Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Handbook
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The time horizon of the handbook is limited to approximately 20 years because environmental conditions vary, new technologies emerge, and priorities of society continuously change.
It is therefore not possible to make reliable projections beyond that period. Given this time horizon, the book deals only with technologies that are currently available or that are expected to be ready for implementation in the near future.
Energy is a mainstay of an industrial society. As the population of the world increases and people strive for a higher standard of living, the amount of energy necessary to sustain our society is ever increasing.
At the same time, the availability of nonrenewable sources, particularly liquid fuels, is rapidly shrinking. Therefore, there is general agreement that to avoid an energy crisis, the amount of energy needed to sustain society will have to be contained and, to the extent possible, renewable sources will have to be used.
As a consequence, conservation and renewable energy (RE) technologies are going to increase in importance and reliable, up-to-date information about their availability, efficiency, and cost is necessary for planning a secure energy future.
The timing of this handbook also coincides with a new impetus for the use of RE. This impetus comes from RE policies in Europe, Japan, China, India, and Brazil and the emergence of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in many states of the United States.
Germany introduced electricity feed-in laws that value electricity produced from RE resources much higher than that from conventional resources, which have created demand for photovoltaic and wind power.
Following the success of Germany, other European countries introduced feed-in laws, which accelerated the deployment of RE in Europe. Other countries, such as China and India, have adopted modified versions of feed-in laws, whereby RE power companies bid discounts to the feed-in tariffs determined by the governments.
RPS policies adopted by many states in United State require that a certain percentage of energy used be derived from renewable resources. RPSs and other incentives for RE are currently in place in 34 of the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia (DC) and Puerto Rico.
The details of the RPS for RE and conservation instituted by state governments vary, but all of them essentially offer an opportunity for the industry to compete for the new markets.
Thus, to be successful, renewable technologies will have to become more efficient, reliable, and cost-effective.
RPSs have already demonstrated that they can reduce market barriers and stimulate the development of RE.
The use of conservation and RE can help meet critical national goals for fuel diversity, price stability, economic development, environmental protection, and energy security and thereby play a vital role in national energy policy.
The expected growth rate of RE from portfolio standards and other stimulants in the United States is impressive.
As a result of various policy initiatives in the world, the global growth in solar photovoltaics (PV) production has averaged over 43% per year from 2000 to 2012 and 61% from 2007 to 2012, with Europe showing the maximum growth.
The average annual growth in worldwide wind energy capacity from 2001 to 2012 was over 25%. The average annual growth in the United States over the same period was 37.7%.
More recently, China has increased its capacity faster than any other country. China accounted for more than a quarter of the global wind capacity in 2012.
With appropriate regulations and careful planning, the technical information in this handbook will ensure an orderly and peaceful transition to a sustainable energy future.
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Preface to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
The goal of this handbook is to provide information necessary for engineers, energy professionals, and policy makers to plan a secure energy future.The time horizon of the handbook is limited to approximately 20 years because environmental conditions vary, new technologies emerge, and priorities of society continuously change.
It is therefore not possible to make reliable projections beyond that period. Given this time horizon, the book deals only with technologies that are currently available or that are expected to be ready for implementation in the near future.
Energy is a mainstay of an industrial society. As the population of the world increases and people strive for a higher standard of living, the amount of energy necessary to sustain our society is ever increasing.
At the same time, the availability of nonrenewable sources, particularly liquid fuels, is rapidly shrinking. Therefore, there is general agreement that to avoid an energy crisis, the amount of energy needed to sustain society will have to be contained and, to the extent possible, renewable sources will have to be used.
As a consequence, conservation and renewable energy (RE) technologies are going to increase in importance and reliable, up-to-date information about their availability, efficiency, and cost is necessary for planning a secure energy future.
The timing of this handbook also coincides with a new impetus for the use of RE. This impetus comes from RE policies in Europe, Japan, China, India, and Brazil and the emergence of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in many states of the United States.
