Renewable Energy Development: Technology, Material and Sustainability
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Renewable energy resources are developing the latest advancements in solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, tidal, and wave energy technologies. This book is unique and opens a new window on classic renewable energy sources as well as new developments in technology, advanced material innovation, and sustainability aspects leading with various factors such as energy storage, transmission, institutional and economic factors, renewable energy application in smart cities, building and other solar thermal applications, environmental aspects, electrical energy generation, and climate change mitigation potential to achieve net-zero targets.
This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Additionally, the book serves as an additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of sustainable energy, engineering, material science, and environmental sciences. National and international energy, sustainable and material scientists, managers, and policymakers will also find this to be a useful read.
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Dr. Santosh Kumar is currently working as an Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Nawabganj Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India. He also served as Research Professor in Department of Organic and Nano System Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Kumar received his B.Sc, M.Sc. and D. Phil. in Chemistry from University of Allahabad. He worked as a Research Associate (CSIR) at MNNIT Allahabad. He was awarded CAS-TWAS Postdoctoral fellowship in 2008 and worked in Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China. Later, he joined as a KU Brain Pool Professor and researcher at the KU, Seoul, South Korea (2010-2013). He was awarded FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship 2012 and later worked at University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (2013-2017). Dr. Kumar has published more than 111 publications in reputed journals and books along with 19 book chapters and 3 edited books. Current research interest is chitosan biopolymer, nanotechnology, biomedical, food packaging, energy and environmental chemistry.
Dr. Vivek Kumar Singh is the Founding Director of Emerald Gears Initiative Foundation (EGIF) Global, located in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. His tenure expanses as a researcher in the Energy for Sustainability Initiative at the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal, and a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers in Coimbra (INESC Coimbra). Dr. Singh has worked with prominent organizations such as The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in New Delhi. Dr. Singh earned his Doctoral degree with distinction in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Coimbra as part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA -Portugal sandwich program. He holds a MTech degree in Energy & Environmental Engineering from VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. With a robust academic background, he has published over 53 articles in reputed journals and contributed to 4 book chapters. His research interests are in policy research in renewable energy, energy and climate economics modelling, sustainability, and many more. Dr. Singh has accumulated 18 years of experience in industry consultancy, academia, and research across Asia and Europe.
