Progress in Renewable and Sustainable Energy

This 2-volumes set contains selected and peer-review papers in the subject areas of development and utilization of solar energy, development and utilization of biomass energy, development and utilization of wind energy, nuclear energy and nuclear engineering, hydrogen, fuel cell and related technologies, heat pumps technology, storage battery, energy storage technologies, energy-saving technology, energy materials and technology, energy chemical engineering and processes, energy security and clean use, new energy vehicles and electric vehicles, green building materials and energy-saving buildings. This book provides new information and methods on possibilities of managing the worlds energy crisis and simultaneously protecting the environment.The more than 300 papers in this two-volume collection were presented during the Second International Conference on Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development held in Jilin, China in October 12. Papers included in the first of two parts address the development and use of solar energy, biomass energy, wind power, nuclear energy and engineering, as well as hydrogen, fuel cell, and related technologies. The second part covers heat pump technology, battery energy storage, energy saving technologies, energy materials and technology, energy chemical engineering and processes, energy security, new energy vehicles and electric vehicles, green building materials, and energy saving buildings. Editors are Weiguo Pan and Yongguang Li (Shanghai U. of Electric Power, China) and Yong Li (Northeast Dianli U., China).