More effective energy production requires a greater penetration of storage technologies. This paper takes a looks at … and compares the landscape of energy storage devices. Solutions across four categories of storage, namely: mechanical …, chemical, electromagnetic and thermal storage are compared on the basis of energy/power density, specific energy …

amounts, planting dates, and soils—that would maximize the energy sustainability and eco-friendliness of maize (<i>Zea mays … to compute net energy value (NEV) and carbon credit balance (CCB), the indicators of sustainability and eco …-friendliness of ethanol production, respectively, for various scenarios. As the results showed, deeper soils with higher water holding …

Lowering the exergy content of heat required for heating purposes decreases the primary energy consumption. District …

ventilated Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) walls. The energy-saving potential of the ventilated BIPV walls was …

In order to fulfil the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) requirements for the reduction of … energy consumption, European national requirements have been created for building envelope thermal properties and calculation … methodology to determine if building energy efficiency is created. This is however not true in all methodologies. The necessity of …

Both organic and conventional farming processes require energy input in the form of diesel fuel for farming equipment … amounts and/or types of energy and nutrients required for both farming systems and provide feasible suggestions for the …

recover thermal energy from the surrounding seawater and supply it into the reservoir. Although the heat pumps need an … electricity supply from the sea surface level, they can provide thermal energy which is several times that of the consumed …

injection of CO₂ is considered a suitable strategy towards emission-neutral energy production. This study shows that …

glasses and sunshield types affect the energy consumption in residential buildings under common scenarios. The simulation …The key factors in the energy-saving design of a building’s exterior in Taiwan are the thermal performance of the roof … results showed that the use of an appropriate window glass significantly reduced the annual energy consumption, followed by …

. Production of biofuels from agricultural feedstock sources requires much energy and leads to considerable emissions due to …