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Heidari, Shayan. "Economic Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Power : Calculation of Levelized Cost of Energy." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Industriell ekonomi och organisation, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-36130.

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Floating offshore wind power is a relatively new technology that enables wind turbines to float above the sea level, tied by anchors at the seabed. The purpose of this work is to develop an economic model for the technology in order to calculate the total cost of a planned wind farm. Cost data are retrieved from reports and academic journals available online. Based on these data, a model in Microsoft Excel is developed which calculates the Levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for floating wind power plants as a function of several input values. As an addition to this model, financing offshore proje

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Pettit, Erica S. "WindLCOEA MATLAB TOOL FOR OPTIMIZING THE LEVELIZED COST OF ENERGY FOR WIND TURBINE DESIGNS." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1396621758.

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Icyk, Bryan. "At What Cost? A comparative evaluation of the social costs of selected electricity generation alternatives in Ontario." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2899.

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This thesis examines the private and external costs of electricity generated in Ontario by natural gas, wind, refurbished nuclear and new nuclear power. The purpose of the assessment is to determine a capacity expansion plan that meets the forecasted electricity supply gap in Ontario at the lowest social costs (i. e. the lowest aggregated private and external costs). A levelized unit electricity cost (LUEC) analysis is employed to evaluate private costs under both public and merchant perspectives. Computable external costs are monetized by adapting estimates from the literature that w

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Kang, Moon Hee. "Development of high-efficiency silicon solar cells and modeling the impact of system parameters on levelized cost of electricity." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47647.

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The objective of this thesis is to develop low-cost high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells which are at the right intersection of cost and performance to make photovoltaics (PV) affordable. The goal was addressed by improving the optical and electrical performance of silicon solar cells through process optimization, device modeling, clever cell design, fundamental understanding, and minimization of loss mechanisms. To define the right intersection of cost and performance, analytical models to assess the premium or value associated with efficiency, temperature coefficient, balance of s

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Samuelsson, Mattias. "What are the drivers and forces for companies within the energy sector to invest in renewable energy technologies." Thesis, KTH, Entreprenörskap och Innovation, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-189286.

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Climate change and renewable energy technologies are internationally discussed topics. Recently the subject was discussed during the Paris climate conference, COP21. Which lead to the establishing of the first ever universal agreement, legally binding climate deal, which include 195 countries around the world. With the goal to decrease global warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius the need of new innovative technologies are increasing dramatically. This thesis will examine the characteristics of renewable energy technology investment behavior by identifying drivers and forces for companies to invest

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Englund-Karlsson, Simon. "Energy storage and their combination with wind power compared to new nuclear power in Sweden : A review and cost analysis." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Energisystem och byggnadsteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-32749.

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As intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power gradually increase around the world, older technologies such as nuclear power is phased out in Sweden and many other countries. It is then important to ensure that the total power need is secured, and that the power grid can remain stable. One way of managing intermittent renewables is by using energy storage. The main goal of this thesis was to compare energy storage methods and their costs. A secondary aim was to investigate how the cost of developing more renewable energy sources, in combination with different energy stor

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Washika, Tony. "Renewables Based Power generation for Kenya Pipeline Company." Thesis, KTH, Kraft- och värmeteknologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-131315.

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This study presents a Techno-economic assessment of a renewables based power generation project for PS 21, a Pumping Station for Kenya Pipeline Company located in Nairobi, Kenya. The load for the pumping station is 1135 kW Continuous. The assessment criteria used was levelized cost of energy. The hybrid renewable energy system software HOMER was used for assessment, and modeling was done using hourly TMY data for solar irradiance and wind. According to the results, Hybrid Solar PV-Wind- Battery renewable energy systems can supply adequate power for pumping station purposes. Optimization model

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SONG, CONGCONG. "Electricity generation from hybrid PV-wind-bio-mass system for rural application in Brazil." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-211794.

