Experiences of Community Wind Electrification Projects in Bolivia: Evaluation and Improvements for Future Projects

348 Pages·2011·15.465 MB·English

by  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica, Ferrer Martí, Laia, Doménech, Bruno, Canedo, Walter, Reza, Carlos, Tellez, Mirtha, Dominguez, Milton, Perone, Lorenzo, Salinas, Jaime

SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
AND APPLICATIONS IN
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOURCES

Edited by Majid Nayeripour and
Mostafa Kheshti
Sustainable Growth and Applications in Renewable Energy Sources
Edited by Majid Nayeripour and Mostafa Kheshti

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Contents

Preface IX
Part 1 Sustainable Growth 1
Chapter 1 EU Energy Policies and Sustainable Growth 3
Carlo Andrea Bollino and Silvia Micheli
Chapter 2 Sustained Renewability:
Approached by Systems Theory and Human Ecology 21
Tobias A. Knoch
Chapter 3 Renewable Energy Use and Energy Efficiency –
A Critical Tool for Sustainable Development 49
Pius Fatona
Chapter 4 Renewable Energy and Coal Use in Turkey 61
Ali Osman Yılmaz
Chapter 5 Experiences of Community Wind
Electrification Projects in Bolivia:
Evaluation and Improvements for Future Projects 85
Laia Ferrer-Martí, Bruno Domenech,
Walter Canedo, Carlos Reza, Mirtha Tellez,
Milton Dominguez, Lorenzo Perone and Jaime Salinas
Chapter 6 Taxes Incentives to Promote
Res Deployment: The Eu-27 Case 107
José M. Cansino, María del P. Pablo-Romero,
Rocío Román and Rocío Yñiguez
Part 2 Applications 123
Chapter 7 Structural Design of a Dynamic Model of
the Battery for State of Charge Estimation 125
Frédéric Coupan, Ahmed Abbas, Idris Sadli,
Isabelle Marie Joseph and Henri Clergeot
VI Contents

Chapter 8 Parameterisation of
the Four Half-Day Daylight Situations 147
Stanislav Darula and Richard Kittler
Chapter 9 Energetic Willow (Salix viminalis) –
Unconventional Applications 181
Andrzej Olejniczak, Aleksandra Cyganiuk,
Anna Kucińska and Jerzy P. Łukaszewicz
Chapter 10 Biomass Energy Conversion 209
Sergio Canzana Capareda
Chapter 11 Air Gasification of Malaysia Agricultural Waste in a Fluidized
Bed Gasifier: Hydrogen Production Performance 227
Wan Azlina Wan Ab Karim Ghani,
Reza A. Moghadam and Mohamad Amran Mohd Salleh
Chapter 12 Extraction and Optimization of Oil from
Moringa Oleifera Seed as an Alternative
Feedstock for the Production of Biodiesel 243
A.S. Abdulkareem, H. Uthman, A.S. Afolabi and O.L. Awenebe
Chapter 13 Tall Wheatgrass Cultivar Szarvasi-1 (Elymus elongatus
subsp. ponticus cv. Szarvasi-1) as a Potential Energy
Crop for Semi-Arid Lands of Eastern Europe 269
Sándor Csete, Szilvia Stranczinger, Bálint Szalontai, Ágnes Farkas,
Róbert W. Pál, Éva Salamon-Albert, Marianna Kocsis, Péter Tóvári,
Tibor Vojtela, József Dezső, Ilona Walcz, Zsolt Janowszky,
János Janowszky and Attila Borhidi
Chapter 14 Analysis of Time Dependent Valuation of
Emission Factors from the Electricity Sector 295
C. Gordon and Alan Fung
Chapter 15 Photovoltaic Conversion: Outlook at the Crossroads Between
Technological Challenges and Eco-Strategic Issues 313
Bouchra Bakhiyi and Joseph Zayed

Preface

Worldwide attention to environmental issues combined with the energy crisis force us
to reduce greenhouse emissions and increase the usage of renewable energy sources as
a solution to providing an efficient environment. This book addresses the current
issues of sustainable growth and applications in renewable energy sources. The fifteen
chapters of the book have been divided into two sections to organize the information
accessible to readers.
The book provides a variety of material, for instance on policies aiming at the
promotion of sustainable development and implementation aspects of RES. Authors
contributing to the book have tried to prepare the information in an accessible way.
We would like to extend our appreciation to all the authors for their cooperation and
the attention that they have given to this book.
During this project, it was a pleasure for us to work with InTech – Open Access
Publisher. We express our appreciation to all our colleagues in this publication,
especially Ms. Ivana Zec, the Publishing Process Manager in charge of this book
project.

Majid Nayeripour
Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology,
Iran
Mostafa Kheshti
Xi'an Jiaotong University,
China