Sustainable Growth and Applications in Renewable Energy Sources
Worldwide attention to environmental issues combined with the energy crisis force usto reduce greenhouse emissions and increase the usage of renewable energy sources as
a solution to providing an efficient environment. This book addresses the current
issues of sustainable growth and applications in renewable energy sources. The fifteen
chapters of the book have been divided into two sections to organize the information
accessible to readers.
Part 1 Sustainable Growth 1
Chapter 1 EU Energy Policies and Sustainable Growth 3
Chapter 2 Sustained Renewability:
Approached by Systems Theory and Human Ecology 21
Chapter 3 Renewable Energy Use and Energy Efficiency –
A Critical Tool for Sustainable Development 49
Chapter 4 Renewable Energy and Coal Use in Turkey 61
Chapter 5 Experiences of Community Wind
Electrification Projects in Bolivia:
Evaluation and Improvements for Future Projects 85
Chapter 6 Taxes Incentives to Promote
Res Deployment: The Eu-27 Case 107
Part 2 Applications 123
Chapter 7 Structural Design of a Dynamic Model of
the Battery for State of Charge Estimation 125
Chapter 8 Parameterisation of
the Four Half-Day Daylight Situations 147
Chapter 9 Energetic Willow (Salix viminalis) –
Unconventional Applications 181
Chapter 10 Biomass Energy Conversion 209
Chapter 11 Air Gasification of Malaysia Agricultural Waste in a Fluidized
Bed Gasifier: Hydrogen Production Performance 227
Chapter 12 Extraction and Optimization of Oil from
Moringa Oleifera Seed as an Alternative
Feedstock for the Production of Biodiesel 243
Chapter 13 Tall Wheatgrass Cultivar Szarvasi-1 (Elymus elongatus
subsp. ponticus cv. Szarvasi-1) as a Potential Energy
Crop for Semi-Arid Lands of Eastern Europe 269
Chapter 14 Analysis of Time Dependent Valuation of
Emission Factors from the Electricity Sector 295
Chapter 15 Photovoltaic Conversion: Outlook at the Crossroads Between
Technological Challenges and Eco-Strategic Issues 313
