Clean energy for sustainable development : comparisons and contrasts of new approaches / edited by Mohammad G. Rasul, Abul Kalam Azad, and Subhash C. Sharma

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sustainable energy resources: prospects and policy -- Environmental impact assessment of different renewable energy resources: a recent development -- Clean and sustainable energy technologies -- Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS): future prospects of carbon-negative technologies -- Solar Kilns: a green technology for the Australian agricultural and forest industries -- Small-scale dish-mounted solar thermal Brayton cycle -- Heat-driven cooling technologies -- Solar pyrolysis: converting waste into asset using solar energy -- Grid integration of wind energy systems: control design, stability, and power quality issues -- The hybrid solar power/wind system for energy production, observation, application, and simulation -- Study on wind energy potential by eight numerical methods of Weibull distribution -- Prospect of the legume tree Pongamia pinnata as a clean and sustainable biodiesel feedstock -- Biodiesel from Queensland Bush Nut (Macadamia integrifolia) -- Assessment of physical, chemical, and tribological properties of different biodiesel fuels -- Biodiesel production through chemical and biochemical transesterification: trends, technicalities, and future perspectives -- Mesoporous catalysts for biodiesel production: a new approach -- Edible and nonedible biodiesels feedstocks: microalgae and future of biodiesel -- Potential of biodiesel as fuel for diesel engine