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| About The Author's | Er. R.K. Jain, author of this book on Renewable Energy Systems has been associated with Mechanical Engineering for more than 40 years. He started his career as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department in REC, Kurukshetra. Then he joined Central Electricity Authority, where he rose to the highest level of chairperson of the organisation. Presently, he is working as in consultant with World Bank. He was actively involved a design, developing compact layouts and also selection of suitable sites for the Thermal Power Plants. He has vast experience in writing a number of books on Engineering subjects and also authored books like ‘The Art of Happy Living’ and ‘Lifestyle for Total Development’ |
| ISBN-13 | 978-93-47079-31-3 |
| Edition | First Edition : 2026 |
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| Preface | |
| Preface | Renewal Energy (also called green energy) has become very popular because of its contribution to cleaner environment. Renewal energy sources are inexhaustible and these can be replenished naturally and continuously, unlike fossil fuels. Greenhouse gas emission is least with renewal energy sources. There are challenges with solar and wind energy because their availability depends on weather conditions. Significant land area is needed for solar and wind projects. Other sources of renewal energy are: Hydroelectric, Ocean energy (sea tides, sea waves, temperature differences in the oceans), Geothermal energy, Biomass, Hydrogen. Nuclear energy is also becoming popular because it is environment friendly. However, it requires mining uranium, a nonrenewal resource. There had been great reliance on thermal and hydro power in past, but today a large majority of worldwide newly installed electricity capacity is renewable. Solar and wind power installations have seen significant cost reductions recently, making them more competitive with traditional fossil fuel power projects. Main motivation to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources is to stop climate change resulting from green house gas emissions by fossil fuel fired thermal power projects. Lot of work is being done to refine the technologies for renewable energy sources with a view to increase efficiency, and reduce cost of equipment and cost of generation. There are merging technologies under development, including enhanced geothermal systems, concentrated solar power, cellulosic ethanol, and marine energy. |
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