scholarly journals Analysis of the policy background of transport related use of renewable energy

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-129
Author(s):  
Tibor Princz-Jakovics
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Regional Strategies ◽  
Methodological Guidelines

The EU energy policy prioritizes the following principles: sustainability, competitiveness and security of supply and addresses the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as a priority. The related EU policy (including the White Paper on Transport) outlines these principles, identifies goals and opportunities for action. At company level methodological guidelines and standard procedures can be used to assess the carbon footprint of the organization, to generate efficiency goals and to prepare action plans. In the Hungarian policy framework, a comprehensive National Sustainable Development Framework Strategy defines the basic principles for the analysis of the sectorspecific or regional strategies. Sustainable Energy Action and Climate Plans (SECAPs) integrate energy and climate issues and include interventions and improvements for the better use of renewable energy sources in transport at municipal level. As a summary it can be stated that exploration of the policy background would needed to influence the use of renewable energy sources for transport and definition of the development goals can help economic organizations to transform their mobility patterns and reduce related carbon footprint.

scholarly journals Carbon footprint of Russia: realities and prospects of economic development

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-62
Author(s):  
N. A. Kharitonova ◽  
E. N. Kharitonova ◽  
V. N. Pulyaeva
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Good Effect ◽  
Energy Sources

The article deals with the key aspects of the problem of determining the “carbon footprint” of industrial production. Rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emission within the past two centuries can cause irreversible changes in the Earth’s climate. Various manufacturing industries including “production and consumption of energy” create more than half of the “Earth’s carbon footprint”. The authors present a brief analytical overview of the “carbon footprint” problem in the context of solving a significant issue of global warming. They suggest references to current research and publications of Italian, Chinese and Spanish scientists. For example, Italian researchers proved that social innovations as well as transition to low-carbon technologies can be of good effect in reducing the “carbon footprint”. Chinese researchers (by analyzing 45-year-long data on the quantity of developed natural resources, energy consumption and population growth, “carbon footprint” and carbon dioxide emissions in the USA) proved that in the long-term perspective consumption of natural resources and renewable energy sources can improve the quality of the environment while population growth and consumption of non-renewable energy sources can contribute to its deterioration. Spanish researchers explored the connection between the “carbon footprint” and national peculiarities of people’s life. They listed the basic features of current energy transformation of the global economy (towards increasing the volume of renewable energy sources). The authors considered basic methods of regulating the “carbon footprint” of industrial production: by means of legal prohibition or improvement of pricing mechanism. They introduce the “Strategy of long-term development of Russia with low level of greenhouse gases till 2050”. The article contains information on reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in Russia.

scholarly journals Real-Time Energy Management for DC Microgrids Using Artificial Intelligence

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (17) ◽  
pp. 5307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiman J. Albarakati ◽  
Younes Boujoudar ◽  
Mohamed Azeroual ◽  
Reda Jabeur ◽  
Ayman Aljarbouh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Management Strategy ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Point Tracking ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Electrical Grids ◽  
Multi Agent

Microgrids are defined as an interconnection of several renewable energy sources in order to provide the load power demand at any time. Due to the intermittence of renewable energy sources, storage systems are necessary, and they are generally used as a backup system. Indeed, to manage the power flows along the entire microgrid, an energy management strategy (EMS) is necessary. This paper describes a microgrid energy management system, which is composed of solar panels and wind turbines as renewable sources, Li-ion batteries, electrical grids as backup sources, and AC/DC loads. The proposed EMS is based on the maximum extraction of energy from the renewable sources, by making them operate under Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) mode; both of those MPPT algorithms are implemented with a multi-agent system (MAS). In addition, management of the stored energy is performed through the optimal control of battery charging and discharging using artificial neural network controllers (ANNCs). The main objective of this system is to maintain the power balance in the microgrid and to provide a configurable and a flexible control for the different scenarios of all kinds of variations. All the system’s components were modeled in MATLAB/Simulink, the MAS system was developed using Java Agent Development Framework (JADE), and Multi-Agent Control using Simulink with Jade extension (MACSIMJX) was used to insure the communication between Simulink and JADE.

scholarly journals The Impact of Electricity Consumption Profile in Underground Mines to Cooperate with RES

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5775
Author(s):  
Sylwester Kaczmarzewski ◽  
Piotr Olczak ◽  
Maciej Sołtysik
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Monetary Value ◽  
The Impact

In Poland, a dynamic increase in the share of renewable energy sources in the national energy mix has been observed in recent years. Until now, these were mainly installations used for the needs of single-family houses and large-scale installations used on the RES auction market. However, due to the fact that the carbon footprint of the offered products is taken into account, this aspect is becoming more and more important. The carbon footprint can be offset by, among others, by covering the energy needs of the industrial plant by its own renewable energy sources. The article analyzes four sample electricity demand profiles of production plants operating in the mining industry, mainly located in Upper Silesia. Using statistical methods, the fitting of potential photovoltaic sources production profiles to the electricity consumption profiles in the analyzed case studies was checked. The analysis was carried out for each hour of the day and for the profiles weighted by the electricity price from the Polish Power Exchange on the Day-Ahead Market, because matching profiles at different hours has a different monetary value and, as a result, a different impact on operation costs. The highest correlation coefficient between electricity consumption and insolation on an annual basis was −0.29 in the Spearman rho-statistic for the case of M1 enterprise. On the other hand, the highest value at the level of 0.48 was achieved by the Pearson r-correlation coefficient determined on a monthly basis between the monetary value of electricity consumed and insolation in June for the M2 enterprise.

Assessment of carbon footprint from transportation, electricity, water, and waste generation: towards utilisation of renewable energy sources

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-201
Author(s):  
Amirreza Naderipour ◽  
Zulkurnain Abdul-Malek ◽  
Rai Naveed Arshad ◽  
Hesam Kamyab ◽  
Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Waste Generation

Renewable Energy Sources

IEE Review ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Kenneth Spring
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources

Power Projects and Covid-19: A Practical Analysis of the Relevance of Force Majeure Clauses under the Standardised Power Purchase and Implementation Agreements of Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-193
Author(s):  
Aisha Naiga ◽  
Loyola Rwabose Karobwa
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
The State ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
Practical Analysis ◽  
Energy Justice

Over 90% of Uganda's power is generated from renewable sources. Standardised Implementation Agreements and Power Purchase Agreements create a long-term relationship between Generating Companies and the state-owned off-taker guaranteed by Government. The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to curb the spread of the virus have triggered the scrutiny and application of force majeure (FM) clauses in these agreements. This article reviews the FM clauses and considers their relevance. The authors submit that FM clauses are a useful commercial tool for achieving energy justice by ensuring the continuity of the project, despite the dire effects of the pandemic. Proposals are made for practical considerations for a post-COVID-19 future which provides the continued pursuit of policy goals of promoting renewable energy sources and increasing access to clean energy, thus accelerating just energy transitions.

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