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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Fahad Al-Amri, Farooq Saeed, Muhammad Abdul Mujeebu
Summary: One of the major challenges in the PV industry is to effectively cool the PV panel during its operation. This study introduces a dual-function PV panel racking structure that acts as both a mechanical support and a heat sink. Numerical analysis and field experiments validate that the modified structure can reduce panel temperature and increase panel efficiency, resulting in a lower levelized cost of electricity.
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Economics
Wim Van Opstal, Anse Smeets
Summary: Solar energy is an important renewable energy source for decarbonization. However, many households face barriers to invest in solar energy. Circular business models can mitigate PV waste and lower barriers for residential PV adoption.
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Chemistry, Physical
Zhecheng Wang, Marie-Louise Arlt, Chad Zanocco, Arun Majumadaar, Ram Rajagopal
Summary: This study developed a computer vision model to identify the installation year of photovoltaics (PVs) from historical images. The research found that low-income communities in the United States have a delayed and lower saturation level of PV adoption. The study also highlighted the positive association between performance-based incentives and saturated adoption levels, particularly for lower-income communities.
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Construction & Building Technology
Kohei Terashima, Haruki Sato, Toshiharu Ikaga
Summary: A new environmentally-friendly PV/T solar panel is proposed, which uses a CIS PV module and a heat exchanger to convert solar energy into electricity and heat. It achieves a solar energy conversion efficiency of 73.5% in Yokohama, Japan, surpassing the previous experimental panel, and can meet all residential heat demands while reducing environmental thermal load.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sydney Forrester, Galen Barbose, Chandler Miller
Summary: Compensation structures for residential solar are shifting towards incentivizing battery storage for maximizing solar self-consumption. However, current battery usage patterns result in minimal grid benefits and reduced market value. By encouraging storage customers to respond to market prices, particularly during peak hours, both private and public value can be improved.
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Environmental Sciences
Baskaran Sivakumar, Subramanian Navakrishnan, Menaka Ravi Cibi, Ramalingam Senthil
Summary: This study examines water immersion cooling of photovoltaic panels to improve efficiency, showing that immersion of PV panels in tap water 20 mm deep increases PV efficiency by 9.1% compared to panels without immersion.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mohamed Thalib Mohamed Rafeek, Vimala Muthu, Muthu Manokar Athikesavan, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, Abd Elnaby Kabeel
Summary: The study found that as the mass flow rate increases, the fresh water production and efficiency decrease, but the electricity generation and efficiency of the electrical system increase.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Engineering, Industrial
Xin Liu, Yangtian Yin, Kunhee Choi
Summary: This study investigates the changing externalities of investment decisions regarding residential photovoltaic systems and provides benchmarking results for homeowners to assess the costs and benefits.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Abdullah A. Badr, Omer K. Ahmed, Omar Rafae Alomar
Summary: Solar energy is a crucial option to combat energy depletion and environmental pollution. The article presents a new design of a Solar Vortex Engine system integrated with a photovoltaic panel. The system can generate a circular updraft with an efficiency of 14%.