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Electrification of households in rural area and isolated regions plays a significant impact on the balanced economic development. Brazil grows with a high population growth rate, but still parts of rural area and isolated regions do not have the accessibility of electric power. This study focuses on the feasibility study of a hybrid PV-wind-biomass power system for rural electrification at Nazaré Paulista in southeast Brazil. This study was performed by using the hybrid renewable energy system software HOMER. The wind and solar data was collected from Surface meteorology and Solar Energy-NASA,

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Zuniga, Gustavo Camilo Rosero. "Proposta de regulamentação para usinas eólicas através da sua energia firme." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/127893.

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Dentro das fontes renováveis de energia, a energia eólica é uma das mais estudadas e que tem uma importante participação na capacidade instalada no mundo. Porém, é uma alternativa que está concentrada em poucos países como uma verdadeira opção para cobrir a demanda de energia elétrica. As principais razões dessa concentração estão ligadas a questões climáticas, econômicas e de regulamentação. Em relação à questão econômica a principal limitação é o custo da energia em comparação com fontes tradicionais; na questão de regulamentação o limitante é a carência de métodos de cálculo e regras que in

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Alasadi, Habeeb A. "100% Renewable Energy for Residences in Seven Counties in Ohio." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1493070390195179.

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Nilsson, Sanna. "Analys av solelinstallationer på olika fastighetstyper : En studie om möjligheter och hinder." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-31193.

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Generering av el med hjälp av solen står idag för en väldigt liten andel av Sveriges totala genereringav el. För att komma upp till en högre nivå krävs inte enorma solcellsparker över hela Sverige, utan tvärtom skulle det kunna gå att använda redan befintliga tak. Det förhållandet är bara ett av flera som påvisar behovet av större kunskapsspridning om dagens energisystem och solcellsteknik. Det finns också ett behov av ökad kunskap om karaktäristiska svenska hus- och taktyper och om vad som är möjligt att göra med varierande slag av solcellsteknik, för att konvertera de olika hustypernas tak t

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Phiri, Esther. "Evaluating opportunities for sustainable rural water provision using solar PV in sub-Saharan Africa : a case study of Malawi." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27397.

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Globally, approximately 663 million people lack access to safe drinking water sources and nearly half of these people live in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where only 68% of the population has access to improved drinking water sources. Globally, it is estimated that 79% of the people using unimproved sources and 93% of people using surface water live in rural areas. In terms of water for agriculture, most of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on rain-fed agriculture, which is threatened by the effects of climate change thereby worsening food insecurity. Adequate provision of drinking and irr

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Bagger, Toräng Adrian, and Olof Rickhammar. "Batterilagring för ökad självkonsumtion från solceller : En studie om lönsamheten hos batterilagring i den svenska bostadssektorn." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279696.

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Det finns en ökande efterfrågan på förnybar elproduktion och effektiva lösningar att kombinera med denna. Ett flertal tidigare arbeten har undersökt energilagringssystem (ESS) och dess lönsamhet i olika tillämpningar. Det råder en osäkerhet kring lönsamheten hos ESS för ökad självkonsumtion i Sverige. Detta arbete undersöker lönsamheten hos batterilagringssystem (BESS) som används i syftet att öka självkonsumtionen för aktörer med solceller i den svenska bostadssektorn. En modell konstruerades baserat på Levelized Cost of Storage (LCOS), och indata till modellen varierades för olika scenarier.

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Gadkari, Sagar A. "A HYBRID RECONFIGURABLE SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY SYSTEM." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1225821057.

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Shah, Hassim. "Integration of solar thermal collectors in the dairy industry: A techno-economic assessment : A case study of Dubai." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för elektroteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446212.

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A predominant amount of energy needed in the industrial sector is in the form of heat. A significant number of industries in the world still relies on fossil fuels for meeting their heat requirements. A transition to renewable energy for heating needs is at a snail's pace due to fossil fuel lock-in, cost superiority of conventional fuels, and less government support for renewable technology for thermal requirements. The dairy industry is one of the sectors that need heat energy for its production process. This study deals with a techno-economic analysis on the integration of parabolic trough c

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Bergvall, Daniel. "Cost Comparison of Repowering Alternatives for Offshore Wind Farms." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-395298.

