Renewable Energy Engineering (Paperback)

Nick Jenkins

ISBN 10: 1009295764 / ISBN 13: 9781009295765

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

About this Item

Paperback. Fully revised and updated, this second edition provides students with a quantitative and accessible introduction to the renewable technologies at the heart of efforts to build a sustainable future. Key features include new chapters on essential topics in energy storage, off-grid systems, microgrids and community energy; revised chapters on energy and grid fundamentals, wind energy, hydro power, photovoltaic and solar thermal energy, marine energy and bioenergy; appendices on foundational topics in electrical engineering, heat transfer and fluid dynamics; discussion of how real-world projects are developed, constructed and operated; over 60 worked examples linking theory to real-world engineering applications; and over 150 end-of-chapter homework problems, with solutions for instructors. Accompanied online at by extended exercises and datasets, enabling instructors to create unique projects and coursework, this new edition remains the ideal multi-disciplinary introduction to renewable energy, for senior undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and the physical sciences. Fully updated, this edition includes new chapters on energy storage, off-grid systems and microgrids; revised coverage of wind, hydro, photovoltaic, solar thermal, marine and bioenergy; and online exercises, datasets and solutions for instructors. Quantitative, accessible and ideal for senior and graduate students across all STEM backgrounds. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Renewable Energy Engineering (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009295764
• ISBN 13: 9781009295765
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Quantitative, accessible, multidisciplinary and fully updated, with new coverage of energy storage, microgrids and off-grid systems.

About the Authors

Nick Jenkins is Professor of Renewable Energy at Cardiff University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the IET and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Janaka Ekanayake is Senior Professor and the Chair of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, IET, IESL and the Sri Lanka National Academy of Sciences.