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Substantial increase of the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix -- International cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology -- Promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology -- Expanded infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services in developing countries

Access to Energy at Household Level -- Access to Modern Energy Services for the Promotion of Sustainable Development -- Access to Renewable Energy Resources: A Gender and Inclusivity Perspective -- Affordable and Clean Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy -- Alternative Energy: Sources and Future Trends -- Assessing the Electricity Sector Reform Paradigm -- Available Energy: Powering the Energetic and Societal Needs of Sustainable Communities -- Bioenergy Alternatives for the Disposal of Carbon Oxides -- Biofuel and Biogas Policies: Economic, Regulatory and Sustainability Challenges -- Biofuel Development: Institutional Design Across the World -- Centralized Versus Decentralized Electrification Pathways -- Challenges of Reliable Power Supply with Emphasis on Renewables -- Charcoal Production Technology: Discussion about Energy Waste -- Civilian Uses and Challenges of Nuclear Energy -- Clean Energy Solutions and Sustainable Development -- Community Engagement, Customer Engagement, and Changes in Behavior.

This edited book is a comprehensive collection of chapters on various clean energy technology such as solar energy, waste biomass as energy, hydro-electricity generation, biodiesel production from biomass and strategies to cater the demand of clean renewable energy. Clean energy technologies also enhance economic growth by increasing the supply of energy demand and tackling environmental challenges and their impacts due to the use of other conventional sources of energy. The conventional/non-conventional energy production methods are efficient but it has adverse effects on environment and human health. As environmental concerns are not avoidable therefore the necessity of clean energy production comes in to the picture. The clean energy can be produced by different wastes which are caused for the environmental pollution. This book covers various aspects of new and renewable clean energy production technology and its utilization in different fields. This is a useful reading material for students and researchers involved in clean energy study.

1 Brief introduction to first, second and third generation of biofuels -- 2 Renewable biofuel sources as bioclean energy potential and challenges -- 3 Metabolic rewiring and cultivation optimization for photosynthetic biofule production in cynobacteria -- 4 Role of enzymes in biofuel production: recent developments and challenges -- 5 Engineered strains in the development of the biofuel industry -- 6 Genetic Engineering: an optimism for sustainable biofuel production -- 7 Algal-based biofuel production; opportunities, challenges, and prospects -- 8 SAPO-34 zeolite and membranes for biogas purification -- 9 Nanotechnology based biofuel production -- 10 Advancement of Nanoparticles in Gaseous Biofuel Production -- 11 Nano catalyzed transesterification of thumba oil for biodiesel production using hydrodynamic cavitation -- 12 Nanotechnology: Use of conventional methods in biofuel production -- 13 An insight into nanomaterials and its used in biofuel production -- 14 An overview of nanostructures and its application in biofuel production -- 15 Production of biodiesel from the bacterial lipid of sewage sludge: Versatile future of bioenergy in developing countries -- 16 Environmental Impact and Economic Benefits of Biofuel Production -- 17 Advanced anaerobic processing of bioresources for production of clean and sustainable gaseous biofuels -- 18 Techno economic analysis of lignocellulosic based biofuels: an approach towards a practical biorefinery.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Destroying Lives and Evidenced in Plain Sight: The Intertwined Crises of Climate Change, Lack of Access to Clean Energy and Air Pollution -- 1.1 Now or Never: The Urgency of Linked Action on Clean Air and Clean Energy in the Struggle Against Climate Change -- 1.2 Time to Look Beyond UN SILOS on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change to Curb Toxic Air Pollution: Why Non-Nation-State Actors (NNSAs) Matter in the Fight for Clean Air, Clean Energy and Climate -- 1.3 Mapping the Scope of the World's Largest Environmental Health Risk: Why Curbing Particulate Matter Air Pollution Matters for Millions of Lives -- 1.4 Outlining Scope of Work: Brief Overview and Caveats as to Limitations -- References -- Chapter 2 Identifying the Locus for Global Action on Clean Energy and Climate Change within the UN: Confronting Segregated Global Goals and Partnership Silos -- 2.1 Background: Confronting Global Neglect of Climate Related Health Risks -- 2.2 Segregated UN Goal Silos on Clean Energy and Climate Change -- 2.3 Delving into the UN Acronym Soup on Partnerships for Sustainable Development -- 2.4 Conclusion: Confusion Rather Than Clarity Prevails with Segregated Silos and Partnerships on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change -- References -- Chapter 3 Looking Beyond the Global Climate Change Negotiations Silo: Examining UN Climate Change Outcomes for Linked Action on Clean Air and Clean Energy for All -- 3.1 Time to Look Beyond Tense Annual Climate Negotiations: Developing Countries' Urgent Needs -- 3.2 Shedding Some Light on Clean Energy and Climate Action by NNSAs Within the UNFCCC: A Brief Overview of the Clean Development Mechanism -- 3.3 Role of NNSAs in the PA: Explosive Growth but Still Operating from the Margins of the UNFCCC Negotiations Framework.