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The aim of this thesis is to evaluate different repowering alternatives from the viewpoint of increasing power production from existing offshore wind farms (OWF), as some of the first commissioned OWFs are approaching the end of their expected lifetime. The thesis presents a literature review of components and financial aspects that are of importance for repowering of OWFs. In the literature review, risks and uncertainties regarding repowering are also lifted and analysed. The thesis contains a case study on Horns Rev 1 OWF, where three different repowering scenarios are evaluated by technical

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Pellizzeri, Vincenzo. "Sistemi energetici ibridi off-grid per applicazioni in aree rurali e paesi emergenti: analisi dello stato dell'arte." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.

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L'accesso ininterrotto all'energia elettrica è diventato il bisogno fondamentale del mondo di oggi. Le parti rurali di molti paesi ancora oggi non hanno accesso all'energia elettrica o hanno accesso a reti di distribuzione deboli con infrastrutture del sistema di trasmissione e distribuzione inadeguate. Tuttavia, nei paesi dove c'è un'abbondanza di risorse rinnovabili come la radiazione solare, la risorsa eolica e corsi d’acqua, l'accesso all'elettricità può essere gestito dalla generazione di energia distribuita. Considerando il fatto che le fonti di energia rinnovabile sono intermittenti in

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Leal, Fernando Inti. "Economic and regulatory analysis of natural gas in Brazil: electricity generation, infrastructure, and energy integration." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3136/tde-06022019-101324/.

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Brazil\'s discoveries of large gas reservoirs in the offshore ultra-deep waters of the presalt fields show a promising scenario, along with strategic investment and adequate policy, for the development of natural gas infrastructure and a sustainable transition in the Brazilian electricity mix. Such transition should occur through the use of transnational natural gas pipelines connected to large industrial facilities and power stations, as part of strategic planning to expand industrial usage, and avoid the shortage of electricity supply, with economic and environmental advantages. Since the mo

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Deshpande, Jaydeep Sanjeev. "Investigations on Solar Powered Direct Contact Membrane Distillation." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71370.

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Desalination is one of the proposed methods to meet the ever increasing water demands. It can be subdivided into two broad categories, thermal based desalination and electricity based desalination. Multi-effect Distillation (MED), Multi-Stage Flashing (MSF), Membrane Distillation (MD) fall under former and Reverse Osmosis (RO), Electro-Dialysis (ED) fall under later. MD offers an attractive solution for seawater as well as brackish water distillation. It shows highly pure yields, theoretically 100% pure. The overall construction of a MD unit is way simpler than any other desalination systems.

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Ravi, Kumar Swetha. "A techno-economic analysis of a residential solar Photovoltaic system installed in 2010 : A comparative case study between California and Germany." Thesis, KTH, Energi och klimatstudier, ECS, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-105187.

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With environmental concerns and energy needs increasing, many regions in the world are promoting renewable energy technologies making use of various policy instruments. Although today the PV systems price is decreasing, which gives it a competitive edge; we see the technology still being dependent on policy instruments for its dissemination. The aim of this study is to research on whether or not a solar PV system is economically viable under certain circumstances. The study analyzes this by performing a cost beneficial analysis for the lifetime of the solar PV system making use of a discount

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Anieheobi, Callistus Chukwuemeka. "Congo-Nigeria hydroelectric superhighway grid : an economic viable option / Anieheobi Callistus C." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3667.

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Electricity availability and stability have a great contributory share of industrialization growth rate, poverty statistics, unemployment, foreign investors' participation, medium and small scale encouragement, crime and mortality rates recorded in any country. Nigeria as a country has been challenged with unstable and unreliable power supply. There are many problems associated with electricity production in Nigeria. Such problems are recorded in the generation, transmission and distribution facets of electricity production. With a multi-faceted problem, this document has been developed to d

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Ginste, Joakim, and Sascha Partanen. "Feasibility analysis of upgrading the cogeneration unit of George Washington sugar mill in Cuba." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-283613.

