Torrefaction of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to Char – Current and Future Trends

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Residential areas throughout the world have problems with waste disposal with over 2 billion tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) produced annually around the world. The anticipated population growth of 9.5 billion by 2050, along with industrialization and rapid development of urban and suburban areas, is expected to keep increasing the amount of MSW generated. …

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Overview of Microgrid Developments in the United States and Canada

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Microgrids are presenting themselves as a promising alternative to promote security, reliability, and affordability in the energy sector across the world, but they are more common in North America than other regions. They provide alternative decentralized energy generation and storage. They mitigate the volatility of local grids by reducing reliance on certain generation sources and …

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Achieving a Sustainable, Reliable, and Clean Grid through the Use of Microgrids

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Microgrids are playing a critical role in the evolving power networks all across the globe. Microgrids can support existing grid infrastructure and, at the same time, add value by ensuring a reliable and uninterrupted supply of electricity, renewable energy integration, efficient energy balancing, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The model of microgrids is successfully implemented …

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Current Outlook of Demand Response in Europe

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Demand Response (DR) enables utilities to reduce or shift consumers’ electricity usage during peak periods, which leads to a major relief in the power grid operation. The DR initiatives can help significantly reduce energy prices as the demand shifts during the high tariff hours. Policymakers and market participants across the globe understand the benefits of …

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Sector coupling’s effect on the market price of renewable energy

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A crucial effort for the future decades will be to decarbonize the energy supply by switching out fossil fuels for renewable energy sources to meet climate protection goals. When determining future financing requirements, knowing the potential growth and commercial viability of renewable energy sources in the power industry is critical. However, as variable renewable energy …

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Life Cycle Assessment Studies in Perovskite Solar Cells

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Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs) have significantly advanced since they were first proposed as a novel and promising Photovoltaic (PV) technology designed to deliver photoconversion efficiencies higher than traditional PV systems. PSCs have taken the lead among the most recent photovoltaics due to their exceptional versatility, the ability to tune the energy band gap, and the …

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AI-Based Predictive Maintenance and Its Impact on the Efficiency of Wind Turbines

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During the lifetime of a wind turbine, operation and maintenance can account for up to 30% of the levelized costs per kWh generated. Turbine failure usually results in downtime of a week or more – resulting in respective downtime costs. Transporting spare parts is expensive as turbine fields are commonly located in remote areas, resulting …

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Solving the Energy Crisis and Plastic Pollution – Converting Waste Plastics into Biofuel for the Mobility Industry

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Plastic-to-Biofuel Innovations Chemical Recycling Plastic-to-Biofuel: Global plastic waste is a major issue. Plastic waste’s durability causes it to become trapped for centuries in landfills and oceans, thereby creating a serious environmental crisis. The inefficiency of recycling processes, high recycling costs, and a lack of incentives actively contribute to the active recycling of only 9% of …

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Improving the Efficiency Of Perovskite Solar Cells

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Enhancing Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency with Tandem Design Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a game changer in the renewables industry over the years. They have proven to be more affordable than traditional solar panels and can be effectively installed in the front facades and rooftops of buildings. Another feature of perovskite solar cells that …

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Challenges faced in power-to-heat sector coupling and how to optimize them

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Optimizing Power-to-Heat Sector Coupling Challenges faced in power-to-heat sector : In many scenarios within centralized power sectors, such as the waste of excess energy from data centers’ processor heat, high-temperature steam from thermal power plants, the waste stream of biofuels, heating of batteries, and other high energy density materials occurs. One possibility to reutilize this …

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