Non-Conventional Energy in North America. Current and Future Perspectives for Electricity Generation

Table of Contents

1. General overview 2. The use of hydropower for electricity generation 3. The use of solar energy for electricity generation 4. The use of wind energy for electricity generation 5. The use of geothermal energy for electricity generation 6. The use of biomass for electricity generation 7. The use of nuclear energy for electricity generation 8. The use of hydrogen energy for electricity generation

Authors

Jorge Morales Pedraza Senior Consultant, Co-founder, and Main Investor in Morales Project Consulting; Senior Independent Consultant on International Affairs, Austria. Jorge Morales has served as an invited professor of mathematics at the University of Havana and the Diplomatic Academy of Cuba. He has also served as a diplomat, working at the Atomic Energy Commission of Cuba within the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers. Mr. Morales has also held several positions with the International Atomic Energy Agency, including Counsellor and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba, Deputy Head of the Cuban delegation to the IAEA General Conference, Deputy Governor to the IAEA Board of Governors, Chairman of the G-77 for the IAEA, Representative of IAEA member states in the Committee on staff issues, and Chairman of the working group on nuclear matters of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries in the IAEA. As a professional working for the IAEA, Mr. Morales worked to give advice to countries on the introduction or expansion of nuclear energy for electricity generation. In order to make recommendations, he studied both the conventional and non-convention energy sources available in the country. He is the author of 11 books, including books on conventional energy sources in Latin America and Europe. He has also written 16 book chapters and more than 70 scientific articles.