[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse applications of solar photovoltaic driven heat pumps in northern environments

N Asgari, KS Hayibo, J Groza, S Rana… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Greenhouses play a crucial role in food production and economic growth in northern regions
but contribute significantly to energy consumption and carbon emissions. To address this …

Energy Policy for Agrivoltaics in Alberta Canada

U Jamil, JM Pearce - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
As Alberta increases conventional solar power generation, land-use conflicts with
agriculture increase. A solution that enables low-carbon electricity generation and continued …

The agrivoltaic potential of Canada

U Jamil, A Bonnington, JM Pearce - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Canada has committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by increasing the non-
emitting share of electricity generation to 90% by 2030. As solar energy costs have …

Solar photovoltaic wood racking mechanical design for trellis-based agrivoltaics

U Jamil, N Vandewetering, JM Pearce - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Using a trellis to plant vegetables and fruits can double or triple the yield per acre as well as
reduce diseases/pests, ease harvesting and make cleaner produce. Cultivars such as …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated landfill gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework

MA Rudd, M Jones, D Sechrest, D Batten… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Growing methane emissions pose a significant challenge for climate change mitigation.
Methane emissions, which have persistently risen since the early-2000s, are projected to …

Bitcoin's carbon footprint revisited: Proof of Work mining for renewable energy expansion

JI Ibañez, A Freier - Challenges, 2023 - mdpi.com
While blockchain and distributed ledger technology offer immense potential for applications
in transparency, security, efficiency, censorship resistance, and more, they have been …

Energy Modeling and Techno-economic Feasibility Analysis of Greenhouses for Tomato Cultivation Utilizing the Waste Heat of Cryptocurrency Miners

N Asgari, MT McDonald, JM Pearce - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Greenhouses extend growing seasons in upper latitudes to provide fresh, healthy food.
Costs associated with carbon-emission-intensive natural gas heating, however, limit …

Maximizing Biomass with Agrivoltaics: Potential and Policy in Saskatchewan Canada

U Jamil, JM Pearce - Biomass, 2023 - mdpi.com
Canada is a leading global agricultural exporter, and roughly half of Canada's farmland is in
Saskatchewan. New agrivoltaics research shows increased biomass for a wide range of …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptocurrency mining as a novel virtual energy storage system in islanded and grid-connected microgrids

M Hajiaghapour-Moghimi, E Hajipour… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Renewable electrical energy (such as: solar and wind energies) generation in microgrids
(MGs), is gaining attention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Microgrid operators (MOs) …

Blockchain technology for hybrid AC–DC microgrids

G Kanimozhi, K Arockiasamy - Next-Generation Cyber-Physical Microgrid …, 2024 - Elsevier
Interconnected (networked) hybrid AC–DC microgrids, as opposed to traditional
interconnected microgrids, have recently gained a lot of interest owing to their technological …