Renewable Energy Systems. A Smart Energy Systems Approach to the Choice and Modeling of 100% Renewable Solutions

✍ Scribed by Henrik Lund (Auth.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 370
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this new edition of Renewable Energy Systems, globally recognized renewable energy researcher and professor, Henrik Lund, sets forth a straightforward, comprehensive methodology for comparing different energy systems' abilities to integrate fluctuating and intermittent renewable energy sources. The book does this by presenting an energy system analysis methodology and offering a freely available accompanying software tool, EnergyPLAN, which automates and simplifies the calculations supporting such a detailed comparative analysis. The book provides the results of more than fifteen comprehensive energy system analysis studies, examines the large-scale integration of renewable energy into the present system, and presents concrete design examples derived from a dozen renewable energy systems around the globe. Renewable Energy Systems, Second Edition also undertakes the socio-political realities governing the implementation of renewable energy systems by introducing a theoretical framework approach aimed at understanding how major technological changes, such as renewable energy, can be implemented at both the national and international levels.

• Provides an introduction to the technical design of renewable energy systems
• Demonstrates how to analyze the feasibility and efficiency of large-scale systems to help implementers avoid costly trial and error
• Addresses the socio-political challenge of implementing the shift to renewables
• Free companion analysis software empowers energy professionals to crunch data for their own projects
• Features a dozen extensive case studies from around the globe that provide real-world templates for new installations
  

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Pages i-ii
Copyright, Page iv
Acknowledgments, Pages xi-xiv
About the Contributors, Pages xv-xvii
Abbreviations, Pages xix-xx
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-14
Chapter 2 - Theory: Choice Awareness Theses, Pages 15-34
Chapter 3 - Methodology: Choice Awareness Strategies, Pages 35-51
Chapter 4 - Tool: The EnergyPLAN Energy System Analysis Model, Pages 53-78
Chapter 5 - Analysis: Large-Scale Integration of Renewable Energy, Pages 79-129
Chapter 6 - Analysis: Smart Energy Systems and Infrastructures, Pages 131-184
Chapter 7 - Analysis: 100 Percent Renewable Energy Systems, Pages 185-238
Chapter 8 - Empirical Examples: Choice Awareness Cases, Pages 239-325
Chapter 9 - Conclusions and Recommendations, Pages 327-341
Bibliography, Pages 343-350
Index, Pages 351-362