edited by Ahmed F Zobaa (Camborne School of Mines, UK) & Ramesh Bansal (University of Queensland, Australia)

This book, consisting a series of papers written by experts in their respective fields of specialization, will provide a comprehensive coverage of renewable energy technologies, such as wind, wave and solar thermal energy. Other industrial terms like photovoltaic systems, biomass, distributed generations and small hydro power systems are also discussed and further elaborated upon.

The Handbook of Renewable Energy Technology will be of great practical benefit to professionals, scientists and researchers in the relevant industries, and will be of interest to those of the general public wanting to know more about renewable energy technologies.

• Wind Energy Systems:
  • Wind Energy Systems (Ramesh C Bansal & Ravita Prasad)
  • Wind Turbine Generation Systems Modelling for Integration in Power Systems (Adrià Junyent-Ferré)
  • Wind Turbines and Its Dynamic Model (S Masoud Barakati)
  • Wake Effects from Wind Turbines on Overhead Lines (Brian Wareing)
  • Technologies and Methods Used in Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) and Economic Analysis of Wind Systems (Ravita Prasad & Ramesh C Bansal)
  • Line Side Converters in Wind Power Applications (Ana Vladan Stankovic & Dejan Schreiber)
  • Auxiliary Damping Controller to Enhance the Stability of the DFIG based Wind Farms (Y Mishra)
• Solar Energy Systems:
  • Solar Energy Calculations (Keith E Holbert)
  • Photovoltaic Materials and Electrical Characteristics (Ramesh C Bansal & Ravita Prasad)
  • Photovoltaic Systems (Ramesh C Bansal & Ravita Prasad)
  • Solar Thermal (Keith Holbert)
  • Solar Tunnel Dryer — A Promising Option for Solar Drying (M S Sevda et al.)
  • Non-Grid Solar Thermal Technologies (M S Sevda et al.)
  • MPPT of Solar Systems (Ashish Pandey)
  • Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (Atul Raturi)
• Small Hydro Power Systems:
  • Small-Hydro Power Plant: Design, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance (Shankar Karki)
  • Frequency Control of Small Hydro Power Plant (Suryanarayana Doolla)
• Other Renewable Energy Systems:
  • Biomass/Biogas Power Plants (Alfredo et al.)
  • Biomass as a Source of Energy (M S Sevda et al.)
  • Liquid Bio-Fuels in Perspective (M Hassan et al.)
  • Geothermal Energy
  • Tidal Power
  • Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
  • Wave Energy (George Smith)
  • Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Generation
• General:
  • State of the Art of Hybrid System
  • Simulation Tools for Feasibility Studies of DER (Juan A Martínez Velasco et al.)
  • Control of Doubly Fed Induction Generators Under Balanced and Unbalanced Voltage Sags (Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt)
  • Power Quality Instrumentation and Measurement in a Distributed and Renewable Environment (Mario Mañana Canteli)
  • Renewable-Based Generation Integration in Electricity Markets (Zita A Vale et al.)
  • Modern Power Electronic Technology for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources (Vinod Kumar et al.)
  • Energy Resource Allocation in Energy Planning (S S Deshmukh)
  • Steady State Analysis of Three-Phase Self Excited Induction Generators (S K Sandhu et al.)
  • Sustainability Policy and Environmental Management of Renewable Energy (M Hassan et al.)
  • Policies (P Mconnor & Catherine Mitchell)
  • Power (Transmission) System Planning, State of the Art and Emerging Issues (Z Y Dong)
  • Distributed Generation (H D Mathur)
  • Wind-Diesel Hybrid System (Kashem Muttaqi)