Transition to Renewable Energy Systems (Hardcover)

Foreword
Preface

PART I: RENEWABLE STRATEGIES
South Korea's Green Energy Strategies
Japan's Energy Policy After the 3.11 Natural and Nuclear Disasters - from the Viewpoint of the R&D of Renewable and Its Current State
The Impact of Renewable Energy Development on Energy and CO2 Emissions in China
The Scottish Government's Electricity Generation Policy Statement
Transiton to Renewables as a Challenge for the Industry - the German Energiewende from an Industry Perspective
The Decreasing Market Value of Variable Renewables: Integration Options and Deadlocks
Transition to a Fully Sustainable Global Energy System
The Transition to Renewable Energy Systems -
On the Way to a Comprehensive Transition Concept
Renewable Energy Future for the Developing World
An Innovative Concept for Large-Scale Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants
Status of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Development and Deployment: Hyundai's Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Development as a Best Practice Example
Hydrogen as an Enabler for Renewable Energies
Pre-Investigation of Hydrogen Technologies at Large Scales for Electric Grid Load Balancing

PART II: POWER PRODUCTION
Onshore Wind Energy
Offshore Wind Power
Towards Photovoltaic Technology on the Terawatt Scale: Status and Challenges
Geothermal Power
Catalyzing Growth: An Overview of the United Kingdom's Burgeoning Marine Energy Industry
Hydropower
The Future Role of Fossil Power Plants -
Design and Implementation

PART III: GAS PRODUCTION
Status on Technologies for Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis
Hydrogen Production by Solar Thermal Methane Reforming

PART IV: BIOMASS
Biomass -
Aspects of Global Resources and Political Opportunities
Flexible Power Generation from Biomass - an Opportunity for a Renewable Sources-Based Energy System?
Options for Biofuel Production -
Status and Perspectives

PART V: STORAGE
Energy Storage Technologies -
Characteristics, Comparison, and Synergies
Advanced Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage Systems
Pumped Storage Hydropower
Chemical Storage of Renewable Electricity via Hydrogen -
Principles and Hydrocarbon Fuels as an Example
Geological Storage for the Transition from Natural to Hydrogen Gas
Near-Surface Bulk Storage of Hydrogen
Energy Storage Based on Electrochemical Conversion of Ammonia

PART VI: DISTRIBUTION
Introduction to Transmission Grid Components
Introduction to the Transmission Networks
Smart Grid: Facilitating Cost-Effective Evolution to a Low-Carbon Future
Natural Gas Pipeline Systems
Introduction to a Future Hydrogen Infrastructure
Power to Gas

PART VII: APPLICATIONS
Transition from Petro-Mobility to Electro-Mobility
Nearly Zero, Net Zero, and Plus Energy Buildings -
Theory, Terminology, Tools, and Examples
China Road Map for Building Energy Conservation
Energy Savings Potentials and Technologies in the Industrial Sector: Europe as an Example