I. The Approaching Energy Disaster -- 1. What Is Energy? -- 2. What Part Does Energy Play in Our Lives? -- 3. How Do We Get Our Energy Right Now? -- 4. Shall We Run Out of Energy in Our Time? -- 5. How Long Does It Take to Develop and Build Up a New Technology? -- II. Alternatives: What Could Replace Our Exhausting Fuels? -- 6. The Dream of Cheap, Clean Atomic Energy -- 7. Fission Reactors-What Can Go Wrong -- 8. Dreaming About the Future: Abundant Clean Energy from Atomic Fusion -- 9. The Most Available Energy Source: The Sun -- 10. Converting Solar Energy to Useful Fuel -- 11. Household Energy from the Sun -- 12. Transport and Industry Run On Electricity and Hydrogen -- 13. Tides, Geothermal Heat, and the Big Winds -- 14. Energy Storage and Transmission -- III. The Hydrogen Economy -- 15. Methods of Mass-Producing Hydrogen -- 16. The Storage of Abundant Clean Energy -- 17. Beyond the Hydrogen Economy: Some Futuristic Ideas -- IV. Extrascientific Considerations -- 18. The Politics of Survival -- 19. Answers.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Guiding Principles for Energy Sector Operations: ADB Strategic Framework and Energy Policy -- 1.2 Global Commitments -- 2 Conceptual Framework, Scope, and Limitations -- 3 Methodology and Data Sources -- 4 Elements and Approaches of the ADB Clean Energy Program -- 4.1 Asia Solar Energy Initiative -- 4.2 Carbon Capture and Storage -- 4.3 Quantum Leap in Wind -- 4.4 Small Wind Initiative -- 4.5 Energy for All Initiative -- 4.6 Asia Energy Efficiency Accelerator -- 4.7 Low-Carbon Technology Exchange -- 4.8 Asia Climate Change and Clean Energy Venture Capital Initiative -- 4.9 Leveraging Clean Energy Development -- 4.10 Knowledge Sharing and Partnerships -- 5 The ADB Clean Energy Program, 2008-2018 -- 6 Clean Energy Program Results, 2008-2018 -- 7 Findings and Conclusion -- Appendixes -- 1 Clean Energy Projects (2008-2018) -- 2 ADB Projects with Energy Access Component (2008-2018) -- 3 Solar Projects Supported Under Asia Solar Energy Initiative (2010-2018) -- References.

This book explains the challenges and barriers of island energy systems in the European Union. It reviews the research projects carried out to date, and proposes a new feasible scheme that could be advantageous to many isolated energy systems. The book contains a thorough literature review, to ensure the originality of its ideas. It provides a clear insight of the opportunities and difficulties facing EU island energy systems.

"This book systematically constructs theories of clean energy diplomacy in the context of the changing international strategic landscape of energy and climate. It aims to explain the scientific connotations and innovative significance of clean energy diplomacy. The book focuses on analyzing how the development of renewable energy, including wind, solar, and biomass, plays out in the evolution of the international power system. It also touches upon energy efficiency and complementary energy technologies. This book integrates the studies of traditional energy and environmental diplomacy, and defines its connotations and extensions from the perspective of major country diplomatic strategy. Based on the latest developments of international clean energy diplomacy, the author also discusses China's strategic option of clean energy diplomacy in the broad context of the profound changes in global energy and climate governance. As a new diplomatic model to enhance national competitive advantages, clean energy diplomacy has attracted the attention of many countries. This book will therefore be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable energy and environmental management, environmental politics and policy, and those interested in the low-carbon economy in general"--