In the current situation with the unprecedented deployment of clean technologies for electricity generation, it is natural to expect that storage will play an important role in electricity networks. This paper provides a qualitative methodology to select the appropriate technology or mix of...

Quantitative reliability assessment of photovoltaic (PV) power system is an indispensable technology to assure reliable and utility-friendly integration of PV generation. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art technologies for evaluating the reliability of large-scale PV systems and the effect...

A cost-minimizing electricity market model was used to explore optimized infrastructures for the integration of renewable energies in interconnected North African power systems until 2030. The results show that the five countries Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt could together achieve...

The recent literature on applied energy has emphasized the role of energy storage in the electricity supply chain. However, absence of an integrated valuation framework for services provided by energy storage technologies, owed to its limited scope so far, hinders investments in such capital...

The intermittent nature of wind energy poses questions on how electricity production can match the demand. The present paper analyses possible ways of achieving this goal when a large share of the energy is provided by wind. The study considers a certain share of wind energy as a target to be...

A resilient strategy for optimal demand response control based on the management of highly-distributed electric loads is presented to meet transmission-level control aimed at maintaining voltage stability. The proposed load control scheme balances device- and grid-level objectives...

The implementation of batch processing has increased due to its intrinsic flexibility and adaptability. These are essential characteristics when it comes to producing high-value added materials such as agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals…the demand for which has grown in recent...

The basic materials industry contributes significantly to global energy demand. The efficient utilization of energy in these industries is essential to sustainable development. In numerous emerging countries, such industrial activity is concentrated in industrial zones. Typically, significant...