Demand-side flexibility will play a key role in reaching high levels of renewable generation
and making the transition to a more sustainable energy system. Indeed, end users can …

Energy flexibility, through short-term demand-side management (DSM) and energy storage
technologies, is now seen as a major key to balancing the fluctuating supply in different …

With global carbon budget targets looming, residential buildings in top economies must
become carbon neutral as soon as possible to reserve more emission space for emerging …

Energy security assessment quantifies the energy supply to a population and the likelihood,
or risk, of an energy disruption or shortage and represents an important aspect of national …

The increase in power density of electronic devices, driven by the higher performance and
miniaturization demands, has led researchers seek new and alternative thermal …

The energy consumption in the built environment represents one of the major contributors of
carbon emissions to the atmosphere. This leads to the need for a transition in the building …

Heat pumps are considered as easy to use while utilizing the possibility of bringing low-
temperature heat sources to a higher temperature. Thus, low-grade renewable energy …

As a key component of an integrated energy system (IES), energy storage can effectively
alleviate the problem of the times between energy production and consumption. Exploiting …

This paper presents a review of the application of model predictive control strategies to
active thermal energy storage systems. To date, model predictive control has been used to …

Electrification of private transportation and residential heating is a potential action to
decrease significantly carbon emissions. However, the lack of coordination of such …