Green Energy
Santiago Silvestre; Jordi Salazar.
Annotation

This course describes technologies, applications and basic concepts related to most relevant sources of renewable energies.

Objectives

After this course in Green Energy, the student will achieve knowledge about main characteristics and applications of most relevant sources of renewable energies as hydroelectric, wind and geothermal energies, biomass, and photovoltaic solar energy.

Keywords
hydroelectric energy, wind energy, photovoltaics, hydrogen technologies, biomass, geothermal energy
Date of Creation
06.12.2021
Duration
10 hours
Language
English
License
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
ISBN
Literature
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  1. European Commission. An EU Strategy to harness the potential of offshore renewable energy for a climate neutral future, Brussels 2020. COM(2020)741 - EU Strategy to harness the potential of offshore renewable energy for a climate neutral future
  1. O. Planas, What Is a Wind Turbine? Types and Characteristics, 2019. https://solar-energy.technology/renewable-energy/wind-power/wind-turbines#horizontal-axis-wind-generator
  1. D. Clayton, Types of Wind Turbines: HAWT, VAWT and More Explained, 2021. https://energyfollower.com/types-of-wind-turbines/
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  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems: Photovoltaics Report. Freiburg, 2021. Photovoltaics Report (fraunhofer.de)
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  1. European Commission. A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe. Brussels, 2020. Communication COM/2020/301: A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe | Knowledge for policy (europa.eu)
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  1. R. Singh, A. Prakash, B. Balagurumurthy, T. Bhaskar, Chapter 10. Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass, Recent Advances in Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Biomass, pp. 269-291, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63289-0.00010-7
  1. Green Square, Advantages and disadvantages of Biomass energy, October, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63289-0.00010-7
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