A comprehensive review of maximum power point tracking algorithms for photovoltaic systems

NA Kamarzaman, CW Tan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
In recent decades, Photovoltaic (PV) energy has made significant progress towards meeting
the continuously increasing world energy demand. Besides that, the issue of conventional …

The main support mechanisms to finance renewable energy development

S Abolhosseini, A Heshmati - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Considering that the major part of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global
concern aimed at reducing carbon emissions. In addition, major consumer countries are …

Livelihoods and poverty

L Olsson, M Opondo… - … : Part A: Global …, 2014 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
Abstract Scope, Delineations, and Definitions: Livelihoods, Poverty, and Inequality
Understanding the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and poverty requires examining …

Inventories and scenarios of nitrous oxide emissions

EA Davidson, D Kanter - Environmental Research Letters, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Effective mitigation for N 2 O emissions, now the third most important anthropogenic
greenhouse gas and the largest remaining anthropogenic source of stratospheric ozone …

Kinetics of the CaO/Ca(OH)2 Hydration/Dehydration Reaction for Thermochemical Energy Storage Applications

YA Criado, M Alonso, JC Abanades - Industrial & Engineering …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The calcium oxide hydration/dehydration reaction is proposed as a suitable reaction couple
for thermochemical energy storage systems. However, limited work has been reported on …

Economic effects of renewable energy expansion: A model-based analysis for Germany

J Blazejczak, FG Braun, D Edler, WP Schill - Renewable and sustainable …, 2014 - Elsevier
The increasing utilization of renewable energy sources (RES) is a major energy policy
strategy in many countries worldwide. Germany is a forerunner in the deployment of RES …

Green growth, degrowth, and the commons

M Jakob, O Edenhofer - Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The concepts of 'green growth'and 'degrowth'occupy central positions in the public debate
on the relationship between economic growth and the environment. While proponents of the …

Enzymatic hydrolysis at high-solids loadings for the conversion of agave bagasse to fuel ethanol

L Caspeta, MA Caro-Bermúdez, T Ponce-Noyola… - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Agave bagasse is the lignocellulosic residue accumulated during the production of alcoholic
beverages in Mexico and is a potential feedstock for the production of biofuels. A factorial …

Wind power curtailment and energy storage in transmission congestion management considering power plants ramp rates

LS Vargas, G Bustos-Turu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of intermittent generation in power grids, such as wind energy, imposes new
challenges for transmission congestion management. In order to solve this problem, energy …

Features and challenges of molten oxide electrolytes for metal extraction

A Allanore - Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The electrolytic decomposition of metal oxides to metal and oxygen is an extractive
metallurgy principle that, when coupled with carbon-free electricity, drastically mitigates the …