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Cuba’s government has set a goal to generate 24 percent of the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030. The country’s many sugar mills have been identified as key contributors to reach this goal as their cogeneration units have the potential to significantly increase Cuba’s electricity production from biomass by upgrading them to bioelectric plants. This study evaluates the feasibility of upgrading the cogeneration unit of George Washington sugar mill in the province of Villa Clara, Cuba. An energy balance of the proposed upgraded scheme is done to deduce its feasibility from an e

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Mehdijev, Shamil. "Dimensioning and Life Cycle Costing of Battery Storage System in residential housing- A case study of Local System Operator Concept." Thesis, KTH, Elektroteknisk teori och konstruktion, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-211559.

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growing concern on achieving environmental sustainability and at the same time making economical savings has become a necessity in our society. The prices of different battery energy storage technologies together with PV cells are declining all around the globe which has led to the fact that there is an increased interest in investing and using these technologies to be able to reach environmental sustainability. The combined system however, must be accurately calculated both when it comes to the sizing and the different costs related to the combined system to be able to make an economical savi

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Naji, Adel Ali. "Data Mining for Accurately Estimating Residential Natural Gas Energy Consumption and Savings Using a Random Forest Approach." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1557422487896673.

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Tomosk, Steven. "Applications of Traditional and Concentrated Photovoltaic Technologies for Reducing Electricity Costs at Ontario Data Centers." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34324.

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Demand for cloud-based applications and remote digital storage is increasing. As such, data center capacities will need to expand to support this shift in computing. Data centers consume substantial amounts of electricity in support of their operations, and larger data centers will mean that more energy is consumed. To reduce electricity bills, data center operators must explore innovative options, and this thesis proposes leveraging solar technology for this purpose. Three different photovoltaic and concentrated photovoltaic costing scenarios, as well as four different Ontario-based el

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Lundin, Rasmus, and Benjamin Beitler-Dorch. "Modelling and Analysis of Mobile Energy Transmission for Offshore Wind Power : An analysis of flow batteries as an energy transmission system for offshore wind power." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-40082.

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A comparison between a traditional fixed high voltage direct current energy transmission system and a mobile transmission system utilizing vanadium redox flow batteries has been conducted in this degree work. The purpose of this comparison was to evaluate if a mobile energy transmission system could be competitive in terms of energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness for use in offshore wind power applications. A literary study was made to fully grasp the various technologies and to create empirical ground of which cost estimation methods and energy calculations could be derived. A specific sc

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Vasquez, Padilla Ricardo. "Simplified Methodology for Designing Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3390.

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The performance of parabolic trough based solar power plants over the last 25 years has proven that this technology is an excellent alternative for the commercial power industry. Compared to conventional power plants, parabolic trough solar power plants produce significantly lower levels of carbon dioxide, although additional research is required to bring the cost of concentrator solar plants to a competitive level. The cost reduction is focused on three areas: thermodynamic efficiency improvements by research and development, scaling up of the unit size, and mass production of the equipment.

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Mattsson, Helen, and Jonatan Lindberg. "Vätgasens roll i det regionala energisystemet : Tekno-ekonomiska förutsättningar för Power-to-Power." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Energisystem, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-173577.

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Alltmer intermittent elkraft byggs idag i Sverige för att öka andelen förnybar el i energisystemet. Detta leder till mer ojämn elproduktion, vilket skapar problem i form av mer volatila och oförutsägbara elpriser. Ett sätt att dämpa effekten av den ökande intermittenta kraften är att använda förnybar vätgasproduktion som lastutjämning. På detta sätt kan vätgasen potentiellt bli en viktig del i den fossilfria energimixen. Att använda vätgas som energilager i en Power-to-Power-applikation (P2P) möjliggör även utnyttjandet av prisarbitrage på elmarknaden. Ett ökat klimatfokus har återuppväckt int

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Radebe, Thandwefika. "Are solar home systems a more financially viable method of electrifying Ghana households?" Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33001.

