The shift toward a sustainable future demands substantial investments in green technologies and infrastructure, with green finance emerging as a pivotal driver for mobilizing such investments. This paper introduces a novel framework for green investment models and platforms tailored specifically...

The presented article investigates the effects of technical innovations in administrative buildings on the financial side of the business, with a main focus on reducing energy costs and energy consumption. The administrative buildings in a business contribute significantly to the business’s...

In the wake of increasing global emphasis on sustainable environmental practices, South African organisations strive to integrate green business principles into their strategies. The paper's objective was to evaluate the importance and implementation of an energy policy within the financial...

Der Artikel beschreibt zunächst die aktuellen technischen und regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen für Lastverschiebung im Prosumer-Haushalt. Seit Ende 2023 sind alle Rahmenbedingungen weitestgehend definiert, um in den nächsten Jahren automatisierte tarifbasierte Lastverschiebungen in den Markt...

Aim: This paper aims to identify the characteristic variables that influence firms' resource efficiency awareness and subsequently group countries based on the similarities of these influencing factors. Design / Research methods: We utilize data from the GESIS Data Archive and Flash...

The energy supply sector, encompassing vital components such as generation, transmission, and distribution, holds a pivotal role in satisfying the energy demands of modern society. Its intricate web of technologies and infrastructure ensures the reliable provision of electricity from diverse...

The use of distributed energy resources (DER) programs, which include separate renewable energy (RE) programs, has expanded in residential as well as commercial structures as an outcome of recent technological developments. The virtual power plant (VPP) may improve the security and reliability...

Objective: The objective of the article is to classify European Union (EU) member states according to similarity in the area of sustainable development goal 7 (SDG7) of the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 on affordable and clean energy. Research Design & Methods: We conducted a hierarchy of EU...

Der stetige Wandel von einer auf fossilen Rohstoffen basierenden Energieversorgung hin zu einer Versorgung auf Basis erneuerbarer Energien dient u. a. dem Ziel der Reduzierung des Kohlenstoffdioxidausstoßes. Dieser Wandel führt neben der Einsparung von Kohlenstoffdioxid zu einem...

Humans remain exposed to ongoing security risks. Energy security is closely associated with human life and productive activity and is strongly related to the increasing number of natural extreme events over the past few decades. Therefore, finding the exact relationship between two factors will...

A microgrid, regarded as one of the cornerstones of the future smart grid, uses distributed generations and information technology to create a widely distributed automated energy delivery network. This paper presents a review of the microgrid concept, classification and control strategies....

In this paper, we present an energy management system with the help of aggregator and demand response program (DR). We have considered a smart residential distribution system consisting of residential aggregator, heterogenous consumers and one common charging station (CCS) for EVs. The role of...

This paper aims to research the organizational factors influencing the implementation of energy efficiency measures in companies. The analysis was performed on a sample of companies from Serbia included in the World Bank Enterprise Survey. The raw data collected by the World Bank were utilized...

The utility's utilization of communication technology and renewable energy sources has paved the path for self-sustaining microgrids (MGs). However, the intermittency of solar and wind energies raises concerns about meeting demand effectively. To ensure optimal performance of distributed MGs, an...

The transition towards smart grid introduces the potential for revolutionary changes in the present energy management systems. It provides the grid with the necessary functionalities to transform into a decentralized energy system, and integrate large-scale variable renewable energy sources with...

“Energy-Saving and Low-Carbon Action Implementation Plan for Ten Thousand Enterprises” urged the Chinese energy users to establish an energy management system(EEM) that emphasizes energy conservation and emission reduction. This study applied the voluntary information disclosure theory,...

This paper presents a type-2 fuzzy expert system (T2-FES) for load-side management, Alternative energy sources management, and electrical energy storage for a smart home. The presented T2-FES makes decisions automatically in a smart home energy management system (EMS), which includes renewable...

Energy management strategy plays a vital role in the energy efficiency of the extended range electric vehicle. The reinforcement learning-based control strategy can be adopted as online control without being subjected to the pre-known environment information . In this study, a novel auxiliary...

Household energy management has become critically important due to the continuous inefficient use of power in residential sector. Nearly 70% of electrical energy consumed by households is accounted for air conditioning, water heaters and lighting systems. This huge energy consumption...

This article presents the design and industrialization of an Energy Management System (EMS) for off-grid power system composed by a solar PV plant, some gensets, a battery storage and some load consumption. The goal of this article is to provide a clear insight of the different steps needed to...

In order to make full use of the time-of-use electricity price to solve the energy management problem of household microgrid, we propose a two-stage energy management strategy considering the impact of electric vehicles' spatial and temporal uncertainty, and different sunshine time on household...

The power sector of Pakistan is facing many issues such as departmental mismanagement, huge dependence on imported fossil fuels, the greater cost of power generation, lower production of energy along with old monitoring and controlling mechanism equipped with outdated devices. These all issues...

Kinmen island, also known as Quemoy island, is a famous Cold War island on the west side of Taiwan strait which is less than 2 km away from China but under the governance of Taiwan that is 210 km away. The geographical location and political issues make Kinmen a typical island with isolated...

The Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) topic is considered a promising and potential field of research due to its ability to address a variety of issues related to smart household electricity consumption and consumer energy demand. Therefore, as the population grows and their habits change, so does the need...

This paper addresses the following question: How can smart energy management system (SEMS) influence the residential electricity consumption at both individual household and national level? First, we developed an hourly optimization model for individual households. The energy cost of an...