Renewables and Efficiency

A new climate-modeling study finds that a massive wind and solar installation in the Sahara Desert and neighboring Sahel would increase local temperature. precipitation and vegetation.

Clean energy sources could also account for more than 40% of total generation in the global power mix by this date.

Extracting energy from the wind causes climatic impacts that are small compared to current projections of 21st century warming

With energy demands rising. researchers have completed an algorithm or approach to design more efficient wind farms.

While many transportation and city planners. researchers. students. practitioners. and political leaders are familiar with the technical nature and promise of vehicle automation. consensus is not yet often seen on the impact that will result. or the policies and actions that those responsible for transportation systems should take. The End …

Solutions for resource scarcity should be sought from urban waste management and sanitation. which are characterised by central plants and long networks. The socio-technical transition to more sustainable infrastructure is expected to include partial decentralisation based on local conditions. This paper focuses on drivers. barriers and enablers in implementing a …

In this paper. detailed exergy analysis of selected thermal power systems driven by parabolic trough solar collectors (PTSCs) is presented. The power is produced using either a steam Rankine cycle (SRC) or a combined cycle. in which the SRC is the topping cycle and an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is …

IEC 61850-Based Smart Substations: Principles. Testing. Operation and Maintenance systematically presents principles. testing approaches. and the operation and maintenance technologies of such substations from the perspective of real-world application. The book consists of chapters that cover a review of IEC 61850 based smart substations. substation configuration technology. principles and testing …

A statistical approach to abstract and predict turbine states in an online manner has been developed. Online inference is performed on temperature measurement residuals to predict the failure state ∆n steps ahead of time. In this framework a case study is performed showing the ability to predict bearing failure 33 …

Researchers have developed an artificial photosynthesis device that turns sunlight and water into two types of energy - hydrogen fuel and electricity.