass
Section 4: HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
6. A Technical Overview of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research: Progress, Challenges, and Pathways Forward
7. Performance Evaluation of Hybrid PV/Wind Green Hydrogen Production
Section 5: WIND ENERGY
8. Plasma Assistance Recycling of Wind Blade Turbines to Energy and Other Materials
Section 6: GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
9. Hybrid Heating Pumps
Section 7: HYDROPOWER
10. Stress Analysis and Residual Stress Appearance in Hydropower Plant Pipelines
11. A Machine Learning Approach for Hydroelectric Power Forecasting
12. Evaluating the Pollutant Emission Impact of Hydrothermal Scheduling: Contrasting Linear and Nonlinear Formulations
Section 8: ENERGY STORAGE/FUEL CELLS
13. Utilization of Industrial and Landfill Waste Gases in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
14. Improving Thermal Performance of PCM or Sorption Storage Units
Section 9: SMART GRIDS
15. Towards Implementing a Smart Grid: A Case Study
Section 10: SUSTAINABILITY, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
16. Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading for Sustainable Challenging-to-Decarbonize Transport
1. High-Efficiency Solar Collectors Using the Bubble Injection
Method: Concept and Performance
2. Evaluation of Solar Rock Bed Used for Heating Schools
Section 2: SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY
3. Advancements in Photovoltaic-Thermal Solar Energy Systems and Their Applications
4. Performance Evaluation of Thermal Regulation of Photovoltaic Panels
Section 3: BIOENERGY PRODUCTION
5. Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass
Section 4: HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
6. A Technical Overview of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research: Progress, Challenges, and Pathways Forward
7. Performance Evaluation of Hybrid PV/Wind Green Hydrogen Production
Section 5: WIND ENERGY
8. Plasma Assistance Recycling of Wind Blade Turbines to Energy and Other Materials
Section 6: GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
9. Hybrid Heating Pumps
Section 7: HYDROPOWER
10. Stress Analysis and Residual Stress Appearance in Hydropower Plant Pipelines
11. A Machine Learning Approach for Hydroelectric Power Forecasting
12. Evaluating the Pollutant Emission Impact of Hydrothermal Scheduling: Contrasting Linear and Nonlinear Formulations
Section 8: ENERGY STORAGE/FUEL CELLS
13. Utilization of Industrial and Landfill Waste Gases in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
14. Improving Thermal Performance of PCM or Sorption Storage Units
Section 9: SMART GRIDS
15. Towards Implementing a Smart Grid: A Case Study
Section 10: SUSTAINABILITY, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
16. Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading for Sustainable Challenging-to-Decarbonize Transport
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: March 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Mejdi Jeguirim
Dr. Mejdi Jeguirim is a Professor at the University of Haute Alsace (France) in the field of energy, process engineering, and kinetics modeling. He has two main research interests, namely biomass valorization (pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion) and exhaust gas treatment (NOx and soot abatement as well as volatile organic compounds’ elimination). He is a prolific author of journal articles and book chapters and is a member of the editorial board of the following international journals: Energy (Elsevier), Energies (MDPI), Energy for Sustainable Development (Elsevier), Biofuels (Taylor & Francis), International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis). He has received the French National Research Excellence Award for researchers with a high level of scientific activity for the 2009-2012, 2013-2016, 2017-2020 and 2021-2024 periods. Since 2019, Dr. Jeguirim has been added to the World’s Top 2% Scientists list established by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier. For Elsevier, he is also the series editor of the Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies series.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Institut de Sciences des Matériaux, Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, France