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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 2022 SpainPublisher:MDPI AG Authors: Geovanna Villacreses;Diego Jijón;
Diego Jijón
Diego Jijón in OpenAIREJuan Francisco Nicolalde;
Juan Francisco Nicolalde
Juan Francisco Nicolalde in OpenAIREJavier Martínez-Gómez;
+1 AuthorsJavier Martínez-Gómez
Javier Martínez-Gómez in OpenAIREGeovanna Villacreses;Diego Jijón;
Diego Jijón
Diego Jijón in OpenAIREJuan Francisco Nicolalde;
Juan Francisco Nicolalde
Juan Francisco Nicolalde in OpenAIREJavier Martínez-Gómez;
Javier Martínez-Gómez
Javier Martínez-Gómez in OpenAIREFranz Betancourt;
Franz Betancourt
Franz Betancourt in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en16010029
handle: 10017/61912
The Galapagos Islands have been declared a World Heritage site due to their unique biodiversity, which makes them a living museum and a natural laboratory for humankind. However, to fulfill the energy needs of its habitants and foreign visitors, the islands have depended on fossil fuel energies that have produced levels of lead and chemical agents that are affecting the islands’ air quality, flora, and fauna. Therefore, zero-carbon initiatives have been created to protect the islands, wherein solar and wind power plants have been studied as reliable alternatives. In this way, Geographical Information Systems based on Multicriteria Decision Methods constitute a methodology that minimizes the destruction and disturbance of nature in order to assess the best location for the implementation of these alternative energy sources. Therefore, by exploring the geographical information along with the Analytical Hierarchical Processes and the Ordered Weighted Average methods, it was possible to identify the potential for solar power plants of 10 MW on each island; likewise, for wind power plants, it was found that the islands possess implementation potential that has been analyzed in the field, showing that the best location is on Baltra Island, but is not limited to it.
Energies arrow_drop_down EnergiesOther literature type . 2022License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/1/29/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2023License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTABiblioteca Digital de la Universidad de AlcaláArticle . 2023License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Biblioteca Digital de la Universidad de Alcaláadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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visibility 106visibility views 106 download downloads 17 Powered bymore_vert Energies arrow_drop_down EnergiesOther literature type . 2022License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/1/29/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2023License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTABiblioteca Digital de la Universidad de AlcaláArticle . 2023License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Biblioteca Digital de la Universidad de Alcaláadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2020 ItalyPublisher:MDPI AG Authors:Corti P.;
Corti P.
Corti P. in OpenAIRECapannolo L.;
Capannolo L.
Capannolo L. in OpenAIREBonomo P.;
Bonomo P.
Bonomo P. in OpenAIREDe Berardinis P.;
+1 AuthorsDe Berardinis P.
De Berardinis P. in OpenAIRECorti P.;
Corti P.
Corti P. in OpenAIRECapannolo L.;
Capannolo L.
Capannolo L. in OpenAIREBonomo P.;
Bonomo P.
Bonomo P. in OpenAIREDe Berardinis P.;
De Berardinis P.
De Berardinis P. in OpenAIREFrontini F.;
Frontini F.
Frontini F. in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en13153827
handle: 11697/174172
The built environment remains a strategic research and innovation domain in view of the goal of full decarbonization. The priority is the retrofitting of existing buildings as zero-emission to improve their energy efficiency with renewable energy technologies pulling the market with cost-effective strategies. From the first age of photovoltaics (PV) mainly integrated in solar roofs, we rapidly moved towards complete active building skins where all the architectural surfaces are photoactive (Building Integrated Photovoltaics - BIPV). This change of paradigm, where PV replaces a conventional building material, shifted the attention to relate construction choices with energy and cost effectiveness. However, systematic investigations which put into action a cross-disciplinary approach between construction, economic and energy related domains is still missing. This paper provides the detailed assessment of a real multifamily building, taking into account retrofit scenarios for making active the building skin, with the goal to identify the sensitive aspects of the energetic and economic effectiveness of BIPV design options. By assuming a real case study with monitored data, the analysis will consider a breakdown of the main individual parts composing the building envelope, by then combining alternative re-configurations in merged clusters with different energy and construction goals. Results will highlight the correlation between building skin construction strategies and the energy and cost parameters by identifying the cornerstones for enhancing efficiency. The outcomes, related to the total life cost, self-consumption/sufficiency, in combination with different building design options (façade, roof, balconies, surface orientations, etc.), provide a practical insight for researchers and professionals to identify renovation strategies by synergistically exploiting the solar active parts towards lower global costs and higher energy efficiency of the whole building system.
