• A cross-country perspective on solar energy in urban planning: Lessons learned from international case studies 

      Lobaccaro, Gabriele; Croce, Silvia; Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret; Munari, Maria Cristina; Scognamiglio, Alessandra; Dahlberg, Johan; Lundgren, Marja; Wall, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This work, framed in the IEA SHC Task 51 “Solar Energy in Urban Planning”, presents an illustrative perspective of solar energy in urban planning through the analysis of 34 international case studies conducted in 10 ...
    • A review of indices for assessing visual comfort with a view to their use in optimization processes to support building integrated design 

      Carlucci, Salvatore; Causone, Francesco; De Rosa, Francesco; Pagliano, Lorenzo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      In the last decades, several studies aimed at assessing some specified aspects of visual comfort characterizing the relationship between the human needs and the light environment, such as an available amount of light, ...
    • Biorefinery of anaerobic digestate in a circular bioeconomy: Opportunities, challenges and perspectives 

      Malhotra, Milan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      With the ever-increasing size of anaerobic digesters (AD), the management and disposal of digestate have become a challenging task for AD operators. Anaerobic digestate is rich in nutrients and contaminants; thus, a suitable ...
    • Carbon emission of global construction sector 

      Huang, Lizhen; Krigsvoll, Guri; Johansen, Fred; Liu, Yongping; Zhang, Xiaoling (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The construction sector delivers the infrastructure and buildings to the society by consumption large amount of unrenewable energy. Consequently, this consumption causes the large emission of CO2. This paper explores and ...
    • Control of power generated by a floating offshore wind turbine perturbed by sea waves 

      Lugni, Claudio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Offshore wind energy is expected to provide a signi cant contribution to the achievement of the European Renewable Energy targets. One of the main technological issues affecting oating offshore wind turbines con- cerns ...
    • Foundations of offshore wind turbines: A review 

      Wu, Xiaoni; Hu, Yu; Li, Ye; Yang, Jian; Duan, Lei; Wang, Tongguang; Adcock, Thomas; Jiang, Zhiyu; Gao, Zhen; Lin, Zhiliang; Borthwick, Alistair; Liao, Shijun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Offshore wind is a source of clean, renewable energy of great potential value to the power industry in the context of a low carbon society. Rapid development of offshore wind energy depends on a good understanding of ...
    • Future emerging technologies in the wind power sector: a European perspective 

      Watson, Simon; Moro, Alberto; Reis, Vera; Baniotopoulos, Charalampos; Barth, Stephan; Bartoli, Gianni; Bauer, Florian; Boelman, Elisa; Bosse, Denis; Cherubini, Antonello; Croce, Alessandro; Fagiano, Lorenzo; Fontana, Marco; Gambier, Adrian; Gkoumas, Konstantinos; Golightly, Christopher; Latour, Mikel Iribas; Jamieson, Peter; Kaldellis, John; Macdonald, Andrew; Murphy, Jimmy; Muskulus, Michael; Petrini, Francesco; Pigolotti, Luca; Rasmussen, Fleming; Schild, Philippe; Schmehl, Roland; Stavridou, Nafsika; Tande, John Olav Giæver; Taylor, Nigel A.S.; Telsnig, Thomas; Wiser, Ryan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper represents an expert view from Europe of future emerging technologies within the wind energy sector considering their potential, challenges, applications and technology readiness and how they might evolve in the ...
    • Gas switching reforming for flexible power and hydrogen production to balance variable renewables 

      Szima, Szabolcs; Nazir, Shareq Mohd; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Amini, Shahriar; Fogarasi, Szabolcs; Cormos, Ana-Maria; Cormos, Calin-Cristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Variablerenewableenergy(VRE)isexpectedtoplayamajorroleinthedecarbonizationoftheelectricitysector.However, decarbonization via VRE requires a fleet of flexible dispatchable plants with low CO2emissions tosupplycleanpowerduringtimes ...
    • Holistic assessment of carbon abatement strategies in building refurbishment literature — A scoping review 

      Fahlstedt, Oskar; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Lohne, Jardar; Bohne, Rolf André (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The refurbishment of building stocks constitutes a significant role in reducing carbon emissions from the built environment. However, refurbishment rates remain low despite tools and methods for addressing this issue has ...
    • Land use for bioenergy: Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development goals 

