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This book brings together topics on the emerging area of community energy technology, covering key areas from generation through to considerations for the entire system, with an emphasis on the popular energy sources of wind power and solar power.

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Author:   Rupp Carriveau (Professor, University of Windsor, Canada) ,  David S-K. Ting (Professor, University of Windsor, Canada)
Publisher:   Institution of Engineering and Technology
Imprint:   Institution of Engineering and Technology
ISBN:  

9781785615443

ISBN 10:   1785615440
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   09 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Data-driven methods for prediction of small-to-medium wind turbines performance Chapter 3: Optimization of wind farms for communities Chapter 4: Financing for community wind and solar project development Chapter 5: Community-level solar thermal systems Chapter 6: Solar-water desalination for small communities Chapter 7: Community solar PV projects Chapter 8: Assessing wind loads for urban photovoltaic installations Chapter 9: Design optimization of multi-energy hubs for community energy projects Chapter 10: Battery-based storage for communities Chapter 11: Power-to-gas and power-to-power for storage and ancillary services in urban areas Chapter 12: Smart multi-energy microgrids Chapter 13: Conservation and demand management in community energy systems

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Rupp Carriveau is a Professor with the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory, University of Windsor, Canada. His research focuses on clean energy generation, storage, and smart optimisation of energy systems. He collaborates with utilities, power, agricultural, and automotive industries and serves on the boards of several related journals. He is a founder of the Offshore Energy and Storage Society and currently serves as Co-Chair of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society. David S-K. Ting is a Professor in Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering and the founder of the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory at the University of Windsor, Canada. To date, he has co-supervised over sixty graduate students primarily in the Energy and Turbulence areas and co-authored more than one hundred and ten related journal papers.

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