Clean Energy Systems and Experiences

This book reports the latest developments and trends in "clean energy systems and experiences". The contributors to each chapter are energy scientists and engineers with strong expertise in their respective fields. This book offers a forum for exchanging state of the art scientific information and knowledge. As a whole, the studies presented here reveal important new directions toward the realization of a sustainable society.

Renewable energy sources such as solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power, geothermal power, and so on have attracted much attention as alternatives to fossil fuels, because toxins and pollutants are not produced by these sources. For this reason, these energy sources have come to be known as clean energy.

Currently, the introduction of clean energy is inferior to energy conservation in respect of cost. Although clean energy technologies are still under development, they are expected to play a prominent role in the achievement of world energy security and the realization of a sustainable society. Furthermore, clean energy technologies can provide opportunities for reducing greenhouse gases. For this reason, in order to realize a sustainable society through efforts to protect the environment, it is necessary to increase the amount of clean energy as a proportion of total global energy consumption. Therefore, it is a pressing need to develop outstanding clean energy technology.