Renewislands--Renewable energy solutions for islands
Increase of the global energy demand and environmental problems relating to fossil energy utilization request the new energy sources to replace the traditional fossil fuels. With respect to energy production, most of the islands in European Union and in the other parts of the world, depend on importation, mainly from oil and its related products. The global development of renewable energy technologies can assure sustainable supply of power for islands. To overcome the limitation of the sources of renewable energy, hydrogen is utilized as a storage medium integrated with intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. This paper introduces the programme of "Renewislands--Renewable Energy Solutions for Islands", the work tasks, details of the design of the activities to develop solutions integrating intermittent renewable energy supply (RES), fuel cell (FC) and hydrogen infrastructure to promote RES and innovative decentralized power systems penetration in islands; main results achieved in each work packages are presented; in addition, the development of intermittent renewable energy penetration in specific European Islands are reviewed briefly.
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2007
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Authors: | Chen, Fengzhen ; Duic, Neven ; Manuel Alves, Luis ; da Graça Carvalho, Maria |
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. - Elsevier, ISSN 1364-0321. - Vol. 11.2007, 8, p. 1888-1902
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Islands Intermittent Renewable energy supply Hydrogen Integration system |
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