**Meet the editors**

Dr. Hasan Arman is a Professor at United Arab Emirates University, College of Science, Geology Department since 2008. He received his bachelor degree from Hacettepe University, Turkey in 1984 and Ph.D. degree from University of Arizona, USA in 1992. He worked as a Postdoc at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA from 1992 to 1993. He was as a faculty member at Sakarya University

Civil Engineering Department, Turkey between 1993 and 2008. Dr. Arman has taught several different courses in undergraduate and graduate levels related to engineering, environment and geology. His research interests include environmental degradation, water resources, global warming, climate change, renewable and sustainable energy sources. Dr. Arman has published in different peer reviewed national and international scientific journals. In addition to be an editorial board member of several international journals, he also is acting as a scientific reviewer in many others. He was in organization committee of both 1st and 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy: Generation and Applications (ICREGA) which was held in 2010 and 2012 in Al Ain, UAE.

Dr. Ibrahim Yuksel received his undergraduate degree from Gazi University, Turkey in 1988 and MSc. degree from MidKent College, Chatham, United Kingdom. His Ph.D. is from Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey in 2000. Dr. Yuksel is a civil engineer and has more than 24 years of experience in hydraulic engineering. His study area is renewable and sustainable energy, especially

hydro energy. He is a Prof. Dr. at Technology Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Sakarya University, Turkey. Also, Dr. Yuksel has been a director of Hendek Vocational School, Sakarya University, Turkey since 2011.

Contents

**Preface IX**

**Section 1 Energy Utilization, Conservation and Social Consideration 1**

Chapter 1 **Present Situation and Future Prospect of Energy Utilization**

İbrahim Yüksel, Kamil Kaygusuz and Hasan Arman

Chapter 2 **Energy Savings Resulting from Installation of an Extensive Vegetated Roof System on a Campus Building in the**

Robert W. Peters, Ronald D. Sherrod and Matt Winslett

Chapter 3 **On the Public Policies Supporting Renewables and Wind Power**

Chapter 4 **Viewing Energy, Poverty and Sustainability in Developing**

Chapter 5 **Improved Stochastic Modeling: An Essential Tool for Power System Scheduling in the Presence of Uncertain**

**Countries Through a Gender Lens 83**

Adeola and Oladunjoye Abiodun

**Section 2 Modeling and Analysis 99**

**Renewables 101**

Mehdi Farhadkhani

**Overcapacity: Insights into the European Way Forward 51** António Cardoso Marques, José Alberto Fuinhas and Rui Flora

Pius Fatona, Abiodun Abiodun, Adetayo Olumide, Adesanwo

Sajjad Abedi, Gholam Hossein Riahy, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian and

**and Climate Change in Turkey 3**

**Southeastern United States 21**