Germany introduced electricity feed-in laws that value electricity produced from RE resources much higher than that from conventional resources, which have created demand for photovoltaic and wind power.
Following the success of Germany, other European countries introduced feed-in laws, which accelerated the deployment of RE in Europe. Other countries, such as China and India, have adopted modified versions of feed-in laws, whereby RE power companies bid discounts to the feed-in tariffs determined by the governments.
RPS policies adopted by many states in United State require that a certain percentage of energy used be derived from renewable resources. RPSs and other incentives for RE are currently in place in 34 of the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia (DC) and Puerto Rico.
The details of the RPS for RE and conservation instituted by state governments vary, but all of them essentially offer an opportunity for the industry to compete for the new markets.
Thus, to be successful, renewable technologies will have to become more efficient, reliable, and cost-effective.
RPSs have already demonstrated that they can reduce market barriers and stimulate the development of RE.
The use of conservation and RE can help meet critical national goals for fuel diversity, price stability, economic development, environmental protection, and energy security and thereby play a vital role in national energy policy.
The expected growth rate of RE from portfolio standards and other stimulants in the United States is impressive.
As a result of various policy initiatives in the world, the global growth in solar photovoltaics (PV) production has averaged over 43% per year from 2000 to 2012 and 61% from 2007 to 2012, with Europe showing the maximum growth.
The average annual growth in worldwide wind energy capacity from 2001 to 2012 was over 25%. The average annual growth in the United States over the same period was 37.7%.
More recently, China has increased its capacity faster than any other country. China accounted for more than a quarter of the global wind capacity in 2012.
With appropriate regulations and careful planning, the technical information in this handbook will ensure an orderly and peaceful transition to a sustainable energy future.
Contents of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Section 1. Global Energy Systems, Policy, and Economics- Global Energy Systems
- Sound Finance Policies for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- State and Federal Policies for Renewable Energy
- Strategies and Instruments for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Internationally, in Europe, and in Germany
- Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Policies in China
- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in India
- Renewable Energy Policies in Brazil: Bioenergy, Photovoltaic Generation, and Transportation
- Energy in Israel: A Case for Renewables
- Renewable Energy in Australia
- Japan’s Post-Fukushima Energy Policy
- Policies for Distributed Energy Generation
- Economics Methods
- Environmental Impacts and Costs of Energy
- Distributed Generation Technologies through
- Demand-Side Management
- Fossil Fuels
- Nuclear Power Technologies through Year 2035
- Outlook for U.S. Energy Consumption and Prices, 2011–2040
- Section 3. Energy Infrastructure and Storage
- Transportation
- Infrastructure Risk Analysis and Security
- Electricity Infrastructure Resilience and Security
- Electrical Energy Management in Buildings
- Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Control Systems
- Stirling Engines
- Energy-Efficient Lighting Technologies and Their Applications in the Residential and Commercial Sectors
- Energy-Efficient Technologies: Major Appliances and Space Conditioning Equipment
- Heat Pumps
- Electric Motor Systems Efficiency
- Industrial Energy Efficiency and Energy Management
- Process Energy Efficiency: Pinch Technology
- Analysis Methods for Building Energy Auditing
- Cogeneration
- Energy Storage Technologies
- Advanced Concepts in Transmission and Distribution
- Smart Grid Technology
- Solar Energy Resources
- Wind Energy Resource
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Biomass Properties and Resources
- Active Solar Heating Systems
- Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting
- Concentrating Solar Thermal Power
- Wind Energy Conversion
- Photovoltaics
- Thin-Film PV Technology
- Concentrating PV Technologies
- Waste-to-Energy Combustion
- Energy Recovery by Anaerobic Digestion Process
- Biomass Conversion to Heat and Power
- Biomass Conversion to Fuels
- Geothermal Power Generation
- Hydrogen Energy Technologies
- Fuel Cells
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 1848 |
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| File Size | 59.3MB |
