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In a Swiss case study of the ReCO2st research project, hot water optimization demonstrated a high potential for energy savings with low investment costs. The optimization started with the end user to reduce first hot water consumption. Energy-efficient sho ...

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SCCER JA-RED - Report on the performance of the implemented solutions with guidelines for subsequent implementation - D1.2.4

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The foreseen important increase of the penetration of distributed renewable energies technologies into the electricity distribution grid is expected to lead to some major challenges. On the one hand, a large and synchronous production could lead in certain ...

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Calibration of electricity tariff for grid operator revenue conservation regardless of PV penetration

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A high penetration of intermittent electricity generation from photovoltaic source, could lead to power curtailment, in order to avoid overloads of the transmission lines, thus reducing the efficiency of the grid. This project focuses on a potential way to ...

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Forward scattering of snow as a factor in local surface energy balance and winter PV production

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Three novel donor-pi-bridge-donor (D-pi-D) hole-transporting materials (HTMs) featuring triazatruxene electron-donating units bridged by different 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) pi-conjugated linkers have been synthesized, characterized, and implemented ...

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Parametric study of URBAN morphology on building solar energy potential in Singapore context

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Reliability and Performance of Model Predictive Control for Demand Response with Residential Heat Pumps

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Distributed energy resources like solar panels and wind turbines are increasingly replacing fossil fuel energy sources. Due to their natural fluctuations they cause imbalance in the power grid when their production does not overlap with demand. Thus, there ...

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Mitigation of Vacuum and Illumination-Induced Degradation in Perovskite Solar Cells by Structure Engineering

Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Fan Fu, Shih-Chi Yang, Yan Jiang

y High specific power, high stowed packing efficiency, low processing cost, and high tolerance against environmental threats (high energy and charged particle radiation) make perovskite solar cell (PSC) a promising candidate for power generation in space. ...

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