Global Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems

Phillip Olla (Madonna University, USA)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1625-7, ISBN13: 9781466616257, ISBN10: 1466616253, EISBN13: 9781466616264

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Over the past decade, the use of Renewable Energy Technology (RET) has significantly increased around the globe. Technologies that once were considered experimental are now being deployed on commercial scales at phenomenal rates, delivering cost-effective substitutions for conventional, fossil fuel-based systems that cause problems including greenhouse gas emissions, expensive operating costs, and global pollution. But these new systems come at a costly rate, and because of this, officials must review their overall efficiency and effectiveness.

Global Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems 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. This book goes into great detail describing the benefits of these systems for organizations, focusing on corporate sustainability initiatives and activities to combat climate change. Research presented in this publication includes modeling techniques, software applications, and case studies that reveal how renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and biomass fuel can have a significant implications for both operating costs and environmental impacts.

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Encouraging the Development of Renewable Energy: The Role of Cooperatives (pages 1-15)

Eric Viardot (EADA Business School, Spain)

The development of Renewable Energy (RE) has become a major societal challenge. Even though RE technology is improving fast, the general public has been slow to adop... Sample PDF | More details...

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Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) for Economic Development in Developing Countries (pages 16-30)

Phillip Olla (Madonna University, USA), Nkemdilim Onwudinjo (Madonna University, USA)

There has been an increase in the deployments of renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy due to the concerns regarding glob... Sample PDF | More details...

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Energy Management System Concepts (pages 31-53)

Adam Bedford (UCLAN, UK)

World energy is rapidly approaching a point of transition where the traditional types of generation will be replaced with distributed generation. This will put an en... Sample PDF | More details...

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Review of Energy Efficiency Adoption Literature from a Demand Side Management Perspective: Taxonomy of Research Approaches (pages 54-78)

Ibrahim Iskin (Portland State University, USA), Tugrul Daim (Portland State University, USA)

It has been observed that some of the energy efficiency terms may cause misinterpretation if one does not grasp research perspectives in the energy efficiency litera... Sample PDF | More details...

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Renewable Energy Scenario of Pakistan for Sustainable Development (pages 79-99)

Asif A. Shah (Mehran University Institute of Science & Technology Development (MUISTD), Pakistan), Arabella Bhutto (Mehran University Institute of Science & Technology Development (MUISTD), Pakistan), S. M. Qureshi (Mehran University Institute of Science & Technology Development (MUISTD), Pakistan), Ambreen Shah (University of Sindh, Pakistan), A. A. Shah (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Pakistan), Wajiha Shah (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Pakistan)

In Pakistan, sustainable development through Renewable Energy (RE) is considered an unrealistic idea. This chapter sheds light on this scenario by finding the root c... Sample PDF | More details...

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Approaches for Measuring Sustainability (pages 101-130)

Evangelos Grigoroudis (Technical University of Crete, Greece), Vassilis S. Kouikoglou (Technical University of Crete, Greece), Yannis A. Phillis (Technical University of Crete, Greece)

The environment provides the economy with resources (e.g., water, air, fuels, food, metals, minerals, and drugs), services (e.g., the cycles of H2O, C, CO2, N, O2; p... Sample PDF | More details...

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The Drivers for a Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Industry (pages 131-151)

George M. Hall (University of Central Lancashire, UK), Joe Howe (University of Central Lancashire, UK)

This chapter describes the current situation of the chemical manufacturing industry and looks to the future demands on the sector such as: for sustainability, the ad... Sample PDF | More details...

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Are Biofuels a Factor of Sustainable Development in a Food Insecurity Context in Africa?: Case Study of Burkina Faso (pages 152-171)

Marie-Hélène Dabat (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Burkina Faso), Joël Blin (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Burkina Faso & 2iE, Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, Burkina Faso), Elodie Hanff (2iE, Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, Burkina Faso)

Bearing in mind the strong link between energy and development, and given the country’s heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels, this chapter discusses the opportuni... Sample PDF | More details...

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Sustainability Assessment Approaches: Towards a Global Sustainability Development (pages 172-187)

Gonzalo Fernández Sánchez (Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain)

The beginnings and progress in implementing sustainable development in different areas with large impacts on the environment, society, and economy in the last decade... Sample PDF | More details...

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Impacts of Wind Generators on the Dynamic Performance of Power Systems (pages 189-208)

M. Jahangir Hossain (The University of Queensland, Australia), H. R. Pota (The University of New South Wales, Australia), M. A. Mahmud (The University of New South Wales, Australia)

The complexity of power systems has been increased in recent years due to increased utilization of the existing transmission lines using FACTS (Flexible AC Transmiss... Sample PDF | More details...

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Genomics Perspectives of Bioethanol Producing Zymomonas Mobilis (pages 209-233)

S. Sheik Asraf (Madurai Kamaraj University, India), K.N. Rajnish (Madurai Kamaraj University, India), P. Gunasekaran (Madurai Kamaraj University, India)

In recent years, there has been continuous increase in demand for fossil fuels that has led to the need for new potential fuel sources. Biofuels, in particular ethan... Sample PDF | More details...

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Counter-Rotating Type Power Technologies to Exploit Offshore Energies (pages 234-253)

Toshiaki Kanemoto (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

For the next leap in power-generating technologies, the world is obligated to not only cope with the warming global environment but also to conserve the natural ecos... Sample PDF | More details...

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Stability Analysis of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems (pages 254-270)

M. A. Mahmud (The University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia), M. Jahangir Hossain (The University of Queensland, Australia), H. R. Pota (The University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia)

This chapter presents an overview Photovoltaic (PV) power generation and integration of PV systems with power grid. This chapter also presents a Feedback Linearizing... Sample PDF | More details...

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Energy from Waste: Present Scenario, Challenges, and Future Prospects towards Sustainable Development (pages 271-296)

Kalpana Arora (Indian Institute of Technology, India), Ashwani Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology, India), Satyawati Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

Considering the confrontation of waste disposal and minimizing Green House Gas (GHG) emission, technologies of Waste To Energy (WTE) production seem appealing. It pr... Sample PDF | More details...

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Topics Covered

Alternative energy systems
Corporate and organizational sustainability
Energy efficiency software applications
Energy evaluations
Energy for sustainable development
Energy modeling software and applications
Environmental impacts or renewable energy sources
Renewable energy return of investments
Solar energy
Wind energy conversion

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Author(s)/Editor(s) Biography

Phillip Olla is the endowed Phillips Chair of Management and Professor of MIS at the school of business at Madonna University in Michigan (USA), and he is also a Visiting Research Fellow at Brunel University (London, UK). His research interests include knowledge management, mobile telecommunication, and health informatics. In addition to University level teaching, Dr. Phillip Olla is also a Chartered Engineer and has over 10 years experience as an independent Consultant and has worked in the telecommunications, space, financial and healthcare sectors. He was contracted to perform a variety of roles including Chief Technical Architect, Program Manager, and Director. Dr. Olla is the Associate Editor for the Journal of Information Technology Research and the Software/Book Review Editor for the International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, and is also a member of the Editorial Advisory & Review Board for the Journal of Knowledge Management Practice.Dr. Phillip Olla has a PhD in mobile telecommunications from Brunel University (UK), he is an accredited Press member of the British Association of Journalism, Chartered IT Professional with the British Computing Society and a member of the IEEE society.

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