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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Daniel Micallef, Abdolrahim Rezaeiha
Summary: Over the past decade, there has been a steady increase in scientific articles on rotor aerodynamics of offshore wind turbines, highlighting the critical role of aerodynamics in overcoming specific barriers in multi-physics systems. Current trends in research focus on the interaction between aerodynamics and other fields, such as platform hydrodynamics and control, with common approaches being coupled or uncoupled studies. The literature mainly addresses isolated floating turbines, while studies on interactions between floating turbines are limited.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Alexandre Mathern, Christoph von der Haar, Steffen Marx
Summary: The paper discusses the challenges and future trends of using concrete as support structures for future offshore wind projects, highlighting how new technologies can reduce costs, simplify transportation, and installation, and anticipates an increase in the use of concrete support structures in future offshore wind installations.
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Energy & Fuels
Kadhirvel Boopathi, Leon Mishnaevsky, Bose Sumantraa, S. Anthonyraj Premkumar, Krishnaraj Thamodharan, Kannan Balaraman
Summary: Results of a survey conducted by service companies in India on failure mechanisms of wind turbine blades show that surface erosion is the most common damage, followed by lightning strikes. Leading edge erosion can persist for 1-2 years after installation, while structural cracks are usually observed 5-8 years later. The most frequent emergency repair requests are for blade bolt replacement, with lightning strikes occurring every 1-2 years depending on climate. Lightning strikes are most common in monsoon areas of India and often lead to wind turbine downtimes.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Abhishek Kumar, Divyanshi Pal, Sanjay Kumar Kar, Saroj Kumar Mishra, Rohit Bansal
Summary: The renewable energy sector in India has experienced rapid growth in recent years, although the wind energy sector has shown slower growth. The Indian government has been committed to ensuring universal access to energy and promoting solar and wind energy on a large scale. This paper focuses on the wind sector in India, discussing its prospects, challenges, and potential solutions.
CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yasmine Zakari, Francois Vuille, Michael Lehning
Summary: The study demonstrates that optimizing the combination of wind and solar assets can reduce the uncertainty in portfolio returns and mitigate the economic impact of climate change.
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Economics
Kleber Costa Correa, Mauricio Uriona-Maldonado, Caroline Rodrigues Vaz
Summary: This paper describes the evolution and consolidation of wind energy in Uruguay and highlights the key challenges the country will face. The study identifies public policies, market and actors, development and mechanisms, and niche-to-regime growth as the factors contributing to Uruguay's successful implementation of wind energy. The main future challenges for Uruguay lie in keeping up with new investments in other renewable technologies while maintaining expertise in the wind sector.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Artem Kudelin, Vladimir Kutcherov
Summary: Wind energy has great potential in Russia but is currently underutilized, with the paper discussing critical factors affecting its development and presenting optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for capacity growth. The analysis covers investor support schemes, permission procedures, social, educational, and research issues, as well as possible obstacles and limits to windfarm deployment.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Moslem Uddin, Huadong Mo, Daoyi Dong, Sondoss Elsawah, Jianguo Zhu, Josep M. Guerrero
Summary: This paper provides an overview of microgrid concept, classification, and control strategies. It also highlights and explains various prospective challenges of microgrid implementation. Additionally, the important aspects of future microgrid research are outlined. This study offers valuable insights for researchers, scientists, and policymakers to gain in-depth knowledge on microgrid and identify key factors for a sustainable future.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Tahir Khan, Miao Yu, Muhammad Waseem
Summary: The literature review comprehensively examines the optimization approaches applied in the field of hybrid renewable energy system coupled with hydrogen technologies (HRES-H-2). The study reveals trends such as techno-economic optimization, development of sophisticated hydrogen infrastructure, AI-based multi-objective optimization techniques, and the impact of renewable and hydrogen technologies on reducing global warming.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kannaiyan Neelavannan, Indra Sekhar Sen
Summary: Microplastics contamination in freshwater ecosystems of India is a growing concern. Compared to marine ecosystems, the source, transport, and fate of microplastics in Indian freshwater ecosystems are still underexplored. Furthermore, there is no standard procedure for separating microplastics from water and sediment samples, and the impact of microplastics on freshwater ecosystem services is still limited.
