Readers of this work will find examinations of the current status and future status for energy sources and technologies, their environmental interactions and the relevant global energy policies. The work begins with an overview of Energy Technologies for a Sustainable Future, which examines the correlation between population, economy and energy consumption in the past, and reviews the conventional and renewable energy sources as well as the management of them to sustain the ever-growing energy demand in the future. The rest of the chapters are divided into 3 parts; the first part of the book, Energy Sources, Technologies and Environment, consists of 12 chapters, which include research on new energy technologies and evaluation of their environmental effects. The second part Advanced Energy Materials includes 7 chapters devoted to research on material science for new energy technologies. The final section titled Energy Management, Economics and Policy is comprised of 10 chapters about planning, controlling and monitoring energy related processes together with the policies to satisfy the needs of increasing population and growing economy. The chapters are selected works from the International Conference on Energy and Management, which was organized by Istanbul Bilgi University Department of Energy Systems Engineering and PALMET Energy to share the knowledge on the recent trends, scientific developments, innovations and management methods in energy, and held on 57th June 2014 at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Covers the latest research on renewable energy sources and clean energy technologies for a sustainable future Includes the recent trends on energy markets and economics Provides environmentally friendly new energy generation technology options Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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An Overview of Energy Technologies for a Sustainable Future.- Part I: Energy Sources, Technologies and Environment.- Thermal Pollution Caused by Hydropower Plants.- Comparing Spatial Interpolation Methods for Mapping Meteorological Data in Turkey.- Energy Storage with Pumped Hydro Storage Systems under Uncertainty.- Telelab with Cloud Computing for Smart Grid Education.- A Decomposition Analysis of Energy-Related CO2 Emissions: The Top 10 Emitting Countries.- Turkey's Electric Energy Needs; Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities.- Shale Gas: A Solution to Turkey's Energy Hunger.- Assessment of Adsorption Parameters Effectiveness for Radio-Selenium and Radio-Iodine Adsorption on Activated Carbon.- Assessment of Sustainable Energy Development.- Geothermal Energy Sources and Geothermal Power Plant Technologies in Turkey.- Structural Health Monitoring of Multi-MW Scale Wind Turbines By Non-Contact Optical Measurement Techniques: An Application on A 2.5 MW Wind Turbine.-Stability Control of Wind Turbines for Varying Operating Conditions through Vibration Measurements.- Part II: Advanced Energy Materials.- Evaluation of HFO-1234YF as a Replacement for R134a in Frigorific Air Conditioning Systems.- Biodiesel Production Using Double Promoted Catalyst CaO/KI/ -Al2O3 in Batch Reactor with Refluxed Methanol.- I-V Characterization of the Irradiated ZnO:Al Thin Film on P-Si Wafers by Reactor Neutrons.- The Characteristic Behaviours of Sol-gel Derived CIGS Thin Films Exposed to the Specific Environmental Conditions.- Effect of Curing Time on Poly(methacrylate) Living Polymer.- Effects of Production Parameters on Characteristic Properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Film Derived by Sol-Gel Process.- Production of Poly(Imide Siloxane) Block Copolymers.- Part III: Energy Management, Economics and Policy.- Government Incentives and Supports for Renewable Energy.- Comparison ofthe Relationship Between CO2, Energy Use and GDP In G7 and Developing Countries: Is There Environmental Kuznets Curve for Those.- Identification and Analysis of Risks Associated with Gas Supply Security of Turkey.- The Social Cost of Energy: External Cost Assessment for Turkey.- Energy Infrastructure Projects of Common Interest in the SEE, Turkey & Eastern Mediterranean and Their Investment Challenges.- Incorporating the Effect Of Time-Of-Use Tariffs in the Extended Conservation Supply Curve.- Management of Distribution System Protection with High Penetration of DGs.- Assessment of Total Operating Costs for a Geothermal District Heating System.- How the Shadow Economy Affects Enterprises of Finance of Energy.- Energy Profile of Siirt.