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Africa still has the lowest electrification rates in the world with over 600 million people estimated to be living without access to electricity. What makes the challenge even greater for Africa is that the continent is so sparsely populated that building grid infrastructure is not viable in many cases. However, “pay-as-you-go” solar home systems have provided the continent with the opportunity to correct its electrification deficit. These innovations are not new and many of the costs of operating these systems have reached grid parity when one considers the Levelized Cost of Energy Model. How

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POZZI, NICOLA. "Numerical Modeling and Experimental Testing of a Pendulum Wave Energy Converter (PeWEC)." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2708896.

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The research activities described in the present work aims to develop a pendulum converter (PeWEC: Pendulum Wave Energy Converter) for the Mediterranean Sea, where waves are shorter, thus with a higher frequency. In particular, the Pantelleria Island site wave climate is assumed as reference. The research activities started from the preliminary investigation of the working principle validity in the case of the Mediterranean Sea wave characteristics, taking into account a 1:45 scale prototype. The numerical model reliability and the success of experimental tests motivated the design and develop

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Bellinaso, Lucas Vizzotto. "Metodologia de projeto para redução do custo de sistemas fotovoltaicos." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2014. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/8534.

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior<br>In photovoltaic systems, the lowest energy cost is not always achieved by an inverter with minimized cost or maximized efficiency. It is important to adopt methodologies that optimize the balance between system losses and costs. The Levelized Cost of Electricity minimization methodology, presented in literature, obtains an optimized inverter design, but needs variables like discount rate and maintenance costs. This study proposes a methodology for design and comparison of photovoltaic inverters that is simpler and is based on the a

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Swenman, Marie, and Klara Sahlén. "Investeringslogik kring energilager i en svensk kontext : En studie av måttet Levelised Cost of Storage." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-324795.

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Sweden is heading towards a larger portion of renewable, weather dependent energy sources as a part of climate policy. To integrate such energy sources there is an increasing demand of flexibility in the Swedish electricity system. This further indicates a need to understand the rationality behind investments in flexibility resources, such as energy storage and demand response. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the measurement Levelised Cost of Storage (LCOS) is reflecting the way Swedish actors reason about investments in flexibility resources. By qualitative interviews with

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Silva, Leonardo Ribeiro Madeira da. "Comparação dos custos de geração de energia elétrica entre tecnologias despacháveis e intermitentes no Brasil." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/18285.

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Nyari, Judit. "Techno-economic feasibility study of a methanol plant using carbon dioxide and hydrogen." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-244456.

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In 2015, more than 80% of energy consumption was based on fossil resources. Growing population especially in developing countries fuel the trend in global energy consumption. This constant increase however leads to climate change caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG, especially CO2 mitigation is one of the top priority challenges in the EU. Amongst the solutions to mitigate future emissions, carbon capture and utilization (CCU) is gaining interest. CO2 is a valuable, abundant and renewable carbon source that can be converted into fuels and chemicals. Methanol (MeOH) is o

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Mina, Lee. "A Quantitative Study on Innovation in Renewable Energy Technology in Korea." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/225764.

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VASUDEVAN, ROHAN ADITHYA. "SWOT-PESTEL Study of Constraints to Decarbonization of the Natural Gas System in the EU Techno-economic analysis of hydrogen production in Portugal : Techno-economic analysis of hydrogen production in Portugal." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-292186.

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The exigent need to address climate change and its adverse effects is felt all around the world. As pioneers in tackling carbon emissions, the European Union continue to be head and shoulders above other continents by implementing policies and keeping a tab on its carbon dependence and emissions. However, being one of the largest importers of Natural Gas in the world, the EU remains dependent on a fossil fuel to meet its demands. The aim of the research is to investigate the barriers and constraints in the EU policies and framework that affects the natural gas decarbonization and to investiga

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Babajide, Nathaniel Akinrinde. "The electricity crisis in Nigeria : building a new future to accommodate 20% renewable electricity generation by 2030." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2017. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/7c6df776-e790-4afc-8970-3877d91a2663.

