Alternative & Renewable Energy Sources & Technology

Federal policy has played a key role in the emergence of the U.S. biofuels industry. Policy measures have included minimum renewable fuel usage req...

In this book, systems and technologies of distributed generation (DG) for electricity generation or Combined Heat and Power (CHP) are discussed. DG...

This book concentrates on biofuels and specifically on ethanol within the United States (US), though in the concluding chapter the author expands t...

Among the oil-bearing tree species, Jatropha curcas is currently becoming an interesting crop for the production of biodiesel due to some of its in...

This book presents current research in fuel cells which are growing in importance as sources of sustainable energy and are forming part of the chan...

Biodiesel, produced from seed oils or animal fats via the transesterification process, has been the focus of biofuel production because of its pote...

Ethanol production in the United States totalled almost 5 billion gallons in 2006, about 1 billion gallons more than in 2005. While this was a sign...

The report presents the analytical framework developed by the BEFS project which examines the relationship between food security and bioenergy. The...

Gathering some 30 entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book presents fundamental principles and technologie...

Climate change is perhaps among the most serious challenges that humankind has ever faced and perhaps the greatest market failure the world has eve...

Renewable energy, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat, is the type of energy that can naturally replenish on a human ti...

Desalination technologies utilise various forms of energy to produce freshwater. The first chapter of this book provides an exergy analysis of desa...

Geothermal energy is reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly with less greenhouse emission, and therefore is drawing increasing attentio...

Sustainable energy is the provision of energy such that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to...

Global climate change is one of the nation''''s most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activities are producing increasingly large qua...

This book provides current research on the sources, applications and emerging technologies of renewable energy. Chapter One explores which policy s...

This book reviews electricity markets'''' impact assessments, developments and emerging trends. Chapter One deals with types of electricity market ...

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), significantly expanded the renewable fuel standard (RFS) established in the Energy Policy ...

Over the past 30 years, wind energy has evolved from a small industry active in a few countries to a large international industry involving major p...

Inside a decade, the availability of our conventional fuels will be doubtful. It is already late, then, to consider what sources we should develop....

In his 2003 State of the Union address, President Bush announced a hydrogen initiative to reverse America''''s growing dependence on foreign oil an...

Green marketing -- a marketing strategy highlighting the environmental attributes of a product -- dates back to the 1970s but began to flourish in ...