Renewable Energies, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Business Outlook 2050

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current renewable energy technologies and their basic principles. It also addresses the financial aspects of renewable energy projects and analyzes their profitability, covering the most relevant topics for engineers, economists, managers and scientists who are actively involved in renewable energy research and management. The authors are professionals and researchers who are active in the industry, and supplement the main content with revealing case studies and best-practice examples.

Multiple Criteria Performance Modelling and Impact Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems – Literature Review.- Towards Energy Self-sufficiency in Large Metropolitan Areas: Business Opportunities on Renewable Electricity in Madrid.- How do Energy Engineers of the Future Think? Analysis of Master Students’ Proposals.- Concentrated Solar Plants: Present and Future.- Concentrated Solar Plants Management: Big Data and Neural Network.- Wind Energy Power Prospective.- Managing Costs and Review for Icing Blades Problem.- Big Data and Wind Turbines Maintenance Management.- Societal and Environmental Impact of High Energy Return on Investment (EROI) Geothermal Energy Access.- Future Maintenance Management in Renewable Energies.

Prof. Fausto Pedro García Márquez obtained his European Doctorate in 2004 at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM, Spain) with a maximum distinction. He has distinguee with the Runner Prize (2015) Advancement Prize (2013) and Silver Prize (2012) by the International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management, or the Advancement Prize in the Third International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. He is working at UCLM as Senior Lecturer (with tenure, accredited as Full Professor), Spain, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham University, United Kingdom, Lecturer at the Postgraduate European Institute, and he was Senior Manager in Accenture (2013-2014). Fausto has managed a great number of projects: 5 Europeans as Principal Investigator (PI), 4 FP7 framework programme and 1 Euroliga+4), being researcher in 3 FP7; He is PI in 2 national projects, and he has participated in 2 as PI and 2 as researcher; 4 Regional Projects, 1 as PI and 3 as researcher; 3 University Projects, 1 as PI and 2 as researcher; and more than 100 with research institutes and industrial companies (98% as director). He has been evaluator in different programs, nationals and internationals... As a result of the research work, he has published more than 150 papers (65 % in ISI journals, 30% in JCR journals and 92% internationals), being main author of 68 publications. Some of these papers have been especially recognised, e.g. by “Renewable Energy” (as “Best Paper Award 2014”); “International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management” (as “excellent”), and by the “International Journal of Automation and Computing” and “IMechE Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit” (most downloaded), etc. He is author of 18 books (Elsevier, Springer, Pearson, Mc-GrawHill, Intech, IGI, Marcombo, AlfaOmega,…), and he is author of 5 patents. He is associate editor of the International Journals: Engineering Management Research, Open Journal of Safety S

Offers readers an overview of current and future renewable energy trends Presents an interdisciplinary approach to the renewable energy sector using real-world examples Outlines potential future developments in the renewable energy industry