Rising energy prices and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement have prompted Romanian tourism companies to reconsider implementing sustainable practices and technologies. The Electric Up programme stands out as an essential tool in this regard, contributing to the reduction of...

The transition to net zero carbon emissions necessary to limit global warming importantly involves greater use of renewable energies, especially solar energy, and scaling up renewable energy storage and generation. This paper discusses expanding the use of molten salt for renewable energy...

This paper provides ex-post empirical evidence on the effects of green technology support policies, in comparison with other climate policies, on carbon dioxide emissions at the aggregate national level. The paper uses cross-country dynamic panel estimation for a sample of 38 countries over the...

There is strong evidence on the mortality and morbidity external costs of air pollution. This paper focuses on another source of air pollution externality: the loss in solar electricity generation from increased atmospheric opacity due to air pollution. We use data from residential rooftop solar...

This study demonstrates how convolutional neural networks (CNNs), supported by open-source software and guided by corporate social responsibility (CSR), can enhance photovoltaic (PV) panel maintenance. Connecting industrial informatics with sustainable practices underscores the potential for...

Deployment subsidies for nascent technologies have moved to the forefront of climate action, industrial policy, and geoeconomics. To limit the substantial fiscal costs of such programs, policymakers routinely employ subsidy schedules that are nonlinear in the quantity agents deploy. However,...

The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) promotes non-price criteria in renewable auctions. It aims to unlock green willingness-to-pay and scale up manufacturing capacity for net-zero technologies in the European Union (EU). This paper builds a partial equilibrium model of the European solar module...

Germany's current government is planning to realign its energy transition. Against this backdrop, this report provides an overview of current developments in key technologies and indicators for flexibility in the electricity sector. For photovoltaics, growth appears to be leveling off,...

This paper analyses aggregated data (5 days period) on total solar irradiance (TSI) based on the 3D MHD numerical simulations of solar surface and atmosphere (Yeo et al., 2017), from 30 April 2010 to 8 July 2023. It improves upon earlier studies by including in the sample the most recent...

In theory and practice, there comes to increase in focus to digitalization in agriculture, as well as about the rational use of available natural resources, primarily land, water and energy. The use of renewables, such is solar energy, can be done in various purposes, for example for energy...

While solar photovoltaic (PV) energy plays a central role in global decarbonization efforts, its large-scale deployment involves complex governance trade-offs related to land use, market design, regulatory coordination, and stakeholder engagement that demand negotiation among diverse actors....

This article offers a fresh perspective on the existing literature in the areas such agriculture, renewable energy, applied technology, economics, and environment (climate change). The objective of this study is to comparatively evaluate the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) of a solar...

Photovoltaics play a key role in the United Kingdom (UK) meeting its net-zero targets. In this analysis, we draw on governmental datasets and projections, technical data from across the photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing industry and technoeconomic research to determine the UK's waste processing...

The global shift toward sustainability and ecological responsibility has accelerated the large-scale transition to renewable energy. This research explores the predisposition toward adopting solar photovoltaic systems, particularly within commercial energy hubs, due to their role as key...

Solar photovoltaic (PV) has emerged as the leading renewable energy technology. However, high temperatures significantly impact the efficiency of PV systems. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, with its abundant solar resources and solar irradiance levels exceeding 2,200 kWh/m2/year, has...