Renewable Energy Crash Course: A Concise Introduction
暫譯: 可再生能源速成班：簡明介紹

本書是一本簡明易懂的入門指南，旨在幫助讀者理解可再生能源技術。作者利用在教授工程學生時所開發的簡化教學方法，以簡單的語言解釋這一原本複雜的主題，使讀者能夠迅速掌握可再生能源的基本概念，包括基本原則、不同類型、能源儲存、電網整合及經濟性。這本強大的教程是學生、工程師、技術人員、分析師、投資者及其他忙碌專業人士的極佳資源，幫助他們快速獲得可再生能源技術科學的扎實理解。

Dr. Eklas Hossain is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy and an Associate Researcher with the Oregon Renewable Energy Center (OREC) at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT), which is home to the only ABET-accredited BS and MS programs in renewable energy. He has been working in the area of distributed power systems and renewable energy integration for the last ten years and has published a number of research papers and posters in this field. He is currently involved with several research projects on renewable energy and grid-tied microgrid systems at OIT. He received his PhD from the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UWM), his MS in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering from International Islamic University of Malaysia, and a BS in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Hossain is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Oregon, and is also a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and Renewable Energy Professional (REP). He is a senior member of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and an Associate Editor for IEEE Access, IEEE Systems Journal, and IET Renewable Power Generation. His research interests include the modelling, analysis, design, and control of power electronic devices; energy storage systems; renewable energy sources; integration of distributed generation systems; carbon sequestration; microgrid and smart grid applications; robotics, and advanced control system.

Dr. Slobodan Petrovic is a full professor at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT), which is home to the only ABET-accredited BS and MS programs in renewable energy. Prior to OIT, he was a professor at the Arizona State University and held appointments at several companies as Vice President and Director of Engineering. Dr. Petrovic received a BS in Physical Chemistry from the University of Belgrade, and his PhD in Chemistry from the Technical University of Dresden, and has more than 30 years of experience in various areas of science and technology. He is the author of the book Battery Technology Crash Course (Springer, 2020), has published more than 80 articles in international journals and conference proceedings, and has 24 pending or issued patents. Dr. Petrovic is a Founder and President of the humanitarian organization Solar Hope, which is dedicated to providing solar energy to countries in Africa.

艾克拉斯·霍賽因博士是俄勒岡科技學院（Oregon Institute of Technology, OIT）電機工程與可再生能源系的副教授，並且是俄勒岡可再生能源中心（Oregon Renewable Energy Center, OREC）的副研究員。該學院擁有唯一獲得ABET認證的可再生能源學士及碩士學位課程。他在分散式電力系統和可再生能源整合領域工作了十年，並在該領域發表了多篇研究論文和海報。目前，他參與了OIT多個有關可再生能源和並網微電網系統的研究項目。他在威斯康辛大學密爾瓦基分校（University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, UWM）工程與應用科學學院獲得博士學位，在馬來西亞國際伊斯蘭大學獲得機電一體化與機器人工程碩士學位，並在庫爾納工程技術大學獲得電機與電子工程學士學位。霍賽因博士是俄勒岡州的註冊專業工程師（PE），同時也是認證能源經理（CEM）和可再生能源專業人士（REP）。他是能源工程師協會（Association of Energy Engineers, AEE）的資深會員，並擔任IEEE Access、IEEE Systems Journal和IET Renewable Power Generation的副編輯。他的研究興趣包括電力電子設備的建模、分析、設計和控制；儲能系統；可再生能源來源；分散式發電系統的整合；碳封存；微電網和智慧電網應用；機器人技術及先進控制系統。

斯洛博丹·彼得羅維奇博士是俄勒岡科技學院（Oregon Institute of Technology, OIT）的正教授，該學院擁有唯一獲得ABET認證的可再生能源學士及碩士學位課程。在OIT之前，他曾是亞利桑那州立大學的教授，並在多家公司擔任副總裁和工程總監。彼得羅維奇博士在貝爾格萊德大學獲得物理化學學士學位，在德累斯頓工業大學獲得化學博士學位，並在科學和技術的各個領域擁有超過30年的經驗。他是書籍電池技術速成課程（Springer, 2020）的作者，已在國際期刊和會議論文集中發表超過80篇文章，並擁有24項待審或已發放的專利。彼得羅維奇博士是人道主義組織Solar Hope的創始人和主席，該組織致力於為非洲國家提供太陽能。