Small-Scale Renewable Energy Systems

Independent Electricity for Community, Business, and Home

Sven Ruin, Göran Sidén (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2026 | 2nd edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-041-21182-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Small-Scale Renewable Energy Systems: Independent Electricity for Community, Business, and Home explores the ongoing revolution in small-scale energy solutions that enable environmental sustainability, supply resilience, and energy independence. It introduces readers to diverse renewable energy sources, energy storage technologies, and smart consumption strategies—with particular focus on designing systems that operate independently from the conventional power grid. Readers will discover how to effectively combine multiple energy sources into hybrid systems, optimize system architecture for different scales of implementation, and apply smart controls—including open-source solutions—to maximize efficiency. The book serves as an essential resource for students in renewable energy programs at both bachelor's and master's levels, as well as for companies and individuals looking to develop or expand sustainable energy initiatives in an increasingly electrified world.



Updated throughout and offers several new practical case studies.
Presents a broad overview of the development of renewable energy technologies and the associated challenges, and focuses on small-scale applications.
Features detailed real-world case studies of homes, businesses, and communities that have achieved significant energy independence or are progressing toward this goal.
Provides detailed guidance on integrating multiple renewable energy sources, storage solutions, and smart controls to create resilient off-grid systems tailored to specific needs and environments

Autor

Sven Ruin is an experienced engineer and consultant, who has worked with renewable energy in Sweden and several other countries. One of his specialties is hybrid systems, where different generation technologies are combined, for example for off-grid power supply. Göran Sidén is a retired Associate Professor in Power Engineering. He has been responsible for developing an energy engineering program focused on Renewable Energy at Halmstad University. Already in 1994 he developed a course in Wind Power Technology. That was followed by many courses in the area, for example Solar Energy and Renewable Energy. He has also been CEO and board member of companies that built and operated wind turbines.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

2. Electricity generation

3. Energy storage

4. Use of energy and electricity

5. System design

6. Case studies

Appendix 1: Power system simulation with PVsyst

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2026
• Zusatzinfo: 22 Tables, black and white; 54 Line drawings, black and white; 97 Halftones, black and white; 151 Illustrations, black and white
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 174 x 246 mm
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• ISBN-10: 1-041-21182-1 / 1041211821
• ISBN-13: 978-1-041-21182-2 / 9781041211822
• Zustand: Neuware