Green Energy and Sustainable Development

This book is an effort to fill the gap of a comprehensive textbook that covers topics related to green energy sources. It connects climate change, sustainable development goals, and green electricity as a simple text for students, faculty, and practising engineers. It explains the green energy technology as a key part of the overall electricity network and brings practical system insights. The author's unique experience as an academic, researcher, and policy maker, combined with first-hand experience in the field, makes the book rich in practical insights, case studies and real-world applications. It also presents a clear roadmap for any organization to implement green energy setup, implement energy efficiency and conservation measures and hence reduce carbon footprints. A detailed coverage on policies, regulation, major projects etc. in the country is one of the key strengths of the book.

Dr Mohammad Rihan is Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India. He is also a visiting scientist at National Institute of Solar Energy, an autonomous institute under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. As the Convener of Green University Project, he has been leading the efforts towards integration of solar power with distribution grid at AMU campus for last six years. His efforts led to the installation of 6.5 megawatt solar plants in the campus, which is the largest setup of green and renewable energy in any academic institute in India. His research interests include wide area measurement systems (WAMS), synchrophasor measurements, smart grid, and control systems and its applications. He is a fellow of IET, UK and IE, India. He has authored a book titled Advanced Control Systems in 2012.