1st Edition
Transition to Sustainable Energy Technologies Pathways, Sources, Mobility
This book explains the challenges related to global energy transition, focusing on decarbonization, renewable technologies, and sustainable mobility. It offers a comprehensive exploration of integrated socio-economic, environmental, and technological perspectives and provides actionable solutions and practical pathways for transitioning to sustainable energy systems. Designed to be used in short academic courses, this textbook is an excellent foundational text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and environmental sciences taking specialized courses in energy systems, renewable technologies, climate change mitigation, and environmental impacts. It is also a great resource for professionals and policy makers involved in energy projects.
Features
- Offers an interdisciplinary approach to energy transitions combining theoretical frameworks with practical applications.
- Explores the full spectrum of energy systems, comparing conventional to renewable sources, energy vectors, and energy storage technologies.
- Incorporates real-world data from leading institutions and integrates key historical milestones like the Paris Agreement with forward-looking trends.
- Highlights cutting-edge innovations, including solar and wind energy, hydrogen, energy storage systems, synthetic fuels, and smart grids, and emphasizes their integration into energy systems and sustainable mobility solutions.
- Bridges the gap between socio-economic, environmental, and technological perspectives.
Part I: Energy Transition: History, Issues, Policies and Pathways, KETs. 1. Sustainable Development. 2. Energy Systems and their Sustainability. 3. Energy Dependency. 4. Energy Sources Exhaustibility. 5. Green-House Effect and Global Warming. 6. Global Warming Effects and Related Issues. 7. Decarbonization Policies Design: The Kaya Identity Approach. 8. World Decarbonization Pathways. 9. Small Space-Time Scale Environmental Impacts. 10. Energy Transition to Sustainable Systems. 11. Key Enabling Technologies for Energy Sources Conversion. 12. Sustainable Choice of Energy Carriers. 13. KETs for Final Energy Use. Part II: Sustainable Energy Sources: Characteristics, Key Conversion Technologies. 1. Sustainable Energy Sources Characteristics. 2. Solar Energy. 3. Wind Energy. 4. Hydro Energy. 5. Geothermal Energy. 6. Biomass, Biofuels, and E-Fuels. Part III: Sustainable Mobility: Section Evolution, Propulsion Systems. 1. Sustainable Mobility Issues. 2. Vehicular Energy Power Requirements. 3. ICEs and their Local and Global Impact. 3. Alternative Fuels for ICEs. 5. Vehicle Electrification. 6. Fuel Cell Vehicles: FCEVs. 7. Battery Electric Vehicles: BEVs. 8. Hybrid Electric Vehicles: HEVs.
Biography
Carlo Villante is the Lead and Corresponding Author of this book. He is an Associate Professor at the University of L’Aquila, Italy. He has 25 years of teaching experience in Sustainable Energy Technologies, Mobility and Propulsion Systems. He also worked as a researcher at ENEA (Italian National Agency for Energy, New Technologies, and Sustainability). He founded CITraMS - Research Centre on Sustainable Mobility and Transportation (involving more than 50 professors and researchers.), serving as Vice-Director and Board Member.
Sonia Dell’Aversano is a young researcher who earned her B.Sc. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of L’Aquila in 2019 and 2022, respectively. She is currently a Ph.D. researcher at the University of L’Aquila, focusing mainly on e-Fuels synthesis and experimental testing in collaboration with ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development.
Stefano Ranieri earned his B.Sc. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of L’Aquila in 2016 and 2019, respectively. He completed a Ph.D. in Internal Combustion Engines in 2022 at the University of L’Aquila in collaboration with the Internal Combustion Engines Institute of the CNR (Italian National Research Centre). He published about 20 technical papers. He is an Energy Expert Operator at ESC (Energy Systems Consulting) in Italy.
