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Investors’ Perspectives on Barriers to the Deployment of Renewable Energy Sources in Chile

Nasirov, Shahriyar; Silva, Carlos; Agostini, Claudio A. - In: Energies 8 (2015) 5, pp. 3794-3814

various barriers. For this reason, identifying and mitigating the main barriers that hamper the advancement of RETs is … interviews conducted among the major renewable project developers, the authors identify and rank the major barriers to the … adoption of renewable energy technologies in Chile. Our findings show that the most significant barriers include “grid …

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Market-Based Instruments to Promote Energy Efficiency: Insights from the Italian Case

Di Foggia, Giacomo; Beccarello, Massimo; Borgarello, Marco - In: Energies 15 (2022) 20, pp. 1-16

Market-based instruments such as white certificates offer the potential to increase efficiency gains, reduce primary energy consumption and make energy systems more resilient. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the white certificate scheme through a case study analysis. In...

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Circuit Simulation for Solar Power Maximum Power Point Tracking with Different Buck-Boost Converter Topologies

Shiau, Jaw-Kuen; Lee, Min-Yi; Wei, Yu-Chen; Chen, Bo-Chih - In: Energies 7 (2014) 8, pp. 5027-5046

The power converter is one of the essential elements for effective use of renewable power sources. This paper focuses on the development of a circuit simulation model for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) evaluation of solar power that involves using different buck-boost power converter...

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Geophysical Methods for Monitoring Temperature Changes in Shallow Low Enthalpy Geothermal Systems

Hermans, Thomas; Nguyen, Frédéric; Robert, Tanguy; … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 8, pp. 5083-5118

Low enthalpy geothermal systems exploited with ground source heat pumps or groundwater heat pumps present many advantages within the context of sustainable energy use. Designing, monitoring and controlling such systems requires the measurement of spatially distributed temperature fields and the...

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Shadow Replication: An Energy-Aware, Fault-Tolerant Computational Model for Green Cloud Computing

Cui, Xiaolong; Mills, Bryan; Znati, Taieb; Melhem, Rami - In: Energies 7 (2014) 8, pp. 5151-5176

As the demand for cloud computing continues to increase, cloud service providers face the daunting challenge to meet the negotiated SLA agreement, in terms of reliability and timely performance, while achieving cost-effectiveness. This challenge is increasingly compounded by the increasing...

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Comparison Between Wind Power Prediction Models Based on Wavelet Decomposition with Least-Squares Support Vector Machine (LS-SVM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN)

Giorgi, Maria Grazia De; Campilongo, Stefano; … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 8, pp. 5251-5272

A high penetration of wind energy into the electricity market requires a parallel development of efficient wind power forecasting models. Different hybrid forecasting methods were applied to wind power prediction, using historical data and numerical weather predictions (NWP). A comparative study...

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Dialectic Form Finding of Passive and Adaptive Shading Enclosures

Adriaenssens, Sigrid; Rhode-Barbarigos, Landolf; … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 8, pp. 5201-5220

Form finding describes the process of finding a stable equilibrium shape for a system under a specific set of loads, for a set of boundary conditions and starting from an arbitrary initial geometry. However, form finding does not traditionally involve performance constraints such as...

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Finite Element Method Modeling of Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage with Innovative Concretes and Comparative Analysis with Literature Benchmarks

Ferone, Claudio; Colangelo, Francesco; Frattini, Domenico; … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 8, pp. 5291-5316

Efficient systems for high performance buildings are required to improve the integration of renewable energy sources and to reduce primary energy consumption from fossil fuels. This paper is focused on sensible heat thermal energy storage (SHTES) systems using solid media and numerical...

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Modeling and Analysis of Transport Processes and Efficiency of Combined SOFC and PEMFC Systems

Rabbani, Abid; Rokni, Masoud - In: Energies 7 (2014) 9, pp. 5502-5522

A hybrid fuel cell system (~10 kWe) for an average family house including heating is proposed. The investigated system comprises a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) on top of a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell (PEFC). Hydrogen produced from the off-gases of the SOFC can be fed directly to the PEFC....

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Capacity Calculation of Shunt Active Power Filters for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Based on Harmonic Parameter Estimation and Analytical Modeling

Zhou, Niancheng; Wang, Jiajia; Wang, Qianggang; Wei, … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 8, pp. 5425-5443

The influence of electric vehicle charging stations on power grid harmonics is becoming increasingly significant as their presence continues to grow. This paper studies the operational principles of the charging current in the continuous and discontinuous modes for a three-phase uncontrolled...

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