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In this ready reference, top academic researchers, industry players and government officers join forces to develop commercial concepts for the transition from current nuclear or fossil fuel-based energy to renewable energy systems within a limited time span. They take into account the latest science and technology, including an analysis of the feasibility and impact on the environment, economy and society. In so doing, they discuss such complex topics as electrical and gas grids, fossil power plants and energy storage technologies. The contributions also include robust, conceivable and breakthrough technologies that will be viable and implementable by 2020.
List of contents
ForewordPrefacePART I: RENEWABLE STRATEGIESSouth Korea's Green Energy StrategiesJapan's Energy Policy After the 3.11 Natural and Nuclear Disasters - from the Viewpoint of the R&D of Renewable and Its Current StateThe Impact of Renewable Energy Development on Energy and CO2 Emissions in ChinaThe Scottish Government's Electricity Generation Policy StatementTransiton to Renewables as a Challenge for the Industry - the German Energiewende from an Industry PerspectiveThe Decreasing Market Value of Variable Renewables: Integration Options and DeadlocksTransition to a Fully Sustainable Global Energy SystemThe Transition to Renewable Energy Systems - On the Way to a Comprehensive Transition ConceptRenewable Energy Future for the Developing WorldAn Innovative Concept for Large-Scale Concentrating Solar Thermal Power PlantsStatus of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Development and Deployment: Hyundai's Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Development as a Best Practice ExampleHydrogen as an Enabler for Renewable EnergiesPre-Investigation of Hydrogen Technologies at Large Scales for Electric Grid Load BalancingPART II: POWER PRODUCTIONOnshore Wind EnergyOffshore Wind PowerTowards Photovoltaic Technology on the Terawatt Scale: Status and ChallengesGeothermal PowerCatalyzing Growth: An Overview of the United Kingdom's Burgeoning Marine Energy IndustryHydropowerThe Future Role of Fossil Power Plants - Design and ImplementationPART III: GAS PRODUCTIONStatus on Technologies for Hydrogen Production by Water ElectrolysisHydrogen Production by Solar Thermal Methane ReformingPART IV: BIOMASSBiomass - Aspects of Global Resources and Political OpportunitiesFlexible Power Generation from Biomass - an Opportunity for a Renewable Sources-Based Energy System?Options for Biofuel Production - Status and PerspectivesPART V: STORAGEEnergy Storage Technologies - Characteristics, Comparison, and SynergiesAdvanced Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage SystemsPumped Storage HydropowerChemical Storage of Renewable Electricity via Hydrogen - Principles and Hydrocarbon Fuels as an ExampleGeological Storage for the Transition from Natural to Hydrogen GasNear-Surface Bulk Storage of HydrogenEnergy Storage Based on Electrochemical Conversion of AmmoniaPART VI: DISTRIBUTIONIntroduction to Transmission Grid ComponentsIntroduction to the Transmission NetworksSmart Grid: Facilitating Cost-Effective Evolution to a Low-Carbon FutureNatural Gas Pipeline SystemsIntroduction to a Future Hydrogen InfrastructurePower to GasPART VII: APPLICATIONSTransition from Petro-Mobility to Electro-MobilityNearly Zero, Net Zero, and Plus Energy Buildings - Theory, Terminology, Tools, and ExamplesChina Road Map for Building Energy ConservationEnergy Savings Potentials and Technologies in the Industrial Sector: Europe as an Example
About the author
Prof. Detlef Stolten is the Director of the Institute of Energy Research at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. Prof Stolten received his doctorate from the University of Technology at Clausthal,Germany. He served many years as a Research Scientist in the laboratories of Robert Bosch and Daimler Benz/Dornier. In 1998 he accepted the position of Director of the Institute of Materials and Process Technology at the Research Center Jülich. Two years later he became Professor for Fuel Cell Technology at the University of Technology (RWTH) at Aachen. Prof. Stolten's research focuses on fuel cells, implementing results from research in innovative products, procedures and processes in collaboration with industry, contributing towards bridging the gap between science and technology. His research activities are focused on energy process engineering of SOFC and PEFC systems, i.e. electrochemistry, stack technology, process and systems engineering as well as systems analysis. Prof Stolten represents Germany in the Executive Committee of the IEA Annex Advanced Fuel Cells and is on the advisory board of the journal Fuel Cells. Prof Stolten is the Chair of the World Hydrogen Energy Conference held in May, 2010.
Prof Scherer is the Head of the Department of Energy Plant Technology at the University of Bochum, Germany.
Summary
In this ready reference, top academic researchers, industry players and government officers join forces to develop commercial concepts for the transition from current nuclear or fossil fuel-based energy to renewable energy systems within a limited time span. They take into account the latest science and technology, including an analysis of the feasibility and impact on the environment, economy and society. In so doing, they discuss such complex topics as electrical and gas grids, fossil power plants and energy storage technologies. The contributions also include robust, conceivable and breakthrough technologies that will be viable and implementable by 2020.
