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Michael Lehning, Jérôme François Sylvain Dujardin, Annelen Kahl

The knowledge that wind power is very productive in winter and that photovoltaic (PV) installations can produce more electricity in alpine environments than in the valleys is not completely new. Yet these insights have remained little appreciated or acted ...

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Analytical solution for describing the thermo-mechanical behavior of plane energy geostructures

Lyesse Laloui, Qazim Llabjani, Alessandro Francesco Rotta Loria, Jacopo Zannin

Over the past twenty years, a substantial amount of research has been performed to expand the modeling capabilities of energy geostructures: innovative earth-contact structures that provide combined structural support and renewable energy supply. Several a ...

EDP Sciences2020

Most European countries are committed to an energy transition which consists in the substitution of conventional CO2 emitting energy sources by new renewable energy sources (RES), in particular wind and solar power. As opposed to conventional energy source ...

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Inverse Problems and Optimal Power Flow in Active Distribution Networks

Cong Wang

During the last decade, distribution networks have experienced essential changes driven by the integration of renewable-energy sources, batteries, electric-vehicle charging stations, etc. This results in not only opportunities, but also operational problem ...

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This study presents a comprehensive analysis of typical European city centers energy demand and supply for present time and 2050, according to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) climatic scenario A1B. Two multi-family houses are modeled, ...

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The energy transition's ultimate goal is to meet energy demand from human activities sustainably. Accordingly, the penetration of new renewable energy sources (RES) such as photovoltaic panels and wind turbines is increasing in most power grids. In their c ...

IEEE2019

Machine Learning and Geographic Information Systems for large-scale mapping of renewable energy potential

Dan Assouline

A promising pathway to follow in order to reach sustainable development goals is an increased reliance on renewable sources of energy. The optimized use of these energy sources, however, requires the assessment of their potential supply, along with the dem ...

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Renovation of hydraulic power plant: how to select the best technical options?

François Avellan, Christophe Nicolet, Christian Landry, Loïc Andolfatto, Joao Gomes Pereira Junior

With the Energy Strategy 2050, Switzerland wishes to focus on balanced utilization of hydropower potentials and new renewable energy sources to cope with nuclear energy phasing out. Integration of large amounts of new renewable energies such as wind and so ...

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IntegrCiTy - D4.2 Report - Method towards key bottlenecks identification

Luc Girardin, Pablo Puerto

The increasing use of renewable energy is a deep going trend [1] mainly supported by the sustained annual growth rate of solar photovoltaic (+45.5%), wind power (+24.0%) and Biogases (+12.8%) (Figure 1). In this context, decentralized power generation and ...

2018

Cross-border electricity infrastructures and efficient use of renewable energy sources

Long-distance renewables integration projects emerge as feasible option for the decarbonization of the electricity sector and efficient use of resources. The paper provides an overview of the large-scale cross-border projects being implemented in the elect ...

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