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Combing windpower and hydropower to decrease seasonal and inter-annual availability of renewable energy sources in Brazil

Schmidt, Johannes; Cancella, Rafael; Junior, Amaro … - 2014

seasonality in the South-East, North-East, and North of Brazil. Inter-annual variability is lower for windpower production than … expansion of hydropower in the ecologically and socially sensitive North of Brazil, windpower production could help to cover … Brazil and as inter-annual variation of hydropower production is high. We generate and validate time series of windpower …

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Storage requirements in a 100% renewable electricity system: Extreme events and inter-annual variability

Ruhnau, Oliver; Qvist, Staffan - 2021

In the context of 100% renewable electricity systems, prolonged periods with persistently scarce supply from wind and solar resources have received increasing academic and political attention. This article explores how such scarcity periods relate to energy storage requirements. To this end, we...

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EU biofuel policies in practice: A carbon map for the Brazilian Cerrado

Söder, Mareike - 2014

It is still difficult for biofuel producers to prove the contribution of their biofuels to reducing carbon emissions because the production of biofuel feedstocks can cause land use change (LUC), which in turn causes carbon emissions. A carbon map can serve as a basis to prove such contribution....

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An optimal mix of solar PV, wind and hydro power for a low-carbon electricity supply in Brazil

Schmidt, Johannes; Cancella, Rafael; Junior, Amaro … - 2014

Brazil has to quickly expand its power generation capacities due to significant growth of demand. Government plans aim … at adding hydropower capacities in Northern Brazil, additional to wind and thermal power generation capacities. However … in Brazil can be minimized by optimizing the daily dispatch of photovoltaic, wind, thermal, and hydropower plants. Using …

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The political economy of clean energy transitions at sub-national level: Understanding the role of international climate regimes in energy policy in two Brazilian states

Puppim de Oliveira, Jose Antonio; Andrade, Celio - 2016

clean energy and climate change policies in the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The different mechanisms … new strategies and mechanisms for boosting clean energy in Brazil and the role that the Clean Development Mechanism and …

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As dinâmicas de transição energética no Brasil e na Argentina: Potencialidades, limites e papel da China

Ungaretti, Carlos Renato; Nunes, Ticiana Gabrielle Amaral; … - 2024

potential and limitations of Chinese investments and financing for the decarbonization of the economies of Brazil and Argentina … impacts, potential and limitations that are sometimes similar and sometimes different. It was noted that in Brazil, the …

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End users' motivations as a key for the adoption of the home energy management system

Kowalski, Jarosław; Matusiak, Bożena Ewa - In: International Journal of Management and Economics 55 (2019) 1, pp. 13-24

Development of renewable energy means that there is a growing demand for technology that helps to manage and consume it in an optimal way, using more energy when it is produced on sunny/ windy days, preferably at the place of production, and avoiding long-distance transmission. This opens the...

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A new deal for the climate? Lessons from the Inflation Reduction Act

Kauer, Pia - 2025

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed under the Biden administration in August 2022, is the biggest US climate bill to date. Its focus on subsidy-driven decarbonization incentives marks a potential turning point in US industrial policy and might prevent its repeal under the upcoming Trump...

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Optimal investment in an energy storage system

Castellini, Marta; D'Alpaos, Chiara; Fontini, Fulvio; … - 2025

Renewable energy production plays a crucial role in the energy transition. However, many renewable energy sources (RES) are intermittent, and there is often a mismatch between energy production and consumption, which can be partially solved by storage. In this paper, we investigate the...

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Analyzing decision-making in deep-Q reinforcement learning for trading: A case study on Tesla company and its supply chain

Janda, Karel; Petit, Mathieu - 2024

This study addresses the economic rationale behind algorithmic trading in the Electric Vehicle (EV) sector, enhancing the interpretability of Q-learning agents. By integrating EV-specific data, such as Tesla's stock fundamentals and key supply chain players such as Albemarle and Panasonic...

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