Article
Energy & Fuels
F. Gerini, E. Vagnoni, R. Cherkaoui, M. Paolone
Summary: The paper introduces a model-based control strategy for optimizing asset management of hydroelectric units in run-of-river hydropower plants, aiming to operate the unit at best efficiency, improve water flow management, minimize component wear, and increase the provision of frequency containment reserve.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY GRIDS & NETWORKS
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Efrain Solares, Victor De-Leon-Gomez, Francisco G. Salas, Raymundo Diaz
Summary: The stock market plays a crucial role in modern society, thus making decision support using multiple criteria and addressing various stages important. This study proposes a comprehensive Decision Support System for investing in the stock market, which covers price forecasting, stock selection, and portfolio optimization. The results show that the proposed system outperforms benchmarks in different market scenarios, indicating its potential as an alternative to existing methods.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Arild Helseth, Birger Mo
Summary: The balance between technical description, uncertainty, and computational complexity is crucial in long-term scheduling models for hydro-dominated power systems. The aggregation of hydropower systems into equivalent energy representations (EERs) is commonly used to reduce dimensionality and computation time. This paper proposes a method for coordinating EERs with their detailed representations using stochastic dual dynamic programming (SDDP). Feasibility cuts derived from detailed hydropower optimization are used to constrain the flexibility of EERs in the SDDP algorithm. Results from a test system with realistic hydropower watercourses demonstrate the computational performance and system operation.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Ju Wei, Xipeng Liu, Weiguo Fan
Summary: This study proposes a novel dynamic behavior-based sparse portfolio selection model that considers both investors' sentiments and market sentiments to analyze investors' portfolio rebalancing behavior. The experiment results demonstrate that the model achieves a higher investment return per unit risk compared to conventional models and improves the investment return per unit risk in 70% of situations compared to baseline models that only consider investors' sentiments.
KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Johan Watz, David Aldven, Patrik Andreasson, Khadija Aziz, Marco Blixt, Olle Calles, Kristine Lund Bjornas, Ivan Olsson, Martin Osterling, Sanna Stalhammar, Johan Tielman, John J. Piccolo
Summary: Despite a significant body of literature on salmon in regulated rivers, few studies specifically focus on the ecosystem services provided by salmon in relation to hydropower. While the provisioning services, such as wild salmon as a food source, are less important today, there is still a need for further research on the supporting and regulating services provided by salmon as predators.
FISH AND FISHERIES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
T. Stoffers, A. D. Buijse, G. W. Geerling, L. H. Jans, M. M. Schoor, J. J. Poos, J. A. J. Verreth, L. A. J. Nagelkerke
Summary: River restoration is crucial for combating biodiversity loss, but its efficacy depends on various environmental factors and spatial scales.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Joanna Korpak, Artur Radecki-Pawlik, Anna Lenar-Matyas
Summary: This study aimed to determine the morphometric parameters of the channel and the hydraulic parameters of the flow in order to predict the variability in the morphodynamics of a regulated river. The study found that the dynamics of the river varied depending on the morphometric parameters of the channel and the distance between GCSs. Interestingly, the varying morphodynamics showed similarities to those before regulation.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Tadeu Siqueira, Charles P. Hawkins, Julian D. Olden, Jonathan Tonkin, Lise Comte, Victor S. Saito, Thomas L. Anderson, Gedimar P. Barbosa, Nuria Bonada, Claudia C. Bonecker, Miguel Canedo-Argueelles, Thibault Datry, Michael B. Flinn, Pau Fortuno, Gretchen A. Gerrish, Peter Haase, Matthew J. Hill, James M. Hood, Kaisa-Leena Huttunen, Michael J. Jeffries, Timo Muotka, Daniel R. O'Donnell, Riku Paavola, Petr Paril, Michael J. Paterson, Christopher J. Patrick, Gilmar Perbiche-Neves, Luzia C. Rodrigues, Susanne C. Schneider, Michal Straka, Albert Ruhi
