Search Results - subject:"ENERGY SOURCES"

Stochastic optimal charging of electric-drive vehicles with renewable energy

Pantoš, Miloš - In: Energy 36 (2011) 11, pp. 6567-6576

energy sources (RESs) are presented by statistical central moments that are further considered in Hong’s 2-point+1 estimation …

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An optimization model for a mechanical vapor compression desalination plant driven by a wind/PV hybrid system

Zejli, Driss; Ouammi, Ahmed; Sacile, Roberto; … - In: Applied Energy 88 (2011) 11, pp. 4042-4054

energy sources. The obtained results show that the domestic water demands are satisfied in each time interval at a reasonable …

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Wind energy resources in the Ionian Sea

Karamanis, D.; Tsabaris, C.; Stamoulis, K.; Georgopoulos, D. - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 2, pp. 815-822

The wind speed and direction as well as the availability, the duration and the diurnal variation of two offshore sites, Zakinthos and Pylos (BZK and BPY) in the Ionian Sea were assessed. For an analysis period of two years, the mean wind speed at 10m was determined as 5.7±0.1ms−1 and...

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Modeling, validation and time-dependent simulation of the first large passive building in Romania

Badescu, Viorel; Laaser, Nadine; Crutescu, Ruxandra; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 1, pp. 142-157

House Institute of Darmstadt. Two renewable energy sources are used during the cold season within the building. First …

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An investigation on renewable energy education at the university level in Turkey

Karabulut, Abdurrahman; Gedik, Engin; Keçebaş, Ali; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 4, pp. 1293-1297

In the present study, to discover how teaching of renewable energy sources in Turkey is carried out at the university …, other renewable energy sources are taught at the undergraduate level within the curriculum of some engineering courses. The … teaching performed about renewable energy sources is in Turkish and at encyclopedic level. As preparing and obtaining the …

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VidaGás: delivering better health to Northern Mozambique with LPG

Sprague, Courtenay; Woolman, Stu - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 5 (2011) 1, pp. 41-57

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document the manner in which a pro‐poor company can deliver ongoing health benefits and improve environmental sustainability in a manner that addresses child and maternal mortality (in line with millennium development goals 4, 5 and 7)....

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Sources of Finance, Investment Policies and Plant Entry in the Renewable Energy Sector

Kalamova, Margarita; Kaminker, Christopher; Johnstone, Nick - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2011

This report looks specifically at the full array of public policies promoting investment in the renewable energy sector, and discusses their impact on plant entry into the market, with the support of case studies focusing on Germany, the U.S.A. and Australia. It examines differing risk/return...

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Una reflexión sobre el sistema eléctrico español/A Reflection on the Spanish Power System

FOLGADO, JOSÉ - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 29 (2011) Agosto, pp. 433-488

En este ensayo, se concluye la necesidad y urgencia de llevar a cabo un paquete de medidas, preferiblemente de forma consensuada en un pacto de estado, para paliar o eliminar los graves problemas del sector y cumplir, a nivel satisfactorio, con los tres principios aceptados de seguridad de...

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The use of real options approach in energy sector investments

Fernandes, Bartolomeu; Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 9, pp. 4491-4497

, with renewable energy sources (RES) playing a fundamental role in this new energetic paradigm. However, the investment … options approach to investments in non-renewable energy sources and RES is presented, giving perspectives for further research …

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Review of current position and perspectives of renewable energy in the Republic of Macedonia with focus on electricity production

Mijakovski, Vladimir; Mijakovski, Nikola - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 9, pp. 5068-5080

Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market, in order … to become member of the EU. The Directive defines renewable energy sources as energy from renewable non-fossil sources …

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