Purpose: In the digitalization era, supply chain processes and activities have changed entirely, and smart technology impacts each sustainable supply chain movement. The warehouse and distribution of various organizations have started adopting smart technologies globally. However, the adoption...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to analyze the effect on centralized dispatching generation cost under the condition where the single‐buyer electric supply industry (ESI) with independent power producer (IPP) scheme (the ESI structure that is widely implemented in developing countries)...

Since the turn of this century, development of biofuels have progressed rapidly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand—the major biofuels producing countries in the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations). The article analyses the biofuel polices, underlying drivers, and way...

Natural circulation solar water heating systems are available in varying collector geometries (and materials), storage tank capacities and specifications of individual components. Though theoretical and experimental studies including the test procedures are available to estimate the performances...

The diffuse radiation falling on a horizontal surface at Madras, India has been analysed and the results presented. Five years of data have been used for the analysis and a correlation has been established between the daily average diffuse radiation with the monthly average clearness index. It...

Renewable energy based technologies can be introduced for building cooling applications. Most studies on solar absorption cooling use fossil energy based auxiliary heaters. This paper presents experimental studies of a solar-biomass hybrid air conditioning system. The system performances at...

This paper presents the results of a study conducted at a rural (island) community to understand the role of PV hybrid system installed on an island. Until 2004, most islanders had installed diesel generators in their homes to generate electricity, which was directly supplied to appliances or...