Renewable Energy Integration in Industrial Operations With Intelligent Systems

The increasing global importance of sustainable and “green” approaches has transformed renewable energy integration into a priority for multiple sectors, including the industrial sector. Industrial processes and activities that are typically energy-intensive and pose both challenges and opportunities for the use of on-site Renewable Energy (RE) sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass. In this chapter, we introduce the theme of incorporating renewable energy into industrial processes by analyzing the technical, economic, and regulatory aspects. An extensive examination of the current renewable energy literature, encompassing various technological solutions, challenges to integration, and case studies on successful applications, is presented. Furthermore, the role of EMS, smart grids, clean energy systems, and energy storage in the optimal utilization of renewable energy is also discussed in this chapter.