This paper presents a wind-resource atlas of Venezuela based on wind observations recorded from on-site meteorological stations. Meteorological datasets of 32 weather stations located over northern Venezuela are used in the development of the maps of three main regions in Venezuela: West,...

Australia's extensive solar resource is underexploited especially in the CSP (concentrating solar power) arena because of the high investment and lack of stable investment incentives. CSP hybrid plants provide an option to improve returns from CSP installations because of lower specific...

The Irish government has undertaken to reduce national CO2 emissions through a range of measures put out in their Biomass Action Plan and the National Renewable Energy Action Plan. The conversion of peat fired power plants to co-fire with renewable biomass is one of these. This paper considers...

There is a common belief that countries located in the doldrums with prevailing monotonous weather, characterized by light winds, cannot harness the wind for feasible energy production. This paper reexamines such a belief and presents a novel approach to assess the techno-economic potential of...

The present work shows an analysis of ground measurements of Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) taken at the Doha International Airport for the period 2008–2012. Inter-annual variability and monthly averages of GHI values were calculated from the available records of daily total irradiation...