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
Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy: Volume 2—Opportunities in Production, Storage, and Integration is the sixth book in the Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies… Read more
Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy: Volume 2—Opportunities in Production, Storage, and Integration is the sixth book in the Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies series. Based on the key themes of the International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), this volume looks at the production performance of renewable energy sources and emerging production processes.
Containing all major renewable energy technologies in individual chapters, this reference includes some of the most dynamic developments, good practices, and future concepts in solar energy systems, energy storage, geothermal energy, bioenergy, wind energy, fuel cell, and hydrogen production, as well as in policy and regulation. By reviewing these state-of-the-art advances, considering them with real work application, and analyzing key challenges, this book provides readers with an up-to-date source on renewable energy grid integration and its importance in aiding the energy transition.
This is a valuable resource for graduates, researchers, professors, and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector, as well as advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production, and sustainability.
Containing all major renewable energy technologies in individual chapters, this reference includes some of the most dynamic developments, good practices, and future concepts in solar energy systems, energy storage, geothermal energy, bioenergy, wind energy, fuel cell, and hydrogen production, as well as in policy and regulation. By reviewing these state-of-the-art advances, considering them with real work application, and analyzing key challenges, this book provides readers with an up-to-date source on renewable energy grid integration and its importance in aiding the energy transition.
This is a valuable resource for graduates, researchers, professors, and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector, as well as advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production, and sustainability.
- 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