Global sustainable development and renewable energy systems

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Olla, Phillip.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
• Subjects: Renewable energy sources.; Sustainable development.; Energy consumption.; Alternative energy systems; Corporate sustainability; Energy efficiency software applications; Energy evaluations; Energy for sustainable development; Energy modeling software and applications; Environmental impacts; Renewable energy return on investments; Solar energy; Wind energy conversion
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"This book pushes through the boundaries of current research to introduce the concept of an energy management information system, exploring the role of energy for sustainable development"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Encouraging the development of renewable energy: the role of cooperatives / Eric Viardot
• 2. Productive use of renewable energy (PURE) for economic development in developing countries / Phillip Olla, Nkemdilim Onwudinjo
• 3. Energy management system concepts / Adam Bedford
• 4. Review of energy efficiency adoption literature from a demand side management perspective: taxonomy of research approaches / Ibrahim Iskin, Tugrul Daim
• 5. Renewable energy scenario of pakistan for sustainable development / Asif A. Shah ... [et al.]
• 6. Approaches for measuring sustainability / Evangelos Grigoroudis, Vassilis S. Kouikoglou, Yannis A. Phillis
• 7. The drivers for a sustainable chemical manufacturing industry / George M. Hall, Joe Howe
• 8. Are biofuels a factor of sustainable development in a food insecurity context in Africa?: case study of Burkina Faso / Marie-Hélène Dabat ... [et al.]
• 9. Sustainability assessment approaches: towards a global sustainability development / Gonzalo Fernández Sánchez
• 10. Impacts of wind generators on the dynamic performance of power systems / M. Jahangir Hossain, H. R. Pota, M. A. Mahmud
• 11. Genomics perspectives of bioethanol producing Zymomonas mobilis / S. Sheik Asraf, K.N. Rajnish, P. Gunasekaran
• 12. Counter-rotating type power technologies to exploit offshore energies / Toshiaki Kanemoto
• 13. Stability analysis of grid-connected photovoltaic systems / M. A. Mahmud, M. Jahangir Hossain, H. R. Pota
• 14. Energy from waste: present scenario, challenges, and future prospects towards sustainable development / Kalpana Arora, Ashwani Kumar, Satyawati Sharma.