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more_vert Energies arrow_drop_down EnergiesOther literature type . 2020License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/15/3827/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Instituteadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2020 SpainPublisher:MDPI AG Authors: Mehrdad Chahardowli;Hassan Sajadzadeh;
Hassan Sajadzadeh
Hassan Sajadzadeh in OpenAIREFarshid Aram;
Farshid Aram
Farshid Aram in OpenAIREAmir Mosavi;
Amir Mosavi
Amir Mosavi in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en13112708
The united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO) considers the historic urban landscapes as the world heritages. Managing historic city centers and maintaining historic cores are the emerging challenges for sustainable urban planning. Today, the historic cores form an important part of the economic, social, environmental, and physical assets and capacities of contemporary cities, and play a strategic role in their development. One of the most important approaches to the development of central textures, especially in historical and cultural cities, is the sustainable urban regeneration approach, which encompasses all aspects of sustainability, such as the economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects. To maintain sustainability and regeneration of historic cores of cities, it is necessary to provide insight into the underlying characteristics of the local urbanization. Furthermore, the fundamental assets are to be investigated as indicators of sustainable regeneration and drivers of urban development. In the meantime, a variety of research and experience has taken place around the world, all of which has provided different criteria and indicators for the development of strategies for the historic cores of cities. The present study, through a meta-analytic and survey method, analyzing the experience and research reported in 139 theoretical and empirical papers in the last twenty years, seeks to provide a comprehensive conceptual model taking into account the criteria and indices of sustainable regeneration in historic cores of cities. The quality of the survey has been ensured using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA).
Oxford Brookes Unive... arrow_drop_down Oxford Brookes University: RADARArticle . 2020License: CC BYFull-Text: https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/24d1653d-d5ca-4d9a-a3aa-808d6a402434/1/energies-13-02708.pdfData sources: Oxford Brookes University: RADARRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedData sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAOxford Brookes University: RADAROther literature type . 2020License: CC BYData sources: Oxford Brookes University: RADARadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Journal , Other literature type 2019Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2018 France, ItalyPublisher:MDPI AG Authors:Tantet, Alexis;
Concettini, Silvia;Tantet, Alexis
Tantet, Alexis in OpenAIREd'Ambrosio, Claudia;
d'Ambrosio, Claudia
d'Ambrosio, Claudia in OpenAIREThomopulos, Dimitri;
+6 AuthorsThomopulos, Dimitri
Thomopulos, Dimitri in OpenAIRETantet, Alexis;
Concettini, Silvia;Tantet, Alexis
Tantet, Alexis in OpenAIREd'Ambrosio, Claudia;
d'Ambrosio, Claudia
d'Ambrosio, Claudia in OpenAIREThomopulos, Dimitri;
Thomopulos, Dimitri
Thomopulos, Dimitri in OpenAIRETankov, Peter;
St��fanon, Marc;Tankov, Peter
Tankov, Peter in OpenAIREDrobinski, Philippe;
Badosa, Jordi; Cr��ti, Anna; Thomopulos, Dimitri;Drobinski, Philippe
Drobinski, Philippe in OpenAIREhandle: 11568/1013293
We develop an open-source Python software integrating flexibility needs from Variable Renewable Energies (VREs) in the development of regional energy mixes. It provides a flexible and extensible tool to researchers/engineers, and for education/outreach. It aims at evaluating and optimizing energy deployment strategies with higher shares of VRE, assessing the impact of new technologies and of climate variability and conducting sensitivity studies. Specifically, to limit the algorithm’s complexity, we avoid solving a full-mix cost-minimization problem by taking the mean and variance of the renewable production–demand ratio as proxies to balance services. Second, observations of VRE technologies being typically too short or nonexistent, the hourly demand and production are estimated from climate time series and fitted to available observations. We illustrate e4clim’s potential with an optimal recommissioning-study of the 2015 Italian PV-wind mix testing different climate data sources and strategies and assessing the impact of climate variability and the robustness of the results.
