The integration of large amounts of variable renewable generation can increase the demand on flexible resources in the power system. Conventional hydropower can be an important asset for managing variability and uncertainty in the power system, but multi-purpose reservoirs are often limited by...

Water and nitrogen surpluses are major concern for the new intensive olive groves in South of Portugal. In this study, field measurements were integrated with a system model, Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2) to assess the sustainability and environmental impact of fertigation in an...

Different water agencies use different modeling tools for water resources planning and management. For example, different jurisdictions in Australia use a variety of river system models and these models vary considerably in approach and assumptions, including different time steps (monthly and...

In this paper, we examine the impact policy choices, including a carbon tax, on the optimal allocation of power across different generation sources and on future investments in generating facilities. The focus in on the Alberta power grid as it is heavily dependent on fossil fuels and has only...

In this paper, an in-depth analysis of power supply and demand on Vancouver Island is used to provide information about the optimal allocation of power across ‘generating’ sources and to investigate the economics of wind generation and penetrability into the Island grid. The methodology...

As mandated by several directives issued by the European Union, starting from 2020, new buildings must be designed and constructed as low-energy buildings. This situation is to be achieved mostly by an installation of renewable energy technologies, storage systems, and improved insulations. As a...

Renewable resources represent an opportunity for environmentally preferred generation of electricity that supports energy security and independence; however integrating renewable technologies is not without challenges. Renewable resources have limitations that can include location, capacity, cost...

The motivation of this paper was to model and to implement an innovative approach to simulate the trading processes of a virtual business company. Agent-based methods together with the Java development platform are used to implement a multi-agent system to serve as a simulation framework. The...

The prediction capability of an advanced Common Rail (CR) piezoelectric injection-system mathematical model has been upgraded and applied to the analysis of transient flows inside injectors. The predicted time histories of the sac-, delivery- and control-chamber pressures, of the pilot- and...