Author/Authors :
Angelis-Dimakis، نويسنده , , Athanasios and Biberacher، نويسنده , , Markus and Dominguez، نويسنده , , Javier and Fiorese، نويسنده , , Giulia and Gadocha، نويسنده , , Sabine and Gnansounou، نويسنده , , Edgard and Guariso، نويسنده , , Giorgio and Kartalidis، نويسنده , , Avraam and Panichelli، نويسنده , , Luis and Pinedo، نويسنده , , Irene and Robba، نويسنده , , Michela، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The recent statements of both the European Union and the US Presidency pushed in the direction of using renewable forms of energy, in order to act against climate changes induced by the growing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In this paper, a survey regarding methods and tools presently available to determine potential and exploitable energy in the most important renewable sectors (i.e., solar, wind, wave, biomass and geothermal energy) is presented. Moreover, challenges for each renewable resource are highlighted as well as the available tools that can help in evaluating the use of a mix of different sources.
Keywords :
Renewable energy , BIOMASS , Solar , Wind , waves , Geothermal energy
