Marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean Sea: status and perspectives

TH Soukissian, D Denaxa, F Karathanasi… - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
In this work, an extended overview of the marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean
Sea is provided as regards current status, potential problems, challenges, and perspectives …

The penetration of renewable and sustainable energy in Asia: A state-of-the-art review on net-metering

WU Rehman, AR Bhatti, AB Awan, IA Sajjad… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional fossil-fuel energy resources are being drastically depleted; thus, the current
shift towards renewable energy (RE) resources has become imperative. However, there are …

Five years left–How are the EU member states contributing to the 20% target for EU's renewable energy consumption; the role of woody biomass

S Proskurina, R Sikkema, J Heinimö… - Biomass and bioenergy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union has set ambitious targets of raising the share of EU energy
consumption produced from renewable resources from 20% by 2020 to 27% by 2030. The …

[HTML][HTML] Designing high-share 50% and 100% renewable energy scenarios for Ragusa by sustainable energy toolkit application

S Hoseinzadeh, D Groppi, B Nastasi, D Bruschi… - Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing renewable energy production and integrating it into the current energy systems
may lead to conditional solutions linked to the context of applications as well as regulatory …

A nuclear-to-gas transition in South Korea: Is it environmentally friendly or economically viable?

S Hong, BW Brook - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Given the limited potential for renewable energy and high population density of South
Korea, nuclear has been an essential electricity generation option for supply of reliable …

Environmental impacts and risks of the national renewable energy targets–A review and a qualitative case study from Finland

A Holma, P Leskinen, T Myllyviita, K Manninen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The EU is aiming to increase the utilisation of renewable energy to 20% of the total energy
consumption by 2020. For Finland, the target is 38%. Renewable energy sources are …

Electricity consumption and RES plants in Greece: Typologies of regional units

GL Kyriakopoulos, G Arabatzis, P Tsialis, K Ioannou - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In the study two typologies of regional units in Greece were developed that were based on
their energy characteristics, such as electricity consumption in variable energy sectors …

French energy policy: A gradual transition

K Andriosopoulos, S Silvestre - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, France has gradually adapted its energy policy to bring it into line with
its international environmental commitments. Historically based on independence and …

The rural sustainable development through renewable energy. The case of Romania

MI Aceleanu, AC Șerban, DM Țîrcă… - Technological and …, 2018 - journals.vilniustech.lt
The study aims to analyze the importance of renewable energy and to assess the progress
made by Romania comparing to European Union and to targets set by Community …

Management tool to optimize energy and water consumption in the sanitary-ware industry

C Cuviella-Suárez, A Colmenar-Santos… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the years the ceramic industry has been widely studied. However, little attention has
been devoted to the particular area of sanitary-ware manufacturing, although it is a great …