This book contains selected papers presented during the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2020 at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. The WREC is dedicated to promoting renewable energy global development, and features top international experts, policy makers, scientists, engineers, technology developers, and business practitioners addressing the most current research and technological breakthroughs in sustainable energy development and innovation. The contributions address policy and renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors—for heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water, desalination, industrial applications, and for the transport sectors.
- Presents cutting-edge research in green building and renewable energy from all over the world;
- Covers the most up-to-date research developments, government policies, business models, best practices, and innovations;
- Contains case studies and examples to enhance practicalapplication of the technologies.
Tabella dei contenuti
Photovoltaic Technology.- Solar Thermal, Heat Pumps & Geothermal Energy.-Sustanability & Low Energy Architecture.- Bio-energy, Biofuels, & Waste-to-energy.- Policy, Finance, Social impact, Education & Sustainability.- Energy Meteorology.- Wind Energy Technology.- Water, Hydropower & Ocean Energy.- Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Transport.- Renewable System Integration.- Energy and Gender.- Student Competition in Sustainability.
Circa l’autore
Dr. Ali Sayigh is Chairman and Founder of the World Renewable Energy Congress and Council; Director General of World Renewable Energy Network (WREN); Chairman and Founder of the Arab Solar Energy Society; and Past Chairman of the UK Solar Energy Society. Dr. Sayigh was recently elected to chair the Iraqi Energy Institute, and he actively consults on renewable and sustainable energy issues for a number of international organizations, including UNESCO, ISESCO, UNDP, ESCWA, & UNIDO. Dr. Sayigh was Director of Solar Seminars at ICTP Trieste, Italy from 1977-1995; Professor of Solar Energy at King Saud, Kuwait, and Reading Universities from 1969 to 1994, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire from 1994 to 2004. He was the founding expert in Renewable Energy at AOPEC. He is Fellow of the Institute of Energy; Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; and Chartered Engineer. He has published more than 400 papers and has contributed to and edited more than 30 books. He has been Editor and Editor in Chief of several international journals including
Renewable Energy and the
International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the reference work
Comprehensive Renewable Energy.
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