Energies arrow_drop_down EnergiesOther literature type . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/22/4299/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteArchivio della Ricerca - Università di PisaArticle . 2019License: CC BYData sources: Archivio della Ricerca - Università di PisaÉcole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay: HALArticle . 2019Full-Text: https://hal.science/hal-01962044Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSUArticle . 2019Full-Text: https://hal.science/hal-01962044Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Université François-Rabelais de Tours: HALArticle . 2019Full-Text: https://hal.science/hal-01962044Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/ar...Article . 2018License: arXiv Non-Exclusive DistributionData sources: Dataciteadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess RoutesGreen gold 14 citations 14 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!
more_vert Energies arrow_drop_down EnergiesOther literature type . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/22/4299/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteArchivio della Ricerca - Università di PisaArticle . 2019License: CC BYData sources: Archivio della Ricerca - Università di PisaÉcole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay: HALArticle . 2019Full-Text: https://hal.science/hal-01962044Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSUArticle . 2019Full-Text: https://hal.science/hal-01962044Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Université François-Rabelais de Tours: HALArticle . 2019Full-Text: https://hal.science/hal-01962044Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/ar...Article . 2018License: arXiv Non-Exclusive DistributionData sources: Dataciteadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2012Publisher:MDPI AG Authors:Fernando R. Mazarrón;
Jaime Cid-Falceto;Fernando R. Mazarrón
Fernando R. Mazarrón in OpenAIREIgnacio Cañas;
Ignacio Cañas
Ignacio Cañas in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en5020227
The search for energy efficient construction solutions is still pending in the agro-food industry, in which a large amount of energy is often consumed unnecessarily when storing products. The main objective of this research is to promote high energy efficiency built environments, which aim to reduce energy consumption in this sector. We analyze the suitability of using the thermal inertia of the ground to provide an adequate environment for the storage and conservation of agro-food products. This research compares different construction solutions based on the use of ground thermal properties, analyzing their effectiveness to decrease annual outdoor variations and provide adequate indoor conditions. The analysis undertaken is based on over five million pieces of data, obtained from an uninterrupted four year monitoring process of various constructions with different levels of thermal mass, ranging from high volume constructions to others lacking this resource. It has been proven that constructive solutions based on the use of ground thermal inertia are more effective than other solutions when reducing the effects of outdoor conditions, even when these have air conditioning systems. It is possible to reach optimal conditions to preserve agro-food products such as wine, with a good design and an adequate amount of terrain, without having to use air conditioning systems. The results of this investigation could be of great use to the agro-food industry, becoming a reference when it comes to the design of energy efficient constructions.
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more_vert Energies arrow_drop_down EnergiesOther literature type . 2012License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/5/2/227/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Instituteadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 2022 ItalyPublisher:MDPI AG Authors:Tonini F.;
Tonini F.
Tonini F. in OpenAIRESanvito F. D.;
Colombelli F.;Sanvito F. D.
Sanvito F. D. in OpenAIREColombo E.;
Colombo E.
Colombo E. in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en15051902
handle: 11311/1208728
As it emerges from the literature, electricity access in rural contexts is deeply intertwined with socioeconomic dynamics. However, the advent of a reliable and sufficient source of electricity is not the sole driver that might contribute to local development. Indeed, complementary activities might have a crucial role in sustaining the development of rural communities as well as the electricity access. The current research addresses the lack of counterfactual scenarios in which the impact of complementary activities on electrification projects can be investigated. The authors introduce the case study of Matembwe village, a rural community in the Njombe region of Tanzania. The data collection includes the electricity consumption, number of electricity connections, and number of income-generating activities in a timespan ranging from 1989 to 2015. The analysis is based on system dynamics. The study considers different scenarios representing the dynamics related to the following complementary actions: access to market measures, access to credit measures, and access to usable skills. On the one hand, the study reveals that the effectiveness of the considered complementary actions is limited except from the access to microcredit which fosters an increase in electricity connections by 17%. On the other hand, both access to microcredit and the starting up of a local cooperative by CEFA Onlus that reinvests its profits in the local market impact the socio-economic dimension by 69% and 22%, respectively.
Energies arrow_drop_down EnergiesOther literature type . 2022License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/5/1902/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Instituteadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2017Publisher:MDPI AG Authors:Luca Castellazzi;
Maria Avgerinou; Paolo Bertoldi;Luca Castellazzi
Luca Castellazzi in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en10101470
Climate change is recognised as one of the key challenges humankind is facing. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector including data centres generates up to 2% of the global CO2 emissions, a number on par to the aviation sector contribution, and data centres are estimated to have the fastest growing carbon footprint from across the whole ICT sector, mainly due to technological advances such as the cloud computing and the rapid growth of the use of Internet services. There are no recent estimations of the total energy consumption of the European data centre and of their energy efficiency. The aim of this paper is to evaluate, analyse and present the current trends in energy consumption and efficiency in data centres in the European Union using the data submitted by companies participating in the European Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency programme, a voluntary initiative created in 2008 in response to the increasing energy consumption in data centres and the need to reduce the related environmental, economic and energy supply security impacts. The analysis shows that the average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of the facilities participating in the programme is declining year after year. This confirms that voluntary approaches could be effective in addressing climate and energy issue.
