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PV-cladding as an energy resource for the UK

Pearsall, N.M.; Hill, R.; Claiden, P. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 1, pp. 348-355

Photovoltaic cladding of building roofs and facades is receiving considerable attention in many European countries, due to the potential for significant contributions to the electricity supply, even in densely populated countries with little spare land area. The cladding of facades is...

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Means of enhancing and promoting the use of solar energy

Bahaj, A.S - In: Renewable Energy 27 (2002) 1, pp. 97-105

The development of renewable technologies in the last decade has been exceptional. In photovoltaic (PV) for example, efforts were not only limited to merely improving their efficiency but also to the reduction of the cost of cells and modules via volume production for commercial markets. There...

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The status and prospects of photovoltaics in Poland

Pietruszko, Stanislaw.M. - In: Renewable Energy 16 (1999) 1, pp. 1210-1215

The paper describes activities in development and implementation of photovoltaics in Poland. Barriers for development … of photovoltaics are shown. The future prospects and possibilities to run new photovoltaic projects are discussed. Papers … also suggest ways of promotion and dissemination of photovoltaics technology in Poland. …

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Renewable energy and wild life conservation: Design and construction of a solar incubator

Evans, John Martin; de Schiller, Silvia; Garreta, Fabián - In: Renewable Energy 15 (1998) 1, pp. 364-367

This paper presents the design, construction and results of a solar powered incubator and pools for rearing yacaré, a specie of the crocodile family, found in northern Argentina. The design was developed by the Research Centre Habitat & Energy, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism,...

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How fast can businesses in the new energy sector grow? An analysis of critical factors

Lund, Peter D. - In: Renewable Energy 66 (2014) C, pp. 33-40

For the new energy technology markets to grow, demand, prices, and business conditions need to be in balance. It is not just declining prices and increasing volumes that are important, but the business in the new energy sector also needs to be healthy, which is not always the case at present. We...

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Viability analysis of PV power plants in Egypt

EL-Shimy, M. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 10, pp. 2187-2196

This paper investigates, from techno-economical and environmental points of view, the feasible sites in Egypt to build a 10MW PV-grid connected power plant. Available PV-modules are assessed and a module is selected for this study. The long-term meteorological parameters for each of the 29...

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Redrawing the solar map of South Africa for photovoltaic applications

Munzhedzi, R.; Sebitosi, A.B. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 1, pp. 165-169

The South African solar map has been redrawn to make it applicable to photovoltaic installations. This has been done with the aim of reducing the cost of solar PV installations in South Africa through accurate energy resource assessment and competent system design. Climate data software as well...

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Renew: a renewable energy design tool for architects

Woolf, J - In: Renewable Energy 28 (2003) 10, pp. 1555-1561

This paper contains a brief description of Renew, a renewable energy design tool for architects. Renew is compared with two other suites and a summary of the advantages and disadvantages given.

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Dynamic life cycle assessment (LCA) of renewable energy technologies

Pehnt, Martin - In: Renewable Energy 31 (2006) 1, pp. 55-71

Before new technologies enter the market, their environmental superiority over competing options must be asserted based on a life cycle approach. However, when applying the prevailing status-quo Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach to future renewable energy systems, one does not distinguish...

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Financing mechanisms for renewable energy

Derrick, A. - In: Renewable Energy 15 (1998) 1, pp. 211-214

It has been widely recognised for more than a decade that one of the principal barriers to the wider dissemination of renewable energy systems in the developing world is the lack of appropriate financing systems. This paper looks at recent initiatives in financing systems with particular...

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