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As part of efforts to curb the protracted electricity problem in Nigeria, the government enacted the National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy (NREEEP) in 2014. Through this policy, the country plans to increase its electricity generation from renewables to 20% by 2030. This thesis investigates the economic feasibility of this lofty goal, and as well determine the best hybrid configuration for off-grid rural/remote power generation across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria The economic feasibility results, using Long-range Energy Alternative Planning (LEAP) tool, show that the

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Vahland, Sören. "Analysis of Parabolic Trough Solar Energy Integration into Different Geothermal Power Generation Concepts." Thesis, KTH, Kraft- och värmeteknologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-129093.

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The change in climate as a consequence of anthropogenic activities is a subject ofmajor concerns. In order to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions inthe atmosphere, the utilization of renewable, fossil-free power generationapplications becomes inevitable. Geothermal and solar energy play a major rolein covering the increased demand for renewable energy sources of today’s andfuture’s society. A special focus hereby lies on the Concentrating Solar Powertechnologies and different geothermal concepts. The costs for producingelectricity through Concentrating Solar Power and therefore Parab

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Ogunleye, Lawrence Olawale. "A techno-economic appraisal of renewable energy in remote, off grid locations in Nigeria : Obudu ranch as a case study / L. Olawalemi Ogunleye." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2559.

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Energy is central to economic development. It has been established that there is a clear correlation between energy consumption and living standards. Nigeria is a country of very industrious and enterprising people. However, due to non availability of adequate energy in the country, especially in the remote, off grid locations, the entrepreneurial inclination of the average Nigerian living in these locations has been largely stunted. Over the years, successive governments in the country, in realisation of the pivotal role of energy in national development, have explored various options to imp

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Madaly, Kamalahasen. "Identifying the optimum storage capacity for a 100-MWe concentrating solar power plant in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86276.

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Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Central receiver power plants generate renewable electricity by exploiting the energy provided by the sun. The conditions experienced in the Northern Cape region of South Africa provide the ideal conditions for the development of these plants. Without a storage medium these plants have capacity factors in the range of 25-30%. The inclusion of a thermal energy storage medium provides the ability to increase the capacity factors of these plants. Although storage increases the costs, it results in better utilisation of the p

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Agha, Kassab Fadi. "Co-optimisation of the sizing and control of an urban microgrid." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Compiègne, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024COMP2822.

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La modernisation du réseau électrique (RE) par la mise en œuvre de micro-réseaux offre un potentiel significatif pour améliorer la résilience énergétique, la durabilité et l'efficacité. Cependant, cette transition implique de naviguer dans un ensemble complexe de défis techniques, économiques et environnementaux. Les micro-réseaux nécessitent une planification et une optimisation méticuleuses pour équilibrer la génération, le stockage et la consommation d'énergie tout en minimisant les coûts et les émissions de carbone. Atteindre cet équilibre nécessite des stratégies d'optimisation avancées c

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Almutairi, Badriya L. "Investigating the feasibility and soil-structure integrity of onshore wind turbine systems in Kuwait." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27612.

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Wind energy technologies are considered to be among the most promising types of renewable energy sources, which have since attracted broad considerations through recent years due to the soaring oil prices and the growing concerns over climate change and energy security. In Kuwait, rapid industrialisation, population growth and increasing water desalination are resulting in high energy demand growth, increasing the concern of oil diminishing as a main source of energy and the climate change caused by CO2 emissions from fossil fuel based energy. These demands and challenges compelled governments

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(9525959), Reza Asadpour. "EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF LOW-COST PEROVSKITE CELLS AND IMPROVED MODULE RELIABILITY TO REDUCE LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITY." Thesis, 2020.

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<div>The manufacturing cost of solar cells along with their efficiency and reliability define the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). One needs to reduce LCOE to make solar cells cost competitive compared to other sources of electricity. After a sustained decrease since 2001 the manufacturing cost of the dominant photovoltaic technology based on c-Si solar cells has recently reached a plateau. Further reduction in LCOE is only possible by increasing the efficiency and/or reliability of c-Si cells. Among alternate technologies, organic photovoltaics (OPV) has reduced manufacturing cost, but t

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Erturk, Mehmet. "Economic analysis of wind and solar energy sources of Turkey." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2993.

