Renewable and Alternative Energy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of emerging perspectives and innovations for alternative energy sources.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Preface
• Section 1: Fundamental Concepts and Theories
• Preface
• Chapter 1: An Overview to Thermal Solar Systems for Low Temperature
• Chapter 2: A Road Map for a Domestic Wind Turbine Manufacturıng Industry in Turkey
• Chapter 3: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education in Renewable Energy
• Chapter 4: Cold Thermal Energy Storage
• Chapter 5: A Reliability Test Installation for Water Heating Solar Systems
• Chapter 6: Optical Nano-Antennas for Energy Harvesting
• Chapter 7: A Review of Various Nanostructures to Enhance the Efficiency of Solar-Photon-Conversions
• Chapter 8: Knowledge Assets Management in the Energy Industry
• Chapter 9: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation through Energy Efficiency
• Chapter 10: Bondonic Electrochemistry
• Chapter 11: Solar Power Plant Optimization
• Chapter 12: Solar Energy Potential as Support for Sustainable Development of Romanian Economy
• Section 2: Development and Design Methodologies
• Preface
• Chapter 13: Sustainable Design of Photovoltaics
• Chapter 14: Sustainable Development and Turkey's Biomass Energy Potential
• Chapter 15: Fuzzy Logic in Wind Energy
• Chapter 16: Modeling and Simulation of a Stand-Alone Hydrogen Photovoltaic Fuel Cell Hybrid System
• Chapter 17: Mechatronic System Design for a Solar Tracker
• Chapter 18: Electricity Production from Small-Scale Photovoltaics in Urban Areas
• Chapter 19: Design and Implementation of a Fuzzy Inference Model for Mapping the Sustainability of Energy Crops
• Chapter 20: A Game Theoretic Framework for Green HetNets Using D2D Traffic Offload and Renewable Energy Powered Base Stations
• Chapter 21: Intelligent Bidding in Smart Electricity Markets
• Chapter 22: Modeling and Operating Strategies of Micro-Grids for Renewable Energy Communities
• Chapter 23: Automatic Generation Control of Thermal-Thermal-Hydro Power Systems with PID Controller Using Ant Colony Optimization
• Section 3: Tools and Technologies
• Preface
• Chapter 24: Intelligent Computing on the Basis of Cognitive and Event Modeling, and Its Application in Energy Security Research
• Chapter 25: Systems with Concentrating Solar Radiation
• Chapter 26: A Novel Mixed Integer Programming Formulation for Selecting the Best Renewable Energies to Invest
• Chapter 27: Application of Mathematical Modeling for the Secure and Intelligent Energy Infrastructure
• Chapter 28: Application of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Renewable Energy Generation from Micro-Hydel Projects of Himachal Pradesh
• Chapter 29: In2X3 (X=S, Se, Te) Semiconductor Thin Films
• Chapter 30: Adoption of Biomass Heating Systems
• Chapter 31: Applications of Vibration-Based Energy Harvesting (VEH) Devices
• Chapter 32: Decreasing Wear of Large Vertical Axis Wind Turbines by Employing a Multi-Level Turbine Concept
• Chapter 33: Energy Harvesting and Energy Conversion Devices Using Thermoelectric Materials
• Chapter 34: Renewable Energy Management with a Multi-Agent System
• Chapter 35: Energy Efficient Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN)
• Chapter 36: Wind-Thermal Integrated Power System Scheduling Problem Using Cuckoo Search Algorithm
• Section 4: Utilization and Applications
• Preface
• Chapter 37: Use of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for Refrigerated Transport
• Chapter 38: Dynamic Particle Swarm Optimization with Any Irregular Initial Small-World Topology
• Chapter 39: A System Safety Analysis of Renewable Energy Sources
• Chapter 40: Implementing a Fuzzy Logic Based Algorithm to Predict Solar and Wind Energies in a Hybrid Renewable Energy System
• Chapter 41: Assessing the Profitability of Changing a Turbine for a Hydroelectric Power Plant Based on Long-Period Water Gauge Readings
• Chapter 42: Using Fuzzy Control Methods for Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Buildings
• Chapter 43: Signal Processing Techniques in Smart Grids
• Chapter 44: Revising the Empirical Linkage between Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Tunisia
• Chapter 45: The Topicality and the Peculiarities of the Renewable Energy Sources Integration into the Ukrainian Power Grids and the Heating System
• Chapter 46: Impact of Green Growth and Development Path for Skilled and Unskilled Job Creation and Economic, Social Sustainability
• Chapter 47: Feasibility of Implementation of Solar Bottle Bulb in Urban Slums of India
• Chapter 48: Evaluation of Renewable Energy Alternatives Using Hesitant Fuzzy TOPSIS and Interval Type-2 Fuzzy AHP
• Section 5: Critical Issues and Challenges
• Preface
• Chapter 49: Low Carbon Footprint
• Chapter 50: Optimal Operational Strategy for PV/Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power Generation System with Energy Storage
• Chapter 51: Energy Sustainability of Countries
• Chapter 52: Optimization of Small Wind Turbines Using Genetic Algorithms
• Chapter 53: Energy Management Strategies to Improve Electrical Networks Using Storage Systems
• Chapter 54: Quantifying the Uncertainty of Energy Creation from Solar and Wind Farms in Different Locations
• Chapter 55: An Accurate and Efficient Analytical Method to Extract the Parameters of the Single and Double Diode Photovoltaic Cells Models
• Chapter 56: An Integrated Approach for Sustainable Environmental and Socio-Economic Development Using Offshore Infrastructure
• Chapter 57: Tackling Climate Change through Educational Awareness
• Chapter 58: Energy and Exergy Analysis on Gasification Processes
• Chapter 59: Hybrid Supply Chain Strategies in Wind Business
• Section 6: Emerging Trends
• Preface
• Chapter 60: Revolution of Energy Storage System in Smart Grids
• Chapter 61: A New Robust H∞ Control Power
• Chapter 62: Nanostructured Materials for the Realization of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Devices
• Chapter 63: Silver Coatings with Protective Transparent Films for Solar Concentrators
• Chapter 64: Electronic and ICT Solutions for Smart Buildings and Urban Areas
• Chapter 65: Quantum Dots Searching for Bondots
• Chapter 66: Earth Long-Wave Infrared Emission, New Ways to Harvest Energy
• Chapter 67: Current and Future Trends of Refrigerants Development
• Chapter 68: Smart Homes and Sustainable Energy in Nigeria
• Chapter 69: Solar Micro Grids
• Chapter 70: Creative Energy Alternatives