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Energy & Fuels
Anik Goswami, Pradip Kumar Sadhu
Summary: This study focuses on the technoeconomic feasibility and reliability of a floating solar photovoltaic (FSPV) power plant for long term power generation. The performance analysis of the FSPV module showed an average performance ratio of 71.58% and a degradation rate of 1.18%, while a feasibility study of a 5 MW FSPV power plant indicated an annual electricity generation of 8604.5 MWh with a degradation rate of 1.18% per year. The plant will also save 105000 kL of water per year and reduce CO2 emissions by 183,493.24 tones over its lifetime.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY GRIDS & NETWORKS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elissaios Sarmas, Nikos Dimitropoulos, Vangelis Marinakis, Zoi Mylona, Haris Doukas
Summary: Accurately forecasting solar plants production is crucial for balancing supply and demand in smart cities and energy communities. This study applies transfer learning techniques to improve prediction accuracy, achieving significant improvements compared to conventional approaches, especially with limited training data.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Changgui Dong, Gregory Nemet, Xue Gao, Galen Barbose, Benjamin Sigrin, Eric O'Shaughnessy
Summary: The further deployment of rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV) is hindered by high soft costs, especially customer acquisition expenses. This study demonstrates that machine learning can significantly improve prediction performance in identifying PV adopters and reducing soft costs compared to traditional significance-based methods. Through machine learning, the true positive rate of predicting adopters increased from 66 to 87%, and the true negative rate of predicting non-adopters increased from 75 to 88%. This enhanced performance is attributed to the incorporation of complex variable interactions and nonlinear effects. Machine learning can reduce customer acquisition costs by 15% ($0.07/Watt) and uncover new market opportunities for solar companies to expand and diversify customer bases.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Houda Eletri, Elias M. Salilih, Mouna Hamed, Ali Fellah
Summary: This study investigates the annual performance of a novel hybrid solar-driven cooling system for refrigerator vehicles. The system utilizes a DC compressor powered by a PV array, with an AC compressor powered by the car alternator providing additional support when the cooling load exceeds the capacity of the DC compressor. The study includes detailed electrical modeling of the PV panels, analysis of the transient electrical power generation, and evaluation of the impact of solar irradiation and ambient temperature on the performance of the PV modules. Additionally, thermodynamics and heat transfer analysis are conducted on the refrigeration cycle, considering the effect of ambient temperature and refrigerator compartment temperature on its performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRIGERATION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Khalid Almutairi, Pasura Aungkulanon, Salem Algarni, Talal Alqahtani, Seitkazy A. Keshuov
Summary: This study investigates the feasibility of implementing zero energy buildings in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Climate maps were created using raw climatic data from meteorological stations in the region, and surfaces with the highest solar energy were chosen. Special design elements such as thermal insulation and canopy were considered, and the number of solar panels needed was calculated. The modeling shows that installing PV panels as canopies can compensate for the energy shortage.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2022)
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Economics
Fabian Arnold, Samir Jeddi, Amelie Sitzmann
Summary: Network tariffs have an impact on residential PV adoption, particularly when self-consumption becomes more financially attractive. PV investments are primarily driven by volumetric tariffs. Policy changes in the share of price components can potentially affect residential PV adoption. Price signals can effectively support the coordination of electricity demand and supply in Germany.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rawayda Abdou, Damien Cassells, Jenny Berrill, Jim Hanly
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2020)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
P. Carroll, M. Chesser, P. Lyons
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2020)
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Construction & Building Technology
Michael Chesser, Padraig Lyons, Padraic O'Reilly, Paula Carroll
Summary: Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs) play a crucial role in decarbonizing the residential heating sector, but there are differences in performance between laboratory tests and field trials. Analysis of deeply retrofitted Irish houses showed that all homes qualified as producing renewable heat, despite varying from manufacturer's laboratory test performance.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Luong Vinh Quoc Duy, Damien Cassells
Summary: This research analyzes the impact of agglomeration effects on innovation behavior of small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Vietnam. The study finds that agglomeration contributes to firm innovation. However, factors such as firm size, type, producing multiple products, and operating in multiple locations also influence firm innovation, while firm-level characteristics like owner characteristics exhibit weaker effects.
REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rawayda Abdou, Damien Cassells, Jenny Berrill, Jim Hanly
Summary: This study examines the relationship between economic uncertainty and suicide in the US, finding that the impact is context dependent and asymmetric, with males in their mid-career and late career being more sensitive to changes in economic uncertainty. Additionally, the study shows that females, except for those aged 65 plus, are less affected by economic uncertainty.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Michael Chesser, Jim Hanly, Damien Cassells, Jenny Berrill
Summary: This study proposes a new multidimensional measurement approach to quantify fuel poverty and finds that it results in approximately 10% less households being categorized as fuel poor compared to traditional measurement methods. The likelihood of being fuel poor is higher for households occupied by renters, non-white individuals, or those with elderly people and children in all regions. These findings have important implications for policy formation and providing targeted support to address fuel poverty.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Business
Sean O'Reilly, Ciaran Mac An Bhaird, Damien Cassells
Summary: This article examines the financing patterns of Clean Technology firms in the European market that have utilized crowdfunding platforms for raising equity. The findings indicate that firms with lower total assets and higher cash reserves have been able to access larger amounts of crowdfunding. Additionally, after crowdfunding campaigns, these firms have successfully raised significantly higher amounts of external equity, pointing to the signaling effects of crowdfunding. Overall, this study emphasizes the importance of crowdfunding in improving liquidity, particularly for early stage firms focused on developing new technologies.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Jenny Berrill, Damien Cassells, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Andre van Stel
Summary: Through econometric analysis, this study found that self-employed individuals experience more severe negative impacts on well-being when facing financial distress compared to wage-employed individuals, regardless of whether they have employees or not.
INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS JOURNAL-RESEARCHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(2021)
Article
Management
Klavs Ciprikis, Damien Cassells, Jenny Berrill
GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION
(2020)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Damien Cassells
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT
(2019)
Article
Economics
Lucia Morales, Amparo Soler-Dominguez, James Hanly
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS
(2019)
Article
Economics
Michael Chesser, Jim Hanly, Damien Cassells, Nikolaos Apergis
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REVIEW
(2019)
Article
Economics
Marie-Louise Arlt, David Chassin, Claudio Rivetta, James Sweeney
Summary: This paper examines the impact of real-time pricing and load automation on residential distribution systems. The study finds that implementing real-time pricing can result in an aggregate welfare gain of 39 USD per customer and year. However, it also notes that RTP and load automation may significantly increase peak system load. Introducing a market-based demand management system can further enhance welfare gains and reduce grid investment.
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Economics
Javier Jorquera-Copier, Alvaro Lorca, Enzo Sauma, Stefan Lorenczik, Matias Negrete-Pincetic
Summary: As countries update their climate ambitions, low-carbon hydrogen production and use present opportunities for emissions reductions and economic development. A case study for Chile shows that integrating hydrogen and electricity networks can lower system costs and enhance renewable integration, but policy support is needed to address concerns related to water and land use.
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Economics
Dawit Guta, Hisham Zerriffi, Jill Baumgartner, Abhishek Jain, Sunil Mani, Darby Jack, Ellison Carter, Guofeng Shen, Jennifer Orgill-Meyer, Joshua Rosenthal, Katherine Dickinson, Rob Bailis, Yuta Masuda
Summary: Household solid fuel use is detrimental to health and the environment. The Indian government's PMUY subsidy has successfully promoted the adoption of LPG by millions of households. However, there is limited understanding of the decision-making process to reduce solid fuel use after transitioning to cleaner fuels. This study found that factors such as household wealth, social status, education level, and the prevalence of LPG use in the village are positively associated with LPG consumption and the discontinuation of solid fuel use. On the other hand, factors such as distance to LPG refill delivery, household size, and the PMUY subsidy are negatively associated with the share of LPG use.
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Economics
Nicolas Morell-Dameto, Jose Pablo Chaves-Avila, Tomas Gomez San Roman, Pablo Duenas-Martinez, Tim Schittekatte
Summary: This paper assesses the performance of differently implemented forward-looking network tariff designs and proposes an innovative coordination mechanism to increase predictability in a future with many flexible customers. The study reveals that if large shares of customers synchronize their responses to highly time-varying and locational-specific network charges, it can lead to unexpected reinforcements.
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Economics
Alexandra Gritz, Guntram Wolff
Summary: Russia's weaponization of gas supplies shook the energy security of Central and Eastern Europe in 2022. The region responded by increasing alternative energy supplies and developing new gas supply routes. Renewable energy, nuclear energy, and hydrogen play important roles in the long-term. Mitigating the impact of this shock requires the EU to prioritize the integrity of its energy market.
Article
Economics
Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Marion Collewet, Matthew DiGiuseppe, Hendrik Vrijburg
Summary: Economic costs are a major political obstacle to investing in climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. The method of financing plays a crucial role in determining public opposition to government green investments, with debt financing being less opposed than broad-based taxes. This study suggests that credit market tools, such as green bonds and debt for climate swaps, can be politically efficient in increasing support for green financing. Carbon taxes and wealth taxes are found to be the most preferred options.