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Renewable energy sources have become very popular in the last years in electricity generation thanks to the technological developments, the increase in the price of fossil fuels and the environmental concerns. These factors have also prompted Turkey to utilize her very rich renewable energy sources to meet the demand increasing around 7% annually. In this study, solar and wind energy potential of Turkey is analyzed in terms of its economics to find out whether these sources are real alternatives to fossil fuels in electricity generation. Before this analysis, wind and solar energy technologies

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"Feasibility Study of Use of Renewable Energy to Power Greenfield Eco-Industrial Park." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.27383.

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abstract: An eco-industrial park (EIP) is an industrial ecosystem in which a group of co-located firms are involved in collective resource optimization with each other and with the local community through physical exchanges of energy, water, materials, byproducts and services - referenced in the industrial ecology literature as "industrial symbiosis". EIPs, when compared with standard industrial resource sharing networks, prove to be of greater public advantage as they offer improved environmental and economic benefits, and higher operational efficiencies both upstream and downstream in their

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Richardson, Riley L. "Developing a holistic framework to investigate the environmental, social, and economic suitability of tidal stream energy in British Columbia’s remote coastal diesel reliant First Nations Communities." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/12529.

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This thesis holistically examines the potential for tidal stream turbine (TST) integration to displace diesel generated electricity in remote coastal First Nations communities within the Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast region of British Columbia. This thesis utilizes a combination of spatial analysis (GIS Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis) to identify sites; stakeholder engagement to assess TST suitability, bridge knowledge gaps, and understand desired characteristics of community energy systems; and Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) analyses for existing diesel and externalit

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Beigzadeh, Ashkan. "Economic Evaluation of an Advanced Super Critical Oxy-Coal Power Plant with CO2 Capture." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4693.

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Today’s carbon constrained world with its increasing demand for cheap energy and a fossil fuel intensive fleet of power producers is making carbon capture and storage (CCS) desirable. Several CCS technologies are under investigation by various research and development groups globally. One of the more promising technologies is oxy-fuel combustion, since it produces a CO2 rich flue gas which requires minor processing to meet storage condition requirements. In this study the economics of an advanced super critical oxy-coal power plant burning lignite, simulated in-house was assessed. A robust and

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Leite, Marta Dias. "Investment solution scenarios in floating solar photovoltaic versus overland solar." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/57031.

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Relatório de mestrado em International Business<br>Floating photovoltaic solar plants urge in a time when increasing demand for energy requires a shift to renewable energy resources as the limited availability of fossil fuels as well as global warming and climate change are all a reality. Furthermore, the increasing cost of land acquisition due to growing worldwide population and, consequently, reduced available land area restricts some countries such as Japan to construct big solar farms, giving room for the opportunity to deploy floating solar photovoltaic systems in water reservoirs. This r

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Dao, Cuong, B. Kazemtabrizi, and C. Crabtree. "Wind turbine reliability data review and impacts on levelised cost of energy." 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17974.

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Yes<br>Reliability is critical to the design, operation, maintenance, and performance assessment and improvement of wind turbines (WTs). This paper systematically reviews publicly available reliability data for both onshore and offshore WTs and investigates the impacts of reliability on the cost of energy. WT failure rates and downtimes, broken down by subassembly, are collated from 18 publicly available databases including over 18 000 WTs, corresponding to over 90 000 turbine‐years. The data are classified based on the types of data collected (failure rate and stop rate) and by onshore and of

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Sanghai, Bishnu. "Techno-Economic Evaluation of Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems in the Indian Context." Thesis, 2016. https://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/4372.

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Problems of greenhouse effect and depletion of conventional resources in the last two decades have resulted in a worldwide exponentially growing photovoltaic market for renewable power generation. The Indian government has recently announced a goal of achieving 100 GWe photovoltaic installations by 2022, out of which 40% is to be generated in the rooftop segment, thus making the power generation distributed in nature. This work identifies the different technological configurations for rooftop photovoltaic (RPV) and conducts their techno-economic feasibility analysis from the customer point of

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