The expansion of smart metering technology worldwide has represented a change in the energy sector, as it incorporates new technologies for energy consumption. In Brazil, this topic has been contributing to the formation of a regulatory framework regarding new technologies and to the...

There are multiple applications in medical physics and space radiation health, such as hadron therapy for cancer treatment ofthe irradiation of  biological systems by energetic ion beams. Therefore, for a better control and understanding of the effects of radiation damage in living tissues, it...

We popose a calculation method by which we can estimate the value of the loss of pressure along the pipeline, the loss of pressure per length meter of network and the cost of the pneumatic energy loss in the case of the horizontal and vertical pneumatic network. The proposed method is validated...

This paper presents development of an optimal control strategy for a hybrid photovoltaic/battery energy storage (PV/BES) system. The fluctuations at the DC bus voltage due to voltage sag were mitigated by using charge/discharge capability of the BES through the DC/DC buck/boost converter....

Microgrids can be considered as controllable units from the utility point of view because the entities of microgrids such as distributed energy resources and controllable loads can effectively control the amount of power consumption or generation. Therefore, microgrids can make various contracts...

Under a deregulated environment, wind power producers are subject to many regulation costs due to the intermittence of natural resources and the accuracy limits of existing prediction tools. This paper addresses the operation (charging/discharging) problem of battery energy storage installed in...

Managing the risk associated with uncertain load has always been a challenge for retailers in electricity markets. Yet the load variability has been largely predictable in the past, especially when aggregating a large number of consumers. In contrast, the increasing penetration of unpredictable,...

Feed-in tariffs are a widespread policy instrument to support the diffusion of renewable energy technologies. I investigate the impact of the size-based differentiation of these tariffs on the adoption of residential scale solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Germany. Exploiting a policy...

Worldwide the demand for solar photovoltaics (PV) has increased significantly over the past decades. This was driven by a price reduction for solar PV systems. A two-stage least squares linear regression yields insights into the price sensitivity for residential customers in the U.S., and...