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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Wei Wei, Zhaojian Wang, Feng Liu, Miadreza Shafie-khah, Joao P. S. Catalao
Summary: The study proposes a fractional programming model to determine the optimal power and energy capacities of residential energy storage units, with the objective of minimal payback time. A decomposition algorithm based on convex optimization is developed to solve the problem, providing cost-efficiency with a higher rate of return.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Junming He, Wasim Iqbal, Fangli Su
Summary: The present study investigates the impact of renewable energy investment on carbon emissions in 24 China provinces from 2005 to 2020, along with other factors such as green finance, income per capita, technical innovations, and industrial structure. The results show a stable long-run association between renewable energy investment and sustainable development. Additionally, renewable energy investment, technical innovations, and green finance significantly contribute to environmental sustainability, while economic development and industrial infrastructure have a negative effect on environmental sustainability.
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Thermodynamics
D. M. Fouz, R. Carballo, I. Lopez, X. P. Gonzalez, G. Iglesias
Summary: A novel approach to selecting the most appropriate combination of hydrokinetic energy converters (HECs) and sites within a coastal area is developed, with the accurate computation of cost-effective analysis (CEA) parameters as the cornerstone. By avoiding simplistic assumptions, the proposed approach improves on current procedures and enables developers to accurately compute any cost-effective parameter of interest.
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Economics
Zikun Yang, Mingming Zhang, Liyun Liu, Dequn Zhou
Summary: This study examines the impact of renewable energy investment on carbon dioxide emissions and finds that increasing the scale of investment may increase emissions, while the effect depends on the investment structure. Increasing the proportional investment in wind energy can reduce emissions, while increasing the proportional investment in solar energy and bioenergy may increase emissions.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David Alemzero, Theophilus Acheampong, Sun Huaping
Summary: The wind energy industry in Africa has grown rapidly in recent years, but is still far behind its estimated capacity. Despite the decreasing costs, technological improvements, and political support, many countries in Africa lack promotion and scaling up of wind energy.
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Economics
Paul Simshauser, Farhad Billimoria, Craig Rogers
Summary: Australia experienced significant growth in variable renewable energy (VRE) investment commitments during 2016-2021. Inadequate network hosting capacity posed challenges for some projects. This article examines the development of Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) and explores various strategies for VRE development using optimization models.
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Energy & Fuels
Paul Kerr, Donald R. Noble, Jonathan Hodges, Henry Jeffrey
Summary: Cost reductions are crucial for the development of nascent forms of Renewable Energy Technology (RET), with policy intervention playing a key role; the study demonstrates the significant value of radical innovation in long-term deployment scenarios.
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Economics
Paul Simshauser
Summary: Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) faced challenges during the 2016-2020 investment supercycle, including connection lags, deteriorating system strength, geographic congestion of investments, and rising levels of generation curtailment. A new policy proposal known as 'Renewable Energy Zones' (REZ) is considered a promising means to accelerate renewable hosting capacity in the NEM.
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Energy & Fuels
Deepak Kumar, Sandeep Dhundhara, Yajvender Pal Verma, Rintu Khanna
Summary: This paper proposes a mathematical model for optimizing bidding strategies and reducing operational costs in a low voltage grid-connected microgrid system. The uncertainties of photovoltaic and wind power plants are simulated using Latin hypercube sampling, and a pump storage unit is used as a risk managing storage device. The results show that an appropriately sized pump storage unit is the best energy storage system for dealing with uncertainties and reducing operational costs.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Qingyuan Zhu, Xifan Chen, Malin Song, Xingchen Li, Zhiyang Shen
Summary: This paper analyzes the impacts of the interaction between Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) and Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) policies on renewable energy investment and carbon emissions. The study finds that the green tags price has a non-monotonic effect on renewable energy investment and carbon emissions, depending on the quota set in the RES policy.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xing Dong, Nadeem Akhtar
Summary: This study examines the significant challenges facing China in reducing carbon emissions, dealing with resulting problems, and achieving long-term economic growth. The findings indicate that financial development, increasing economic complexity, and population aging directly contribute to environmental deterioration. However, technological advancements, investments in renewable energy, and changes in the industrial structure can help reduce CO2 emissions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Naif Alsagr
Summary: The worldwide economic consequences of environmental pollution highlight the significance of renewable energy sources. An efficient financial structure can support renewable energy projects. This study uses a nonlinear ARDL-PMG model to determine if the influence of financial efficiency on investments in renewable energy is symmetrical or asymmetrical in 23 nations. The results show that financial efficiency is beneficial for promoting renewable energy investment in the long run, and its impact varies in emerging and developed economies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Kazeem Bello Ajide, Ekundayo Peter Mesagan
Summary: This study investigates the mediating role of capital investment in the energy-pollution relationship and its interaction with renewable and non-renewable energy in G20 economies from 1990 to 2017. The findings suggest that renewable energy has a negative impact on carbon emissions, while non-renewable energy has a positive impact on pollution. Capital investment reduces pollution in the short run but increases it in the long run. Interacting capital investment with renewable energy lowers pollution, while its interaction with non-renewable energy increases pollution.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuanyuan Luo
Summary: Investing in renewable energy is a top solution for addressing climate change, and the role of ICT in sustainability is crucial. This study confirms that ICT increases renewable energy investment in all regions in the long run. Additionally, factors such as GHG emissions, GDP, and financial development contribute to the rise of renewable energy investment in heavily polluted economies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Huang Ren, Xu Qifeng, Guan Yongjun, Xu Yunbao, Hu Gaole, Muhammad Tayyab Sohail
Summary: This study examines the relationship between country risk and renewable energy investment in highly polluted economies. The empirical analysis using various econometric techniques shows that country risk negatively affects renewable energy investment. Additionally, factors such as GDP, CO2 emissions, and technological development have a positive influence on renewable energy investment, while human capital and financial development do not have a significant impact.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Agronomy
Mark V. Brady, Katarina Hedlund, Rong-Gang Cong, Lia Hemerik, Stefan Hotes, Stephen Machado, Lennart Mattsson, Elke Schulz, Ingrid K. Thomsen
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Operations Research & Management Science
Rong-Gang Cong, Mette Termansen, Mark V. Brady
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2017)
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Energy & Fuels
Zhifu Mi, Yunkun Zhang, Dabo Guan, Yuli Shan, Zhu Liu, Ronggang Cong, Xiao-Chen Yuan, Yi-Ming Wei
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Ecology
Rong-Gang Cong, Johan Ekroos, Henrik G. Smith, Mark V. Brady
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2016)
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Environmental Sciences
Rong-Gang Cong, Mette Termansen
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2016)
Editorial Material
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Liandong Zhu, Ningbo Gao, Rong-Gang Cong
BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2017)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Rong-Gang Cong, Katarina Hedlund, Hans Andersson, Mark Brady
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2014)
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Ecology
Rong-Gang Cong, Henrik G. Smith, Ola Olsson, Mark Brady
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2014)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rong-Gang Cong, Mark Brady
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rong-Gang Cong, Yi-Ming Wei
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2012)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rong-Gang Cong, Shaochuan Shen
SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL
(2013)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rong-Gang Cong, Shaochuan Shen
SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL
(2014)
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Economics
Zhi-Fu Mi, Yi-Ming Wei, Bao-Jun Tang, Rong-Gang Cong, Hao Yu, Hong Cao, Dabo Guan
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Mechanical
Xiao-Hui Wang, Rong-Gang Cong
2012 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INFORMATION AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
(2012)
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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)