The text provides insight into renewable technologies, and their challenges in terms of design, efficiency, implementation, and solutions to mitigate the problem of energy crisis. It will help the readers to understand the role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies in developing user-friendly, economic, and implementable solutions to mitigate the present and future energy crisis through cleaner and renewable technologies.

• Discusses electric energy transportation systems, electricity distribution systems, demand response, metering, smart grids, and cyber-security.
• Covers electric vehicles, vehicle-to-grid technologies, charging-while-driving technology for future roads and highways, and autonomous mobile robots.
• Presents data-driven modeling, forecasting, and optimization techniques of power and energy systems.
• Illustrates energy storage technologies, energy-efficient systems, power conversion topologies, and related control techniques.
• Explains the design of control algorithms for solar systems and the design of efficient energy management for solar power.

The text is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering, energy, environmental engineering, computer science, and engineering.

About the Author

Gulshan Sharma is presently working as a senior lecturer, in the Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published book chapters and research papers in international journals and conferences and has been continuously engaged in guiding research activities at graduate/post-graduate and Ph.D. levels. His area of interest includes power system operation and control, renewable power generation, FACTS, and the application of artificial intelligence techniques to power systems.

Pitshou N. Bokoro is currently associate professor and Head of Department, in the Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is professionally registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). He holds senior membership with the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) as well as with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). As a researcher, he has authored and co-authored several publications, which include over 65 journal articles - including articles in high-quality, quartile-1, high-impact factor journals; 70 papers in conference proceedings in both local and internationally renowned conferences in the field of engineering; 8 chapters (including 3 currently in print) in edited books published with globally reputed publishers (Springer Nature, IGI Global, IET, etc). His research interests entail power quality, distributed generation, virtual sensors, condition monitoring of dielectrics and insulation materials, reliability of surge protective devices, distributed generation, and economics of energy.

Sudeep Tanwar (Senior Member, IEEE) is working as a full professor, in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, at Nirma University, India. He is also a Visiting Professor with WSG University, Bydgoszczy, Poland, Jan Wyzykowski University, Poland, WSG University, Bydgoszcz, and the University of Pitesti, Romania. He has authored 05 books and edited 25 books, and more than 350 technical articles, including top cited journals and conferences. His research interests include blockchain technology, deep learning/machine learning, wireless sensor networks, fog computing, smart grid, and the Internet of Things.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032744513
Author Gulshan Sharma
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd