Solar photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking controller optimization using Grey Wolf Optimizer: A performance comparison between bio-inspired and traditional …

J Aguila-Leon, C Vargas-Salgado… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar photovoltaic systems are widely used; however, their performance is bound to weather
conditions, depending on irradiation, temperature, and the effect of shadows. Maximum …

Assessing gender and climate objectives interactions in urban decarbonisation policies

I Aparisi-Cerdá, D Ribó-Pérez, J Gomar-Pascual… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gender studies have highlighted how policies and actions that are not drafted and planned
with a gender perspective tend to produce a gender bias. Climate policies are not an …

Optimization of the electricity generation mix using economic criteria with zero-emissions for stand-alone systems: Case applied to Grand Canary Island in Spain

C Vargas-Salgado, C Berna-Escriche… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
The extensive use of greenhouse gas-free energy sources is essential to achieve net zero
emissions targets in electricity generation by mid-century; if such sources also increase the …

[HTML][HTML] Net-metering and net-billing in photovoltaic self-consumption: The cases of Ecuador and Spain

Á Ordóñez, E Sánchez, L Rozas, R García… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar Photovoltaics has become one of the cheapest sources of electricity, with the potential
to expand further through distributed generation. PV self-consumption can empower …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen production from surplus electricity generated by an autonomous renewable system: scenario 2040 on grand canary island, Spain

C Berna-Escriche, C Vargas-Salgado, D Alfonso-Solar… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The electrification of final energy uses is a key strategy to reach the desired scenario with
zero greenhouse gas emissions. Many of them can be electrified with more or less difficulty …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of metropolitan areas to decarbonize the residential stock in Mediterranean cities: A GIS-based assessment of rooftop PV potential in …

I Cuesta-Fernández, C Vargas-Salgado… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hundreds of cities worldwide have committed to decarbonizing or becoming carbon neutral
by 2030, 2050, or even sooner. The challenge is particularly acute for the dense, compact …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the Spanish regulation on self-consumption photovoltaic installations. A case study based on a rural municipality in Spain

D Dasí-Crespo, C Roldán-Blay, G Escrivá-Escrivá… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In European countries, an energy transition towards renewable energies is taking place,
promoting self-consumption photovoltaic systems. Some studies point out that the existing …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies and strategies to support energy transition in urban building and transportation sectors

M De Rosa, V Bianco, H Barth, P Pereira da Silva… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
More than half of the world population live in urban settlements which are responsible for a
large share of energy consumption and, consequently, carbon emissions. The transition …

A framework to evaluate the energy-environment-economic impacts of developing rooftop photovoltaics integrated with electric vehicles at city level

J Liu, M Li, L Xue, T Kobashi - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Building a smart energy system to promote photovoltaic (PV) utilization has become an
important task for cities to achieve a low-carbon future. With a focus on the rooftop PV …

An algorithm for the optimal sizing of the PV system for prosumers based on economic indicators and the input data time step

N Mišljenović, Z Šimić, D Topić, G Knežević - Solar energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper elaborates on an algorithm for finding the optimal size of a photovoltaic (PV)
system of a prosumer based on economic factors. The proposed algorithm was developed in …