Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface pp. i-xi
Chapter 1. What Lessons Have Been Learned from Renewable Energy Policy and R&D Activities Failures in Japan
(Sawako Shigeto, Associate Fellow, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo, Japan)pp. 1-14
Chapter 2. Supporting Decision Makers in Assessing Environmental Policy Instruments
(Charikleia Karakosta, Vangelis Marinakis and John Psarras,
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Management & Decision Support Systems Laboratory (EPU-NTUA), Athens, Greece)pp. 15-24
Chapter 3. Energy Mix, Intermittency of Renewables and the Electricity Export Drivers
(António Cardoso Marques and José Alberto Fuinhas, NECE, University of Beira Interior, Management and Economics Department, Covilhã, Portugal)pp. 25-44
Chapter 4. Hydrogen Based Energy Storage
(Karsten Müller and Wolfgang Arlt, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Separation Science and Technology, Bavaria, Germany)pp. 45-60
Chapter 5. Green Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy
(Kelvii Wei Guo, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong)pp. 61-90
Chapter 6. Stochastic Solutions for the Unit Commitment of Power Systems with Wind Power Generation
(Irina Ciornei and Elias Kyriakides, KIOS Research Center for Intelligent Systems and Networks, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)pp. 91-110
Chapter 7. Evaluation Methodologies and Input Data for Offshore Wind Power Plant Topology Assessment
(A. Madariaga, I. Zamora, J.L. Martin, I. Martinez de Alegria and S. Ceballos, University of Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain, and others)pp. 111-162
Chapter 8. Exploitation of Olive Solid Waste for Energy Purposes
(Paris A. Fokaides and Polycarpos Polycarpou, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frederick University, Cyprus, and others)pp. 163-178
Chapter 9. Electrification of Rural Areas using Renewable Energy Sources: Review of Best Practices Around the World
(Antonios Tsikalakis and Terpsihori Tzouliadaki, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Estavromenos Area, Crete, Greece)pp. 179-246
Chapter 10. Technical, Economic and Mitigation Performance of Small-scale (≤1 kW<sub>e</sub>) Hydroelectric and Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems Relative to Network Electricity in Rural Areas in the Southwest of Western Australia
(Mark P. McHenry, School of Engineering and Energy, Murdoch University, Western Australia)pp. 247-266
Chapter 11. Modeling the Carbonization Process to Develop a Cost-effective, Smokeless, Continuous, Down-draft Rice Husk Carbonizer Suitable for Rice Growing Regions
(R.F. Orge, M.P. McHenry, and R.L. de Leon, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), Philippines, and others)pp. 267-280
Index pp. 281-294
