Satisfying energy requirements in its most suitable form is the great challenge of the world in the 21st century. Moroccan authorities are fully aware about this challenge, especially with the population and economic growth that causes a sharp increase of energy demand. This paper presents the...

Phase change material (PCM) based latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) systems provide an attractive solution to bridge the gap between energy source and demand, if source is intermittent and time dependent. The optimization of LHTS systems is not necessarily on the basis of performance study...

This paper presents a review of the available technologies to provide cooling from solar energy for both thermal and photovoltaic ways. Several multi-criteria performance indicators figuring in the literature are presented followed by a pros and cons analysis of the different solar thermal...