A review on global solar energy policy

Solangi, K.H.; Islam, Md. Rashidul; Saidur, R.; Rahim, N.A.; Fayaz, H.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2011.01.007

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“…This is not surprising as the sun can provide more than 2500 terawatts (TW) of technically accessible energy over large areas of Earth's surface and solar energy technologies are no longer cost prohibitive (Hernandez et al, 2014). However, currently it only covers a minor portion of global energy demands (0.05 % of the total primary energy supply) as photovoltaic (PV) power generates less than 1 % of total electricity supply (Solangi et al, 2011); nevertheless, solar energy has great future potential.…”

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“…The main direct or indirectly derived advantages of solar energy are no emission of greenhouse or toxic gasses, reclamation of degraded land, reduction of transmission lines from electricity grids, and increase of regional/national energy independence. In addition, it can provide diversification and security of the energy supply, acceleration of rural electrification in developing countries, job opportunities, improvement of life quality in developing countries, and investment security for park development as solar panels are resistant to extreme climate conditions with a life expectancy greater than 35 years (Solangi et al, 2011;Tsoutsos et al, 2005;Torres-Sibille et al, 2009;Hernandez et al, 2014). However, conflicts can also arise between renewable energy and nature conservation policy.…”

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Optimal site selection for sitting a solar park using multi-criteria decision analysis and geographical information systems

Georgiou

Skarlatos

2016

Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst.

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Abstract. Among the renewable power sources, solar power is rapidly becoming popular because it is inexhaustible, clean, and dependable. It has also become more efficient since the power conversion efficiency of photovoltaic solar cells has increased. Following these trends, solar power will become more affordable in years to come and considerable investments are to be expected. Despite the size of solar plants, the sitting procedure is a crucial factor for their efficiency and financial viability. Many aspects influence such a decision: legal, environmental, technical, and financial to name a few. This paper describes a general integrated framework to evaluate land suitability for the optimal placement of photovoltaic solar power plants, which is based on a combination of a geographic information system (GIS), remote sensing techniques, and multi-criteria decision-making methods.An application of the proposed framework for the Limassol district in Cyprus is further illustrated. The combination of a GIS and multi-criteria methods produces an excellent analysis tool that creates an extensive database of spatial and non-spatial data, which will be used to simplify problems as well as solve and promote the use of multiple criteria. A set of environmental, economic, social, and technical constrains, based on recent Cypriot legislation, European's Union policies, and expert advice, identifies the potential sites for solar park installation. The pairwise comparison method in the context of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is applied to estimate the criteria weights in order to establish their relative importance in site evaluation. In addition, four different methods to combine information layers and check their sensitivity were used. The first considered all the criteria as being equally important and assigned them equal weight, whereas the others grouped the criteria and graded them according to their objective perceived importance. The overall suitability of the study region for sitting solar parks is appraised through the summation rule.Strict application of the framework depicts 3.0 % of the study region scoring a best-suitability index for solar resource exploitation, hence minimizing the risk in a potential investment. However, using different weighting schemes for criteria, suitable areas may reach up to 83 % of the study region. The suggested methodological framework applied can be easily utilized by potential investors and renewable energy developers, through a front end web-based application with proper GUI for personalized weighting schemes.

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Optimal site selection for sitting a solar park using multi-criteria decision analysis and geographical information systems

Georgiou

Skarlatos

2016

Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst.

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“…A rise in energy consumption in a global scale is unavoidable [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. It is a measure of success of the economy and community of a given country.…”

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Analysis of the impact of simulation model simplifications on the quality of low-energy buildings simulation results

Klimczak

Bojarşki

Ziembicki

et al. 2018

Energy and Buildings

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Abstract. The requirements concerning energy performance of buildings and their internal installations, particularly HVAC systems, have been growing continuously in Poland and all over the world. The existing, traditional calculation methods following from the static heat exchange model are frequently not sufficient for a reasonable heating design of a building. Both in Poland and elsewhere in the world, methods and software are employed which allow a detailed simulation of the heating and moisture conditions in a building, and also an analysis of the performance of HVAC systems within a building. However, these systems are usually difficult in use and complex. In addition, the development of a simulation model that is sufficiently adequate to the real building requires considerable time involvement of a designer, is time-consuming and laborious. A simplification of the simulation model of a building renders it possible to reduce the costs of computer simulations. The paper analyses in detail the effect of introducing a number of different variants of the simulation model developed in DesignBuilder on the quality of final results obtained. The objective of this analysis is to find simplifications which allow obtaining simulation results which have an acceptable level of deviations from the detailed model, thus facilitating a quick energy performance analysis of a given building.

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“…Amongst the possible renewable sources; solar energy is considered as an inexhaustible and relatively clean source of energy. Considerable and continual efforts to utilise this sustainable energy supply has been a global focus for the last few decades [2][3][4]. This includes development of modified energy storage and conversion devices such as batteries [5], super capacitors [6], light emitting diodes (LEDs) [7], and solar cells [2,3,8].…”

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Low temperature synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and incorporation into an organic solar cell

Mugadza

Nyamori

Mola

et al. 2017

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

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Metal nanoparticle (MNP) catalysts used for the synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) consisted of single metals (Fe, Ni or Co) and bimetallic mixture (CoFe, NiFe or NiCo). MWCNTs were successfully synthesised at 200 C in 10 min using liquefied petroleum gas as carbon source with non-equilibrium plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) method. The nanostructures and the morphology of the MNPs and the MWCNTs film were characterised using relevant microscopic and spectroscopic methods. The synthesised MWCNTs were used as part of the electrode material in organic solar cell (OSC) set-up. Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) was used as an electron transporter and poly-3-hexyl thiophene (P3HT) as an electron donor. The performance of OSC devices was tested using standard electrical measurements and solar simulator operating at 100 mW/cm 2 . The measured power conversion efficiencies was found to be dependent on the metal catalyst used during synthesis. Among all the catalysts employed in this investigation, the best device performance was found from the synthesis of MWCNTs using Fe as a catalyst followed by Co and then Ni, respectively.

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A review on global solar energy policy

Cited by 967 publications

References 52 publications

Optimal site selection for sitting a solar park using multi-criteria decision analysis and geographical information systems

Optimal site selection for sitting a solar park using multi-criteria decision analysis and geographical information systems

Analysis of the impact of simulation model simplifications on the quality of low-energy buildings simulation results

Low temperature synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and incorporation into an organic solar cell

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