Renewables and Efficiency

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This important book presents a selection of new research on wind turbine technology. including aerodynamics. generators and gear systems. towers and foundations. control systems. and environmental issues. This informative book: Introduces the principles of wind turbine design Presents methods for analysis …

More British electricity is set to come from zero-carbon sources than fossil fuels this year for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. National Grid has said.

Only 40MW of Clearway Energy’s 250MW California Valley Solar Ranch remained operational after a bird caused a fire.

The facility. which serves as a solar thermal power generation demonstration project. has exceeded the amount of power it was originally planned to produce.

Researchers who analyzed AirBnB rental data before and after construction of the Block Island Wind Farm have found that. contrary to some concerns. the turbines have been linked with increased tourism on the island.

Water flowing from mountains to fjords in Norway will soon be helping power British homes. as the world’s longest ``interconnector`` hooks up the two countries’ grids.

They believe the technologies could bring significant benefits to the energy sector. the economy and the environment.

Hardware result for 4S-2P- pattern (a) and (b) Similar to simulation. FPA results are verified via hardware prototype under similar operating condition for the following patterns (a). (b). (c) and (d). Experimental results for pattern (a) and (b) with FPA. PSO and P&amp.O methods are shown in Fig. 16 and …

It also plans to invest more than €100m in renewable energy and storage projects by 2025.

The falling costs of wind. solar and battery technologies will help keep global temperatures from rising more than 2°C by 2030.