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Lourdes Garcia-Rodriguez, Agustin M. Delgado-Torres
Summary: This paper reviews and assesses new trends and future prospects for small capacity systems of Renewable Energy-driven DESalination (REDES). It identifies outstanding commercial prospects for two off-grid REDES technologies, wave energy converters with direct coupling to seawater desalination and solar micro gas turbines with biofuel backup. The paper also highlights opportunities for enhancing energy efficiency in the reverse osmosis process and developing portable REDES systems based on solar membrane distillation and microbial desalination cells.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Bhasuru Abhinaya Srinivas, Garlapati Nagababu, Surendra Singh Kachhwaha
Summary: This study statistically examined the applicability of six CORDEX-SA climate models and their ensembles in the Indian offshore region, and found that the ensemble model outperforms individual models at buoy sites with a 77% overlap with ERAS wind speeds. It also discovered that the North-East region will experience the most advantageous change in wind speeds in the future, while the North-West region will have a negative cumulative change.
Article
Thermodynamics
Bin Lu, Andrew Blakers, Matthew Stocks, Cheng Cheng, Anna Nadolny
Summary: Australia demonstrates high per capita energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, but leads in rapid deployment of solar and wind energy globally. Through modeling decarbonized electricity systems and electrification of various sectors, the country achieves significant reduction in emissions. Utilizing short-term energy storage and demand-side response, as well as large-scale energy grids interconnections, Australia shows a pathway towards reliable and affordable energy with high levels of integration of renewables.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sai Krishna V. S. Sakuru, M. V. Ramana
Summary: India's increasing electricity generation capacity must meet the demands of domestic consumption, energy security, and climate change accords. To achieve the goal of 40% non-fossil fuel electricity by 2030, a greater focus on renewables is necessary, particularly wind energy. This study uses reanalysis data to estimate India's wind power potential, finding that both onshore and offshore regions have significant potential, with up to 7.2 TW and 18.4 TW respectively. Sparsely vegetated areas have an additional 53 TW of wind power potential. Future efforts should concentrate on the availability of wind resources near energy-hungry regions.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Abdelfattah A. Eladl, Magda I. El-Afifi, Magdi M. El-Saadawi, Bishoy E. Sedhom
Summary: Increasing environmental concerns, scarcity of fossil fuel resources, and uncontrolled demand growth have led to upgrading and restructuring existing energy systems. Sustainable multi-energy systems (MESs) will dominate energy production in the future. Integrated management systems must be provided to plan and control the sustainable MESs for optimal operation.
ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Genovese, F. Piraino, P. Fragiacomo
Summary: This research proposes the concept of a hydrogen valley in southern Italy, where hydrogen is produced centrally and delivered via fuel cell hybrid trains to refueling stations, providing transportation services. The analysis from both technical and economic perspectives shows that the cost of hydrogen and energy efficiency reached competitive levels, and hydrogen rail transport offers significant benefits in terms of emissions reduction and economic gains compared to conventional diesel trains and fully electric trains.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miaomiao Liu, Payam Nejat, Pinlu Cao, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, John Kaiser Calautit
Summary: This article provides a critical review of the performance of windcatchers, pointing out the current research gaps and issues, and proposing directions for further investigation and market prospects.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Solomon Boadu, Ebenezer Otoo
Summary: Despite Africa's vast energy resources, including wind energy, the continent faces challenges in developing its wind energy industry. Northern African countries and South Africa currently dominate the wind energy sector in Africa. To uplift Africa's socio-economic status, strong political will, supportive policies, and institutional frameworks are needed to drive the development of wind energy and overcome existing challenges.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. K. Grubbs, S. M. Gruss, V. Z. Schull, M. J. Gosney, M. V. Mickelbart, S. Brouder, M. W. Gitau, P. Bermel, M. R. Tuinstra, R. Agrawal
Summary: As the global population grows, the demand for food, energy, and water will increase significantly. However, limited land availability and competition for solar resources pose challenges to resource generation technologies. In the United States, both agriculture and solar energy production have adopted densification schemes to improve yields and energy output per unit of land. This research proposes an Agrivoltaic food and energy coproduction architecture that optimizes power generation while maintaining crop productivity by implementing ideal anti-tracking during critical growth periods. This technology offers a viable pathway for widespread solar implementation throughout the contiguous United States.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Han Shao, Rui Henriques, Hugo Morais, Elisabetta Tedeschi
