TY - BOOK AU - Andersen,Otto ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Unintended Consequences of Renewable Energy: Problems to be Solved T2 - Green Energy and Technology, SN - 9781447155324 AV - TJ807-830 U1 - 621.042 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Springer London, Imprint: Springer KW - Energy KW - Renewable energy resources KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Alternate energy sources KW - Green energy industries KW - Sustainable development KW - Renewable and Green Energy KW - Sustainable Development N1 - Introduction: What are Unintended Consequences of Renewable Energy and How Can They be Predicted? -- Rebound Effects -- Consequential Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment -- Implementation of Hydrogen Gas as a Transport Fuel -- Biodiesel and Its Blending into Fossil Diesel -- Towards the use of Electric Cars -- Solar Cell Production -- Final Discussion and Conclusions N2 - Energy technologies in the future will need to be based on renewable sources of energy and will, ultimately, need to be sustainable. This book provides insight into unintended, negative impacts and how they can be avoided. In order to steer away from the pitfalls and unintended effects, it is essential that the necessary knowledge is available to the developers and decision makers engaged in renewable energy. The value of this book lies in its presentation of the unintended health and environmental impacts from  renewable energies.   The book presents results from cross-disciplinary research on the implementation of alternative fuels in the transport sector, namely hydrogen, electricity and biodiesel. This is followed by an assessment of environmental impacts from the production of solar cells. Critical reviews on the use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in the energy technologies is then provided, with the formation of nanoparticles during combustion of bio-blended diesel and their toxic effects, is discussed in detail UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5532-4 ER -