Energy and Coastal Security, Resilience, and Workforce Development, Volume 2 : Research and Applications with Puerto Rico as a Living Laboratory for Climate Adaptation / edited by Luciano Castillo, Gerardo Carbajal, Victor Castaño, Arquimedes Ruiz-Columbie, Umberto Ciri, Jhon Quinones, Carlos Ernesto Rudamas Flores, Miguel Velez-Rubio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castillo, Luciano.

Series:

Energy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Wind power.

Solar energy.

Energy policy.

Renewable Energy.

Wind Energy.

Solar Thermal Energy.

Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Energy System Transformation.

Local Subjects:

Renewable Energy.

Wind Energy.

Solar Thermal Energy.

Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Energy System Transformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (654 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2026.

Summary:

This book examines essential topics related to energy, sustainability, carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture, coastal protection, and energy security. It features specialized lectures that explore various interdisciplinary aspects of sustainability and environmental resilience. It begins with an introduction to the fundamental concepts of energy and energy conversion, followed by a detailed discussion of solar and wind energy technologies, as well as the application of artificial intelligence for quantifying energy resources. In subsequent chapters, the book addresses a variety of critical subjects, including socioeconomic equality, the significant changes occurring in Puerto Rico that create new opportunities, water conservation, and the development of an energy-water corridor to promote sustainable economic growth. It also covers the physics of climate, climate change, and sustainable agriculture practices. Readers of the book will become familiar not only with the fundamental topics of energy and renewable energy but also with challenging topics that will impact the energy security and coastal resilience of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Islands. Designed to inspire students and provide the fundamentals of renewable energy and research on coastal resiliency; Offers a comprehensive overview of the equations used for wind and solar energy; Describes the use of AI in modeling basic cases of wind and solar energy generation.

Contents:

Introduction: Socioeconomic Equality through Clean Energy Access

Seismic Changes in Puerto Rico Harbor a Great Opportunity

Water Preservation: The Other Major Benefit of Renewable Energy

What If We Build an Energy-Water Corridor for Sustainable Manufacturing at the USA-Mexico Border?

Sustainability: Energy Balance and Efficiency

Applications of Energy Conversion for Renewable Energy

Fuel Cells & Hydrogen for Future Energy Security

Fundamentals of Wind Energy

The Physics of Climate and Climate Change

The Nine Planetary Boundaries

Earth's Natural Resources

From Hydropower to Renewable Energy Diversity

Witnessing Global Warming

A Summary of Renewable Energy Sources in the US

AI & Renewable Energy

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Renewable Energy Systems

AI for Resource Assessment and Forecasting

AI for System Design, Control, and Optimization

AI for Grid Integration, Demand Management, and Storage

Industry 4.0/ Industry 5.0

Sustainable Agriculture

Laws and Equations That Every Scientist Should Know

The Golden Mean in Science

Biomimetics: From Nature to Aerospace Exploration

Ethics and Bioethics Research

Optical Spectroscopy for Environmental Applications

Quantum Dots from Algae. Preparation and Characterization

Building Future Engineers: Students Engagement with the Engineering Design Process

Assessing Puerto Rico's Renewable Energy Potential: Wind, Solar, Salinity and OTEC

Modelling of CO2 sequestration by Systems Modeller

Sargassum: From Coastal Crisis to Clean Energy - Harnessing Nature for Resilience and Sustainability

CO2 Capture Underwater and the Potential of Alternative Concretes for Enhancing Corals Restoration and Coastal Protection: A Comparative Study

Quantifying Spatial and Temporal Variability of Seawater Dissolved Oxygen at Two Contrasting Seagrass Meadows

Decarbonizing US Naval Operations and Maritime Transport by Developing Net-Zero-Carbon Sustainable Marine Fuels

Framework for Estimation of CO2 Sequestration from Sargassum Using

Remote Sensing and Neural Networks

Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Sargassum

Quantification of Offshore and Onshore Sargassum for Effective Harvesting

Economic Analysis of Harvesting and Preprocessing of Sargassum in Eastern Puerto Rico

Polluted-air direct capture using a CO2 liquid filter

Women in STEM: Challenges & Opportunities

Designing Policies for Scaling up CO2 Sequestration Globally: Lessons from Puerto Rico's Approach

Climate Change, Migration, and Gender: Addressing Bias in STEM and Advancing Equity through Innovation and Education. Sustainable Building Envelope

Bridging Environmental, Social, and Economic Resilience: A Holistic Approach to Address Climate Change - Summer Institute for Sustainability and Climate Change

Photovoltaic Applications of Graphene Quantum Dots

Optical Properties of Sulfur-Iron Graphene Quantum Dots for Photovoltaic Applications

Carbon Nanostructure-based LED Prototypes for Sustainable Energy Applications

Numerical Study of the Hydrodynamics of Mangrove-Inspired Structures for Coastal Protection

RANS-LES Validation of Winglet Impact on Optimized Wind Turbine Wake Behavior

A Passive Cooling Process for Heat Generation in Medium-Range Wind Turbines

Numerical Analysis on Li-Ion Battery Pack Cooling Using Heat Pipes

The National Green Engine- An Ecosystem for Resiliency and Economic Development in the Caribbean.

Notes:

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Castillo, Luciano Energy and Coastal Security, Resilience, and Workforce Development, Volume 2

ISBN:

9783032079749

OCLC:

1610749303