Summary: The integration of offshore wind energy into the electric grid provides opportunities in terms of environmental sustainability and cost efficiency, but poses challenges to power quality. This survey offers a deeper understanding of disturbance detection and classification tools, exploring root causes, disturbance locations, and algorithmic solutions. It highlights synchronized waveform measurement and discusses evaluation metrics for detection and classification algorithms. Additionally, a novel system-wide monitoring framework is proposed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleni Davidson, Yair Schwartz, Joe Williams, Dejan Mumovic
Summary: A continued upward trend in global greenhouse gas emissions poses risks to global infrastructure and built assets. Maintaining high indoor environmental quality standards is a challenge for higher education institutions under future climates. Passive cooling mechanisms may be insufficient to tolerate predicted temperature increases. Different building typologies have varying energy demand projections.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kexin Pang, Jian Zhou, Stamatis Tsianikas, David W. Coit, Yizhong Ma
Summary: This study proposes a new framework for long-term microgrid expansion planning, using deep reinforcement learning method to consider various uncertainties and constraints. The framework aims to enhance the effectiveness of microgrid expansion planning from the perspectives of economy, resilience, and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: The continuous growth of global electricity penetration has provided modern energy for alleviating energy poverty, but its impact on carbon neutrality has been overlooked. The research reveals that clean electricity from traditional fossil energy and renewable energy has a positive influence on the greenhouse effect. Eradicating energy poverty can effectively alleviate the greenhouse effect, especially in non-Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) nations.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hossein Shahbeik, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Mona Dehhaghi, Gilles J. Guillemin, Alireza Fallahi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Hamid Amiri, Mohammad Rehan, Deepak Raikwar, Hannes Latine, Bruno Pandalone, Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Christian Sonne, Luigi Vaccaro, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Su Shiung Lam, Junting Pan, Rafael Luque, Bert Sels, Wanxi Peng, Meisam Tabatabaei, Mortaza Aghbashlo
Summary: This review explores the production of biocrude oil from biomass feedstocks through the process of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). It discusses the impact of process parameters on the quality, quantity, cost, and environmental impacts of biofuels. The review also highlights the challenges and prospects for the future development of biocrude oil.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meysam Majidi Nezhad, Mehdi Neshat, Georgios Sylaios, Davide Astiaso Garcia
Summary: Digital twins promise innovation for the marine renewable energy sector by using modern technological advances and the existing maritime knowledge frameworks. This research presents critical aspects of digital twin implementation challenges in marine energy digitalization approaches that use and combine data systems.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yeganeh Sharifian, Hamdi Abdi
Summary: This paper discusses the background and objectives of the multi-area economic dispatch problem, as well as various techniques and methods applied in this field. It also covers comprehensive formulations of the problem and important issues in the field of probabilistic MAED, along with some related concepts and suggestions.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. G. B. Churchill, V. B. Borugadda, A. K. Dalai
Summary: The increasing global energy demand and the need to reduce fossil fuel reliance have created a demand for renewable and sustainable fuel sources. This review explores the potential of tall oil, a by-product of the pulping industry, as a feedstock for biofuels. The review provides an overview of tall oil production, purification, and treatment, and investigates recent trends and barriers towards tall oil-derived biofuels.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David C. Broadstock, Xiangnan Wang
Summary: This study provides a general review of research on district cooling, identifying key topics and themes and highlighting potential research priorities for future studies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Scharnhorst, D. Sloot, N. Lehmann, A. Ardone, W. Fichtner
Summary: This study investigates and analyzes the barriers to demand response in industrial and commercial sectors, highlighting their significance. Concerns about diminished product quality, disruptions to production processes, human resource management, and revenue uncertainty are identified as the most frequently cited barriers. Overcoming these barriers requires bridging knowledge gaps, allocating sufficient resources, and adapting external incentives and policies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tong Feng, Yuechi Sun, Yating Shi, Jie Ma, Chunmei Feng, Zhenni Chen
Summary: Air pollution is a significant global challenge, and policymakers have implemented policies to reduce it. Evaluating the effectiveness of these policies is critical, and our study reveals trends and gaps in air pollution policy research. We found that research has shifted from focusing solely on air pollutants to including methodologies, policies, and health implications. China has emerged as a major contributor in this field of research.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)