Solar Energy Advancements in Agriculture and Food Production Systems - Chapter 5 - Agrivoltaics: solar power generation and food production

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Solar Energy Advancements in Agriculture and Food Production Systems, 2022, Pages 159-210
This chapter advances SDG goals 7, 11, and 13, by presenting the direct integration of solar photovoltaic energy with food production, supporting cleaner, more sustainable agriculture, with decreased impact on climate change.
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Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Hybrid Systems - Chapter 2 - Need for pumped hydro energy storage systems

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Felix A. Diawuo, Roland Teye Amanor, Chapter 2 - Need for pumped hydro energy storage systems, Editor(s): Amos T. Kabo-Bah, Felix A. Diawuo, Eric O. Antwi, Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Hybrid Systems, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 23-41, ISBN 9780128188538
This chapter provides information on the benefits of pumped hydro energy storage as a means of providing consisent renewable energy power generation, offering power network management including load balancing and peak shaving, and grid stabilization with emphasis on frequency and voltage regulation. Additionally, the chapter highlights some of the different pumped hydro energy storage hybrid designs for both off-grid and grid-tied applications while the impact of climate change is discussed.
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Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities - Chapter 2 - Cities Energy Transition

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Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities, 2022, Pages 19-29
This book chapter advances SDGs 13, 7, and 11 by explaining how to promote the transition toward future cities models based on efficient resource consumption and effective implementation of neutral circular economy urban strategies.
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Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities - Chapter 9 - Net-Zero Energy City Planning

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Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities, 2022, Pages 141-194
This book chapter advances SDGs 13, 7, and 11 by presenting a set of parameters, operational strategies, and guidelines for a Net-Zero Energy City.
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Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities - Chapter 1: Cities Evolution

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Miguel Amado, Francesca Poggi, Chapter 1 - Cities Evolution, Editor(s): Miguel Amado, Francesca Poggi, Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 1-17, ISBN 9780128242773, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824277-3.00002-5. 
This chapter advances UN SDG goals 11, 13, and 7 by discussing the Smart City potential for contributing to the reduction of external dependence on fossil fuels and the promotion of renewable energy sources and the mitigation of environmental impacts and effects of climate change.
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Sustainable Energy Technologies for Seawater Desalination - Chapter 1 - Introduction to desalination and sustainable energy

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Marc Rosen, Aida Farsi, CHAPTER ONE - Introduction to desalination and sustainable energy, Editor(s): Marc Rosen, Aida Farsi, Sustainable Energy Technologies for Seawater Desalination, Academic Press, 2022, Pages 1-44, ISBN 9780323998727
This chapter introduces key concepts of water desalination systems driven by sustainable energy sources, as we look to meet civilization's water needs through sustainable means - supporting SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) as well as SDG 7 (Clean and Affordable Energy)
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Comprehensive Renewable Energy (Second Edition) - 9.03 - Geo-Wedges: A Portfolio Approach to Geoengineering the Climate

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Comprehensive Renewable Energy, Second Edition: Volume 1-9, Volume 1-9, 1 January 2022
This chapter advances UN SDG goal 7 by describing methods of geoengineering which could slow down the rate of temperature change and limit the impacts of climate change.
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Scheduling and Operation of Virtual Power Plants, Chapter 9 - Uncertainty modeling of renewable energy sources

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Scheduling and Operation of Virtual Power Plants: Technical Challenges and Electricity Markets, Volume , 28 January 2022
This chapter advances SDG goals 7 and 9 by demonstrating ways of predicting demand and supply when using unpredictable renewable energy sources.
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Model Predictive Control for Doubly-Fed Induction Generators and Three-Phase Power Converters, Chapter 6 - A wireless coded modulated FCS-MPC DPC for renewable energy sources in smart grid environment

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Model Predictive Control for Doubly-Fed Induction Generators and Three-Phase Power Converters, Volume , 24 January 2022
This chapter advances SDG goals 7 and 11 by proposing hardware to enable the use of smart grids and renewable energy.
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Machinery and Energy Systems for the Hydrogen Economy, Chapter 8 - Economics of hydrogen fuel

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Machinery and Energy Systems for the Hydrogen Economy, Volume , 1 January 2022
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 7, 11, and 12 by reviewing the current state of hydrogen production and markets to determine the most economically viable routes towards introducing clean hydrogen fuel
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