Review on concentrating solar power plants and new developments in high temperature thermal energy storage technologies

M Liu, NHS Tay, S Bell, M Belusko, R Jacob… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
A concentrating solar power (CSP) system converts sunlight into a heat source which can be
used to drive a conventional power plant. Thermal energy storage (TES) improves the …

[HTML][HTML] Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition towards sustainability

D Bogdanov, M Ram, A Aghahosseini, A Gulagi… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change threats and the necessity to achieve global Sustainable Development Goals
demand unprecedented economic and social shifts around the world, including a …

The potential for renewable energy in industrial applications

E Taibi, D Gielen, M Bazilian - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
To date, insufficient attention has been paid to the potential of renewable energy resources
in industrial applications. Our analysis suggests that up to 21% of final energy demand and …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible electricity generation, grid exchange and storage for the transition to a 100% renewable energy system in Europe

M Child, C Kemfert, D Bogdanov, C Breyer - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Two transition pathways towards a 100% renewable energy (RE) power sector by 2050 are
simulated for Europe using the LUT Energy System Transition model. The first is a Regions …

Solar photovoltaics demand for the global energy transition in the power sector

C Breyer, D Bogdanov, A Aghahosseini… - Progress in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The power sector is faced with strict requirements in reducing harmful emissions and
substantially increasing the level of sustainability. Renewable energy (RE) in general and …

Energy transition roadmap towards 100% renewable energy and role of storage technologies for Pakistan by 2050

A Sadiqa, A Gulagi, C Breyer - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The main aim of this study is to present an energy transition roadmap for Pakistan in which
the total energy demand by 2050 is met by electricity generated via renewable sources, in …

Experimental study on thermal performance of high-temperature molten salt cascaded latent heat thermal energy storage system

F Yuan, MJ Li, Z Ma, B Jin, Z Liu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a series of experiments on the high-temperature cascaded molten salt latent
heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system are carried out to investigate its charging and …

Current energy policies and possible transition scenarios adopting renewable energy: A case study for Bangladesh

A Gulagi, M Ram, AA Solomon, M Khan, C Breyer - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study analyses energy transition pathways for the case of Bangladesh. The LUT Energy
System Transition model, a high temporal-spatial resolution linear optimisation tool, is used …

Role of seawater desalination in the management of an integrated water and 100% renewable energy based power sector in Saudi Arabia

U Caldera, D Bogdanov, S Afanasyeva, C Breyer - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
This work presents a pathway for Saudi Arabia to transition from the 2015 power structure to
a 100% renewable energy-based system by 2050 and investigates the benefits of …

Three-dimensional numerical study of heat transfer characteristics of parabolic trough receiver

Z Wu, S Li, G Yuan, D Lei, Z Wang - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough receivers are the key component of parabolic trough solar plants, and they
typically account for 30% of the cost of the construction of a solar field. The receiver's …