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Tuning the Solar Performance of Building Facades through Polymer 3D Printing: Toward Bespoke Thermo-Optical Properties

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The urgent imperative to curtail carbon emissions necessitates the extensive implementation of renewable technologies. However, the intermittent nature of renewables poses challenges to sustainable and efficient energy storage. This project focuses on expl ...

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Offshore Utility Systems for FPSOs: A Techno-Environomic Assessment Considering the Uncertainty About the Natural Gas Price

Due to restricted weight and space budget on floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSO), the offshore utility systems have been limited to low-efficiency energy technologies. Moreover, owing to time-varying energy demands of the FPSOs, the ex ...

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Optimal DSO grid control for energy communities with high PV penetration and electrochemical storage

Photovoltaic generation is a non-controllable energy source, hence a high share of distributed PV installations in low-voltage networks may lead to over-voltage and lines or transformer overloading. To avoid these, the Distribution System Operator can curt ...

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Offshore utility systems for FPSOs: A techno-environomic assessment considering the uncertainty about the natural gas price

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About 50% of all hydropower plants (HPPs) worldwide were originally commissioned more than 40 years ago, so that the advanced age of the fleet is a major concern across all continents, and especially in Europe. The modernization of HPPs can generate severa ...

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