Summary: Temporal variability in ecological structure and processes tends to decrease with increasing spatial scales and levels of biological organization. However, the patterns and mechanisms of variability across trophic levels remain poorly understood. In this study, we analyzed abundance time series data from spatially structured communities and found that temporal variability in abundance decreases from producers to tertiary consumers, mainly at the local scale. Synchrony within sites increases with trophic level, while synchrony among communities decreases.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hazem U. Abdelhady, Yehya E. Imam, Ziad Shawwash, Ashraf Ghanem
Summary: The optimization model developed in this study can identify the optimal set of non-storage based small hydropower projects along a given river reach. The model, with novel features, was successfully applied and proven effective through case studies.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marton Szabolcs, Felicia Kapusi, Savrina Carrizo, Danijela Markovic, Jorg Freyhof, Nuria Cid, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Mathias Scholz, Hans D. Kasperidus, William R. T. Darwall, Szabolcs Lengyel
Summary: This study established conservation priorities for freshwater ecosystems in Europe based on distribution data of aquatic plants, molluscs, odonates, and fish. The results show that urgent conservation attention is needed in rivers and lakes in Southern and Eastern Europe. The study also found a trade-off between hydrological connectivity and the conservation of threatened species.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marton Szabolcs, Felicia Kapusi, Savrina Carrizo, Danijela Markovic, Joerg Freyhof, Nuria Cid, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Mathias Scholz, Hans D. Kasperidus, William R. T. Darwall, Szabolcs Lengyel
Summary: Through analyzing the distribution data of aquatic species in river and lake catchments in Europe, priority conservation areas were identified, with the need for urgent conservation interventions highlighted in Southern and Eastern Europe.
Article
Fisheries
Humberto Freitas de Medeiros Fortunato, Raquel Medeiros Andrade Figueira
Summary: The aim of this report is to document freshwater sponges as natural enemies of the invasive golden mussel in the Upper Parana River in Brazil. These sponges overgrow the golden mussel and the competitive relationship observed is similar to previous reports of freshwater sponges interacting with other invasive mussels around the world.
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cangyu Li, Xinhui Wang, Mingzhou Qin
Summary: The study revealed that soil nutrients exhibit spatial variability at the watershed scale, influenced by factors such as soil structure and fertilization practices. Ignoring the spatial heterogeneity of soil nutrients when providing fertilization recommendations could lead to decreased crop production efficiency and exacerbated environmental pollution.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Di Sun, Jun Wang, Shaolin Xie, Huijuan Tang, Chaonan Zhang, Guohuan Xu, Jixing Zou, Aiguo Zhou
Summary: The study found that two economically important freshwater fish species in the north and west rivers of Guangdong province were widely ingesting microplastics, with significant differences in microplastic abundance between different cities. The results also suggested that microplastic abundance and distribution are positively related to economic development, tourism, industry, agriculture, and fishery.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Linyuan Leng, Changqing Xu, Haifeng Jia, Qimeng Jia
Summary: This study emphasizes the significance of incorporating receiving waters responses into the spatial allocation optimization of LID-BMPs. By integrating a coupling model and an algorithm, a general simulation-optimization framework for LID-BMPs layout was proposed, leading to cost savings and more efficient solutions. The results highlight the importance of considering receiving waters responses and refined spatial allocation for optimal design of LID-BMPs.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Valery E. Forbes, Steve Railsback, Chiara Accolla, Bjorn Birnir, Randall J. F. Bruins, Virginie Ducrot, Nika Galic, Kristina Garber, Bret C. Harvey, Henriette Jager, Andrew Kanarek, Robert Pastorok, Richard Rebarber, Pernille Thorbek, Chris J. Salice
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Huaihai Chen, Zhongmin Dai, Henriette Jager, Stan D. Wullschleger, Jianming Xu, Christopher W. Schadt
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Henriette I. Jager, Rebecca A. Efroymson, Latha M. Baskaran
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nika Galic, Chris J. Salice, Bjorn Birnir, Randall J. F. Bruins, Virginie Ducrot, Henriette I. Jager, Andrew Kanarek, Robert Pastorok, Richard Rebarber, Pernille Thorbek, Valery E. Forbes
