Yatish T. Shah received his B.Sc in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, and MS and Sc.D in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. He has more than 40 years of academic and industrial experience in energy-related areas. He was chairman of the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, and Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; chief research officer at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA; and provost at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA, the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, USA, and Norfolk State University, Virginia, USA. He was also a visiting scholar at University of Cambridge, UK, and a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkley, USA, and Institut für Technische Chemie I der Universität Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany. Dr. Shah has previously written eight books related to energy, five of which are under ""Sustainable Energy Strategies"" book series by Taylor and Francis of which he is the editor. He has also published more than 250 refereed reviews, book chapters, and research technical publications in the areas of energy, environment, and reaction engineering. He is an active consultant to numerous industries and government organizations in the energy areas.
"""…[helps readers] envision a different future and consider new opportunities through technological interventions for creating an inclusive and more resilient energy system."" –Jyoti Verma, ONGC Energy Centre ""…offers valuable discussion of resources, storage, distribution, and the grid system, beginning with a chronology of the energy industry, emphasizing that no single power distribution system can serve all demands at all locations. This book offers a valuable text on hybrid energy systems useful for upper-level academic courses that will also be welcomed by researchers and practitioners in industry who are focused on introducing hybrid energy into existing systems…Highly recommended."" —J. Tavakoli, emeritus, Lafayette College, CHOICE, April 2022"