Geothermal, Wind and Solar Energy Applications in Agriculture and Aquaculture

407 Pages·2017·20.25 MB·English

by  Jochen Bundschuh

GEOTHERMAL,WINDANDSOLARENERGYAPPLICATIONS
INAGRICULTUREANDAQUACULTURE

Sustainable Energy Developments
Series Editor
Jochen Bundschuh
UniversityofSouthernQueensland(USQ),Toowoomba,Australia
RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden
ISSN:2164-0645
Volume 13

Geothermal, Wind and Solar Energy
Applications in Agriculture
and Aquaculture
Editors
JochenBundschuh
UniversityofSouthernQueensland,Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia
RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden
GuangnanChen
UniversityofSouthernQueensland,Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia
D.Chandrasekharam
IndianInstituteofTechnologyHyderabad,Hyderabad,India
JanuszPiechocki
UniversityofWarmiaandMazury,Olsztyn,Poland
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Renewableenergysourcesandsustainablepolicies,includingthepromotionofenergyefficiency
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Editorial board
MorganBazilian LeadEnergySpecialist,TheWorldBank,WashingtonDC,USA
RobertK.Dixon Director,StrategicPrograms,USDepartmentofEnergy,Washington,
DC,USA
MariadaGraça FormerMemberoftheEuropeanParliament,Brussels,Professorat
Carvalho InstitutoSuperiorTécnico,TechnicalUniversityofLisbon,Portugal,
presentlyAdvisorEuropeanCommission,Brussels,Belgium
Rainer Vice-PresidentoftheEuropeanRenewableEnergiesFederation(EREF),
Hinrichs-Rahlwes Brussels,Belgium;BoardMember&ChairpersonoftheEuropeanand
InternationalAffairsWorkingGroupoftheGermanRenewableEnergy
Federation(BEE),Berlin,Germany
EricMartinot SchoolofManagementandEconomics,BeijingInstituteofTechnology&
CenterforEnergyandEnvironmentalPolicyResearch,Beijing,
China&InstituteforSustainableEnergyPolicies,Tokyo,Japan
VeenaJoshi FormerSeniorAdvisor-Energy,SectionClimateChangeandDevelopment,
EmbassyofSwitzerland(NewDelhi);Pune,India
ChristineMilne FormerLeaderoftheAustralianGreensParty;formerFormerSenator
forTasmania;PatronoftheAustralianSolarCouncil;Ambassadorforthe
100%RenewableEnergyCampaignoftheWorldFutureCouncil(Hamburg,
Germany);MemberofEnergyWatchGroup;BoardMemberofClimate
Accountability(USA);AmbassadorfortheGlobalGreens,SandyBay,
TAS,Australia
ADVISORYEDITORIALBOARD
ALBANIA
BashkimMalLushaj(environmentalimpactassessment;strategicenvironmentalassessment
andenvironmentallegislation),DepartmentofWaterResourcesandRenewableEnergies
(DWRRE),InstituteofGeosciences&Energy,Water&Environment(IGEWE);Department
ofEnvironmentalEngineering(DEE),FacultyofCivilEngineering(FCE),Polytechnic
UniversityofTirana(PUT),Tirana
ALGERIA
HaceneMahmoudi(renewableenergyfordesalinationandwatertreatment;membrane
technologies),FacultyofTechnology,HassibaBenBoualiUniversityofChlef(UHBC),Chlef
ARGENTINA
MartaIreneLitter(advancedoxidationtechnologies,heterogeneousphotocatalysis),
RemediationTechnologiesDivision,EnvironmentalChemistryDepartment,Chemistry
Management,NationalAtomicEnergyCommission(CNEA),BuenosAires;National
ScientificandTechniqueResearchCouncil(CONICET);InstituteofResearchand
EnvironmentalEngineering,NationalUniversityofGeneralSanMartín(UNSAM),
SanMartin
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