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Fisheries
Paul C. Kusnierz, Henriette I. Jager, Andrew S. Todd
Letter
Environmental Sciences
Henriette I. Jager, Charles C. Coutant
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2020)
Editorial Material
Biology
Henriette I. Jager, Esther S. Parish, Matthew H. Langholtz, Anthony W. King
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rebecca A. Efroymson, Henriette Jager, Shovon Mandal, Esther S. Parish, Teresa J. Mathews
Summary: This paper aims to guide the development of supply chains for biofuels produced from microalgae towards more environmentally sustainable practices. It proposes better management practices (BMPs) that align with productivity and profitability considerations, including water quality and quantity, biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions management. The BMPs must allow producers to meet both environmental targets and productivity and profitability targets, and are expected to evolve over time based on advancements in science and engineering.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Matthew Langholtz, Brian H. Davison, Henriette Jager, Laurence Eaton, Latha M. Baskaran, Maggie Davis, Craig C. Brandt
Summary: This study quantified the effects of increased nitrogen-use efficiency on national agricultural economy and regional water quality. Results showed that improving NUE can reduce nitrogen requirements, increase farmer profits, and decrease nitrate loadings in freshwater bodies, leading to cost savings in water treatment.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jasmine A. F. Kreig, Esther Parish, Henriette Jager
Summary: The US has great potential for growing perennial energy crops, and converting less profitable agricultural fields to switchgrass can increase income and promote species richness. By modeling landscape changes and predicting species distribution, it was found that such conversion could benefit avian biodiversity and improve water quality.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ryan A. McManamay, Chris R. Vernon, Henriette I. Jager
Summary: The study examines the potential impacts of alternative future global electrification pathways on biodiversity under different societal development scenarios. It finds that renewable energy deployment may come at high cost to ecosystems, with biodiversity conflicts more influenced by local land conservation practices and energy diversification strategies than global socioeconomic drivers.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Henriette Jager, Jonathan W. Long, Rachel L. Malison, Brendan P. Murphy, Ashley Rust, Luiz G. M. Silva, Rahel Sollmann, Zachary L. Steel, Mark D. Bowen, Jason B. Dunham, Joseph L. Ebersole, Rebecca L. Flitcroft
Summary: The article discusses the increasing frequency of wildfires in western North American forests and their impact on wildlife communities, highlighting the factors that affect animal resilience to shifting wildfire patterns in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It also describes a two-dimensional life history framework for species to resist or recover from wildfire effects, as well as the role of fire refuges for species at a metapopulation scale.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Henriette Jager, Rebecca A. Efroymson, Ryan A. McManamay
Summary: Climate change will harm many terrestrial and aquatic species without a shift to renewable energy, but transitioning to renewables also has varying effects on wildlife which may be negative. Protecting biodiversity will require collaboration between energy and wildlife experts, as well as policy makers.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Paul C. Kusnierz, Jonathan Leiman, Henriette I. Jager
Summary: Climate change poses a concern for fisheries professionals due to the threat of increased water temperatures to coldwater habitats, which are crucial for recreational and commercial fisheries as well as keystone species. While the Clean Water Act offers a legal framework to address water quality impairments, it fails to explicitly consider the challenges posed by a changing climate. To address this, administrators of the Clean Water Act and fisheries professionals can utilize the framework to establish links between stakeholders and the management of coldwater resources, promoting comprehensive management of temperature impairments and the impacts of climate change on fisheries through stakeholder engagement, robust local monitoring, and climate resilience incorporation into restoration planning and implementation.
Article
Environmental Studies
David E. Gorelick, Latha M. Baskaran, Henriette Jager
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)