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Importance of hydropower reservoirs and dams in Europe to mitigate the energy crisis and to serve as a catalyst and enabler for the Green Deal

Hydropower has a long tradition in Europe and contributed significantly during the last century to industrial development and welfare in most of the countries in Europe. The ambitious plan for an energy transition in Europe now seeks to achieve a lowcarbon ...

CRC Press/Balkema2023

European Economic impacts of cutting energy imports from Russia: A computable general equilibrium analysis

Marc Vielle, Sigit Pria Perdana

The recent economic sanctions against Russia can jeopardise the sustainability of the European Union's (EU) energy supply. Despite the EU's strong commitment to stringent abatement targets, fossil fuels still play a significant role in the EU energy policy ...

ELSEVIER2022

Combined exergy analysis, energy integration and optimization of syngas and ammonia production plants: A cogeneration and syngas purification perspective

François Maréchal, Shivom Sharma

Modern ammonia production plants are equipped with efficient energy integration networks able to recover an important fraction of the waste heat exergy available throughout the chemical system. However, in order to drive the endothermic reforming reactions ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2020

Assesment of green mobility scenarios on European energy systems

Jonas Schnidrig

The paradigm shift in the energy policy of the European Union confronts the member states with the task of developing future renewable and fossil-free energy systems. This change involves the installation of intermittent renewable energy sources such as wi ...

2020

Benefits of a Diversified Energy Mix for Islanded Systems

Christophe Ballif, Marine Dominique Cauz, Laure-Emmanuelle Perret Aebi, Lionel Benjamin Bloch, Christian Rod

Achieving energy self-sufficiency is a major challenge for remote areas, especially islands. Various technologies have recently been developed to exploit renewable resources in such areas in order to reduce dependency on fossil fuels. This work focuses on ...

2020

The Effect of European Integration on Swiss Energy Policy and Governance

Matthias Finger, Paul Adrianus Van Baal

The unique “Swiss way” of association with the European Union (EU) has received increasing attention in light of recent events such as Brexit as it is based on sectoral agreements without an overarching institutional framework. As such, Europeanization of ...

2019

Computational methods for multi-criteria decision support in urban planning

Nils Christian Schüler

Urbanization and climate change induce many challenges for todayâs cities. These challenges have to be faced by urban planners during complex planning processes that involve many stakeholders. Interactive computational approaches can provide assistance d ...

EPFL2018

Four decades of hindsight into a complex hydropower system

Anton Schleiss, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Bettina Schaefli, José Pedro Gamito de Saldanha Calado Matos

Hydropower systems often operate in contextual conditions quite different from those for which they have been planned for. Often, the pace at which the changes occur does not invite operators to analyse their long-term effects and quantify the resilience o ...

2018

Integrated energy planning assistance for major consumers - Application : HUG – Cluse Roseraie Hospital district

Bastien Maxence Bornand

Given the present context of energy transition, the University Hospital of Geneva is constrained to readapt its energy strategy to target the new State objectives in terms of energy consumption management. A long-term energy planning assistance tool is dev ...

2017

Obstacles in energy planning at the urban scale

François Maréchal, Sébastien Cajot

Cities are expected to play a key role in achieving the ambitious energy targets set by the European Union. By looking at opportunities beyond the single building scale, urban planners can significantly contribute to shape energy-efficient and low-carbon c ...

2017

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