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Economics
Kun Guo, Liyuan Luan, Xiaoli Cai, Dayong Zhang, Qiang Ji
Summary: This paper investigates China's energy trade stability using a survival analysis approach. It finds that the energy trade linkages between China and 153 other countries are complex and unstable, with short periods of trade with many countries. Geopolitically risky regions, such as the Middle East and Africa, have the lowest trade stability. Climate risks have significant effects on energy trade stability. The paper proposes several policy options to improve energy trade stability in China, with special attention to increasing global climate risks.
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Economics
Simona Bigerna, Piyush Choudhary, Nikunj Kumar Jain, Silvia Micheli, Paolo Polinori
Summary: This study estimates the willingness to pay of Indian urban consumers for a continuous supply of electricity using contingent valuation method. The findings show that the amount consumers are willing to pay depends on the duration of power outages, with households preferring shorter outages. Income and environmental attitude also positively influence higher willingness to pay. These insights can inform policymakers in designing more reliable and customer-centric energy generation and distribution models.
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Economics
Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka, Lucy Baker, Okechukwu Ugwu, Ewah Eleri, Subhes Bhattacharyya
Summary: This study examines the impact of the regulatory framework on rural electrification and universal energy access goals in Nigeria's mini-grid sector. The findings suggest that while the current framework has fostered sector growth, additional measures are necessary to ensure equitable distribution of access among rural populations.
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Economics
Rui Shan, Noah Kittner
Summary: Energy storage is a cornerstone in decarbonization planning as it reduces operational costs and greenhouse gas emissions, while enhancing resilience and renewables integration. However, storage developers in different regions have varying economic and environmental considerations, thereby requiring policy intervention to achieve long-term emission reductions.
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Economics
Tung Durmaz, Sevil Acar, Simay Kizilkaya
Summary: This study investigates the phenomenon of strategic capacity withholding in the Turkish electricity market and its relationship with the capacity remuneration mechanism. The empirical results provide strong evidence of strategic capacity withholding and show that the capacity mechanism contributes to the duration of failures. The study offers important insights for policymakers, including the implementation of a random verification mechanism and restructuring of the capacity mechanism in Turkey.
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Economics
Tii N. Nchofoung
Summary: The study finds that oil price shocks have a negative impact on Africa's energy transition, particularly in rural areas and net crude oil exporting countries. However, oil price shocks cannot explain the urban-rural differences in clean energy access. Therefore, increasing investment in clean energy and technologies in rural areas is necessary to enhance the resilience of the energy sector to oil price shocks.
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Economics
Najia Saqib, Muhammad Usman, Ilhan Ozturk, Arshian Sharif
Summary: This study examines the impact of environmental technologies, financial growth, and energy use on ecological footprint and green growth. Environmental innovation and renewable energy deployment contribute to green growth, while financial expansion and non-renewable energy use have negative effects on the environment. The study also identifies causal relationships between different factors.
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Economics
Yessica C. Y. Chung, Noxolo Kunene, Hung-Hao Chang
Summary: The Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) is considered an innovative technology for building a green society. This study investigates the impact of REC purchases on stock return and volume in Taiwan between 2017 and 2021. The findings suggest that REC purchases have a positive effect on stock returns of manufacturing firms but not service firms. The frequency of REC purchases is also an important factor in the relationship between REC purchase and firm value. Additionally, the study reveals that public attention to environmental pollution plays a crucial role in positive stock returns and volume, while ESG disclosure is negatively associated with returns and volume.
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Economics
Seife Ayele, Wei Shen, Yacob Mulugetta, Tadesse Kuma Worako
Summary: This paper addresses the challenges of governing energy procurement from a mix of non-hydropower renewable energy sources supplied by independent producers. Building on political economy analysis and five case studies of independent producer projects from Ethiopia, it seeks to understand the root causes of the protracted delays and limited extent of procurement by independent producers. The key contestations lie in managing long term contracts, risk, uncertainty and in developing the institutional and human capacity to transition.