Wind Power

Onshore and offshore wind farms, turbine technology (Vestas, Siemens Gamesa), capacity factor, curtailment.

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Plastic credit: Market mechanism for waste recovery

Plastic credits are transferable units representing collected plastic waste, financing global waste management infrastructure.

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Variable renewable energy: Grid integration and operational challenges

Analysis of variable renewable energy (VRE) sources like wind and solar, focusing on grid integration, storage solutions, and penetration li...

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Small hydro: Technology, policy and environmental impacts

Small hydro is a decentralized renewable energy source, typically under 50 MW, offering grid independence but facing environmental justice c...

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Global Solar Atlas

The Global Solar Atlas is a free, online database on global solar-power potential provided by ESMAP and the World Bank.

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Biomass energy: Feedstocks, conversion technologies and climate impacts

Comprehensive overview of biomass energy, covering feedstocks, thermal and biochemical conversion, and climate accounting.

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Algae bioreactor: Technology, design and applications

Overview of algae bioreactors for biomass production, CO2 fixation, and biofuel generation.

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Biological wood oxidation: Principles, systems and applications

Biological wood oxidation uses microbial composting of wood to generate heat for heating systems like Biomeilers.

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Sea water air conditioning

Overview of sea water air conditioning (SWAC) systems, their technology, efficiency, and global installations.

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Sector coupling: Integration of energy systems

Sector coupling integrates electricity, heat, and transport to optimize renewable energy use and system flexibility.

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E-gasoline: Audi and Global Bioenergies' Synthetic Fuel

E-gasoline is a synthetic, carbon-neutral fuel developed by Audi and Global Bioenergies, produced from biomass via isobutene and hydrogen.

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Guishan Offshore Windfarm

198MW offshore wind farm near Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. Operational since 2018 with 49 turbines.

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Copper indium gallium selenide: Material properties and photovoltaic applications

CIGS is a I-III-VI2 semiconductor with a chalcopyrite structure, widely used in flexible thin-film solar cells.

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CrossBoundary Energy: Renewable Investment in Africa

CrossBoundary Energy is a Kenyan renewable energy investment company focusing on solar, wind, and battery storage projects for industrial co...

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Solar power by country: Global deployment, capacity and policy

Analysis of solar power deployment by country, covering global capacity growth, regional trends, and major national projects.

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Solar United Neighbors: Community Solar Co-ops and Policy Advocacy

Solar United Neighbors is an American nonprofit organizing solar co-ops for group home installations.

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Wind power: Technology, economics and global deployment

Overview of wind power generation, covering turbine technology, grid integration, economics, and historical development.

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Taryn Lane: Community Wind Energy Leadership in Australia

Profile of Taryn Lane, manager of Hepburn Community Wind Farm and Australian renewable energy expert.

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Seaweed fuel: Technology, economics and research status

Analysis of seaweed fuel production, cultivation methods, and economic viability as a biofuel source.

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Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility

Profile of the SWiFT wind turbine research facility in Lubbock, Texas, and its role in DOE wind energy research.

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Micro combined heat and power: Technologies, efficiency and global deployment

Overview of micro-CHP systems for homes, covering fuel cells, Stirling engines, efficiency gains and market status in Japan, Europe and the...