Energies arrow_drop_down EnergiesOther literature type . 2017License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/10/1470/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Instituteadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 2022 ItalyPublisher:MDPI AG Authors:Luciani, Sara;
Luciani, Sara
Luciani, Sara in OpenAIRETonoli, Andrea;
Tonoli, Andrea
Tonoli, Andrea in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en15062004
handle: 11583/2958799
Concerns about climate change, air pollution, and the depletion of oil resources have prompted authorities to enforce increasingly strict rules in the automotive sector. There are several benefits to implementing fuel cell hybrid vehicles (FCHV) in the transportation sector, including the ability to assist in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen as energy carriers. This paper examines different control strategies for optimizing the power split between the battery and PEM fuel cell in order to maximize the PEM fuel cell system efficiency and reduce fuel consumption. First, the vehicle and fuel cell system models are described. A forward approach is considered to model the vehicle dynamics, while a semi-empirical and quasi-static model is used for the PEM fuel cell. Then, different rule-based control strategies are analyzed with the aim of maximizing fuel cell system efficiency while ensuring a constant battery state of charge (SOC). The different methods are evaluated while the FCHV is performing both low-load and high-load drive cycles. The hydrogen consumption and the overall fuel cell system efficiency are considered for all testing conditions. The results highlight that in both low-load cycles and high-load cycles, the best control strategies achieve a fuel cell system efficiency equal or greater to 33%, while achieving a fuel consumption 30% less with respect to the baseline control strategy in low-load drive cycles.
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Flavio R. Arroyo M. in OpenAIRELuis J. Miguel;
Luis J. Miguel
Luis J. Miguel in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en13184731
This article describes the results of a study of Ecuador’s energy status, using the system dynamics methodology to model supply, demand and CO2 emissions scenarios for the year 2030. Primary energy production increased in the different projected scenarios, with oil as the most important source of energy. The increase observed in final energy consumption was mainly associated with the transport and industry sectors. A reduction in energy intensity was projected for the different scenarios, which could be associated with the projected economic growth. The results obtained were used to build a proposal for energy policies aimed at mitigating emissions. The proposed changes to the national energy matrix could be the factors that will contribute most to the achievement of carbon emission reductions projected by the different scenarios; changes in the energy matrix are mainly associated with the development of projects to replace fossil fuels with renewable energies, mainly hydropower.
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Marek Cierpiał-Wolan; +2 AuthorsBarbara Gołębiewska
Barbara Gołębiewska in OpenAIREGrzegorz Ślusarz; Dariusz Twaróg;Barbara Gołębiewska;
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Barbara Gołębiewska in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/en16031366
Increasing biogas production in the Three Seas Initiative countries (3SI) is a good way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase energy self-sufficiency by replacing some of the fossil energy sources. An assessment of the biogas production potential carried out for the 3SI at the NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 level shows that the potential of this energy carrier was stable for the period (from 2010–2021). The results showed that it can cover from approximately 10% (Hungary, Slovakia) to more than 34% (Estonia, Slovenia) of natural gas consumption; moreover, there is strong variation in the value of potential at the regional level (NUTS 2) in most of the countries studied. The biogas production forecast was carried out with the ARIMA model using four regressors, which are GDP, biogas potential utilisation, natural gas consumption and investments in RES (renewable energy sources) infrastructure, including changes in the EU energy policy after 24 February 2022. In the most promising scenario (four regressors), the results obtained for the period from 2022–2030 predict a rapid increase in biogas production in the 3SI countries, from 32.4 ± 11.3% for the Czech Republic to 138.7 ± 27.5% for Estonia (relative to 2021). However, in the case of six countries (Bulgaria, Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, Poland and Romania) the utilisation of 50% of the potential will most likely occur in the fifth decade of the 21st century. The above results differ significantly for those obtained for three regressors, where the highest rise is predicted for Bulgaria at 33.5 ± 16.1% and the lowest for Slovenia, at only 2.8 ± 14.4% (relative to 2021).
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