All over the world, including Japan, there are targets to decrease building energy consumption and increase renewable energy utilization. Combined heat and power (CHP) plants increase energy efficiency and are becoming popular in Japan. CHP plants produce both heat and power simultaneously, but...

Although microgrids have been researched for over a decade and recognized for their multitude of benefits to improve power reliability, security, sustainability, and decrease power costs for the consumer, they have still not reached rapid commercial growth. The main aim of this research is to...

Recent rapid interest in renewable energy generation, especially high penetration of the grid-connected photovoltaic system, is imposing new challenges to the anti-islanding protection. In practice, there is a potential risk of failure for anti-islanding protection due to the interaction between...

Policy uncertainty can be a powerful deterrent to immediate investments. Based on panel data of 214 licenses to construct small run-of-the-river hydropower plants, we examine whether the prospect of a common Swedish–Norwegian market for green certificates (i.e., a renewable portfolio standard...

The development of the Smart Grids will enable a more interactive and intelligent behaviour of the houses that are connected to the grid. This modification of behaviour of the house must rely on a conjugation of technologies (on-site generation, demand-side management, demand response, etc.)...

Several factors must be considered before adopting a full-phase power generation system based on renewable energy sources. Long-term necessary data (for one year if possible) should be collected before making any decisions concerning implementation of such a systems. To accurately assess the...