NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY Edited by Hasan Arman and Ibrahim Yuksel New Developments in Renewable Energy http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/45849 Edited by Hasan Arman and Ibrahim Yuksel Contributors Tser Chen, Tsai-Lien Yeh, Yi-Hsuan Ko, A Alolah, Ahmed M. Al Salloum, Mashauri Adam Kusekwa, António Cardoso Marques, José Alberto Fuinhas, Rui Flora, Pius Olugbenga Fatona, Oladunjoye Abiodun, Adesanwo Adeola, Adetayo Olumide, Abiodun Abiodun, Mamadou Lamine Doumbia, Gholam Riahy, Sajjad Abedi, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian, Mehdi Farhadkhani, Wan Azlina Wan Ab Karim Ghani, Ehsan Enferad, Daryoush Nazarpour, Jose Pelegri-Sebastia, Miguel Pareja Aparicio, Tomás Sogorb, Vicente Llario, Saeid Eslamian, Masoomeh Fakhri, Mohammad Reza Farzaneh, Ali Eltamaly, Hassan Farh, Robert Peters, Basel I. Ismail, Hasan Arman, Maria Teresa Outeiro, Adriano Carvalho Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Iva Lipovic Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published March, 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com New Developments in Renewable Energy, Edited by Hasan Arman and Ibrahim Yuksel p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-1040-8 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com Contents Preface IX Section 1 Energy Utilization, Conservation and Social Consideration 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Present Situation and Future Prospect of Energy Utilization and Climate Change in Turkey 3 İbrahim Yüksel, Kamil Kaygusuz and Hasan Arman Energy Savings Resulting from Installation of an Extensive Vegetated Roof System on a Campus Building in the Southeastern United States 21 Robert W. Peters, Ronald D. Sherrod and Matt Winslett On the Public Policies Supporting Renewables and Wind Power Overcapacity: Insights into the European Way Forward 51 António Cardoso Marques, José Alberto Fuinhas and Rui Flora Viewing Energy, Poverty and Sustainability in Developing Countries Through a Gender Lens 83 Pius Fatona, Abiodun Abiodun, Adetayo Olumide, Adesanwo Adeola and Oladunjoye Abiodun Section 2 Modeling and Analysis 99 Chapter 5 Improved Stochastic Modeling: An Essential Tool for Power System Scheduling in the Presence of Uncertain Renewables 101 Sajjad Abedi, Gholam Hossein Riahy, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian and Mehdi Farhadkhani ... - tailieumienphi.vn