      Vera, Ivan; Wicke, Birka; Lamers, Patrick; Cowie, Annette; Repo, Anna; Heukels, Bas; Zumpf, Colleen; Styles, David; Parish, Esther; Cherubini, Francesco; Berndes, Göran; Jager, Henriette; Schiesari, Luis; Junginger, Martin; Brandão, Miguel; Bentsen, Niclas Scott; Daioglou, Vassilis; Harris, Zoe; van der Hilst, Floor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Bioenergy aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contribute to meeting global climate change mitigation targets. Nevertheless, several sustainability concerns are associated with bioenergy, especially related ...
    • Life cycle assessment demonstrates environmental co-benefits and trade-offs of low-carbon electricity supply options 

      Gibon, Thomas; Arvesen, Anders; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The targeted transition towards an electricity system with low or even negative greenhouse gas emissions affords a chance to address other environmental concerns as well, but may potentially have to adjust to the limited ...
    • Low-head pumped hydro storage: A review of applicable technologies for design, grid integration, control and modelling 

      Hoffstaedt, Justus; Truijen, Daan; Fahlbeck, Jonathan; Gans, Luiz Henrique Accorsi; Qudaih, Mohammed; Laguna, Antonio Jarquin; De Kooning, Jeroen; Stockman, Kurt; Nilsson, Håkan; Storli, Pål-Tore Selbo; Engel, Bernd; Marence, Miroslav; Bricker, Jeremy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      To counteract a potential reduction in grid stability caused by a rapidly growing share of intermittent renewable energy sources within our electrical grids, large scale deployment of energy storage will become indispensable. ...
    • Next frontiers in energy system modelling: A review on challenges and the state of the art 

      Fodstad, Marte; Crespo del Granado, Pedro; Hellemo, Lars; Knudsen, Brage Rugstad; Pisciella, Paolo; Silvast, Antti; Bordin, Chiara; Schmidt, Sarah; Straus, Julian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Energy Systems Modelling is growing in relevance on providing insights and strategies to plan a carbon-neutral future. The implementation of an effective energy transition plan faces multiple challenges, spanning from the ...
    • Offshore wind turbine operations and maintenance: A state-of-the-art review 

      Ren, Zhengru; Verma, Amrit Shankar; Li, Ye; Teuwen, Julie J.E.; Jiang, Zhiyu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbines (OWT) play an important role in the development of offshore wind farms. Compared with operations, maintenance is a critical element in the levelized cost of energy, given ...
    • Perspectives of optical colourimetric sensors for anaerobic digestion 

      Lamb, Jacob Joseph; Bernard, Olivier; Sarker, Shiplu; Lien, Kristian Myklebust; Hjelme, Dag Roar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Although biogas is not a new approach to producing renewable fuel, it could further be developed to improve its potential as an alternative energy source. To achieve this, vast improvements in the efficiency and cost of ...
    • Restoration of smart grids: Current status, challenges, and opportunities 

      Fan, Dongming; Ren, Yi; Feng, Qiang; Liu, Yiliu; Wang, Zili; Lin, Jing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Smart grids, which constitute intelligent infrastructure in smart cities, provide reliable, energy-efficient, and high-quality power to improve the standard of living while maintaining a sustainable environment. For ...
    • Review of control strategies for wave energy conversion systems and their validation: the wave-to-wire approach 

      Wang, Liguo; Isberg, Jan; Tedeschi, Elisabetta (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Ocean waves are a promising source of renewable energy. In this paper, we briefly introduce the characteristics of ocean wave energy and summarize the principles of harvesting ocean energy by wave energy converters. We ...
    • A review of heat recovery technologies and their frost control for residential building ventilation in cold climate regions 

      Bai, Hongyu; Liu, Peng; Justo Alonso, Maria; Mathisen, Hans Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This study reviewed heat recovery technologies and their application in residential buildings in cold climates. The increasing efforts on reducing building energy use over the recent years have resulted in improved insulated ...
    • Review of possibilities and necessities for building lifetime commissioning 

      Djuric, Natasa; Novakovic, Vojislav (Journal article, 2009)
      The article presents review of possibilities and necessities for a practical application of lifetime commissioning in building facilities. The implementation of life-long commissioning of buildings implies energy efficiency, ...
    • Review of scaling laws applied to floating offshore wind turbines 

      Sergiienko, Nataliia; da Silva, Leandro; Bachynski-Polic, Erin Elizabeth; Cazzolato, Benjamin; Arjomandi, Maziar; Ding, Boyin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)