Women in Renewable Energy

This book provides a breadth and depth of innovative and impactful research led by women investigators in the field of renewable energy. This book showcases the diversity of renewable energy solutions being deployed commercially in the United States and internationally, including new research underway. The chapters collectively cover the entire spectrum of large, utility scale to small, distributed-scale renewable energy technologies, as well as new operating practices in buildings necessary to fully capture the value of renewable energy. The chapters also discuss technical and market considerations of renewable energy resources, plus customer attitudes and acceptance. These topics touch on many of the challenges facing the world today and these solutions by women researchers are valuable for their technical excellence and their non-traditional perspective. - Provides insight into women’s contributions to the field of renewable energy; - Presents information from academia, research, and industry into advances and applications for renewable energy; - Includes topics on wind, solar, bioenergy, virtual power plants, building efficiency, distributed energy resources, and demand flexibility