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.
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...
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...
Global Solar Atlas
The Global Solar Atlas is a free, online database on global solar-power potential provided by ESMAP and the World Bank.
Biomass energy: Feedstocks, conversion technologies and climate impacts
Comprehensive overview of biomass energy, covering feedstocks, thermal and biochemical conversion, and climate accounting.
Algae bioreactor: Technology, design and applications
Overview of algae bioreactors for biomass production, CO2 fixation, and biofuel generation.
Biological wood oxidation: Principles, systems and applications
Biological wood oxidation uses microbial composting of wood to generate heat for heating systems like Biomeilers.
Sea water air conditioning
Overview of sea water air conditioning (SWAC) systems, their technology, efficiency, and global installations.
Sector coupling: Integration of energy systems
Sector coupling integrates electricity, heat, and transport to optimize renewable energy use and system flexibility.
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.
Guishan Offshore Windfarm
198MW offshore wind farm near Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. Operational since 2018 with 49 turbines.
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.
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...
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.
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.
Wind power: Technology, economics and global deployment
Overview of wind power generation, covering turbine technology, grid integration, economics, and historical development.
Taryn Lane: Community Wind Energy Leadership in Australia
Profile of Taryn Lane, manager of Hepburn Community Wind Farm and Australian renewable energy expert.
Seaweed fuel: Technology, economics and research status
Analysis of seaweed fuel production, cultivation methods, and economic viability as a biofuel source.
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.
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...