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Razmjoo, Armin; Kaigutha, Lisa Gakenia; Rad, Mohammad Amin Vaziri; Marzband, Mousa; Davarpanah, Afshin; Denaï, Mouloud

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2020.09.042

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“…This will drive the electricity mix away from fossil fuels and towards RES such as wind and solar. This general decline in energy consumption, combined with substantial progress in renewable technologies, has reduced energy and CO2 emissions between 1.5% and 2% per year [73]. Many environmentalists hoped that a silver lining to the pandemic would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.…”

Section: Covid-19 and Energy Consumption: An Empirical Modelmentioning

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Effective Management of Energy Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of ICT Solutions

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This research tackles effective and functional management practices in energy consumption using advanced technological solutions to mitigate unexpected events. This study specifically focuses on the recent COVID-19 pandemic that led to a reduction in energy consumption and therefore meddled with the project management’s status quo for the energy sources. Moreover, this research analyzes the role of information and communication technology (ICT) solutions in energy management before and after the recent coronavirus pandemic turmoil. This study also examined the role and place of sustainable energy resources in the effective management of energy consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main purpose of this research is to demonstrate how the recent coronavirus pandemic affected energy consumption and energy prices in many countries and how it paved the way for the new ICT in managing energy consumption. This study elaborated a model to show how these changes evolved in selected European Union (EU) Member States. It turns out that adjusted electricity consumption, as well as the average daily spot electricity prices for the baseload power in the EU countries, declined, and this trend is likely to continue in the next years to come. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, substantial changes in the economy led to reduced office space usage, cutting commuting and business trips, and bringing commercial travel almost to a halt, further shifting the energy balance towards renewable energy sources (RES). Besides, it becomes apparent that ICT solutions used in maintaining and superintending the energy balance are gaining popularity and wide recognition worldwide and will help pave the way towards modern and smart high-renewables grids.

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Effective Management of Energy Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of ICT Solutions

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“…The key economic criterion via which HOMER proposes optimal sizing of HRE systems and prioritizes different configurations is TNPC. The formula to compute TNPC reads as Equation ( 1) [93].…”

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Investigating the Impact of Economic Uncertainty on Optimal Sizing of Grid-Independent Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

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One of the many barriers to decarbonization and decentralization of the energy sector in developing countries is the economic uncertainty. As such, this study scrutinizes economics of three grid-independent hybrid renewable-based systems proposed to co-generate electricity and heat for a small-scale load. Accordingly, the under-study systems are simulated and optimized with the aid of HOMER Pro software. Here, a 20-year average value of discount and inflation rates is deemed a benchmark case. The techno-economic-environmental and reliability results suggest a standalone solar/wind/electrolyzer/hydrogen-based fuel cell integrated with a hydrogen-based boiler system is the best alternative. Moreover, to ascertain the impact of economic uncertainty on optimal unit sizing of the nominated model, the fluctuations of the nominal discount rate and inflation, respectively, constitute within the range of 15–20% and 10–26%. The findings of economic uncertainty analysis imply that total net present cost (TNPC) fluctuates around the benchmark value symmetrically between $478,704 and $814,905. Levelized energy cost varies from an amount 69% less than the benchmark value up to two-fold of that. Furthermore, photovoltaic (PV) optimal size starts from a value 23% less than the benchmark case and rises up to 55% more. The corresponding figures for wind turbine (WT) are, respectively, 21% and 29%. Eventually, several practical policies are introduced to cope with economic uncertainty.

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“…The most important indicators regarding GB and EVs that affect energy sustainability in smart cities are presented in Table 4, which shows the indicators and sub-indicators for GBs and EVs [82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94]. The implementation of these indicators presented leads to the improvement of the residential life quality of the smart cities in the future.…”

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Investigating Smart City Development Based on Green Buildings, Electrical Vehicles and Feasible Indicators

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With a goal of achieving net-zero emissions by developing Smart Cities (SCs) and industrial decarbonization, there is a growing desire to decarbonize the renewable energy sector by accelerating green buildings (GBs) construction, electric vehicles (EVs), and ensuring long-term stability, with the expectation that emissions will need to be reduced by at least two thirds by 2035 and by at least 90% by 2050. Implementing GBs in urban areas and encouraging the use of EVs are cornerstones of transition towards SCs, and practical actions that governments can consider to help with improving the environment and develop SCs. This paper investigates different aspects of smart cities development and introduces new feasible indicators related to GBs and EVs in designing SCs, presenting existing barriers to smart cities development, and solutions to overcome them. The results demonstrate that feasible and achievable policies such as the development of the zero-energy, attention to design parameters, implementation of effective indicators for GBs and EVs, implementing strategies to reduce the cost of production of EVs whilst maintaining good quality standards, load management, and integrating EVs successfully into the electricity system, are important in smart cities development. Therefore, strategies to governments should consider the full dynamics and potential of socio-economic and climate change by implementing new energy policies on increasing investment in EVs, and GBs development by considering energy, energy, techno-economic, and environmental benefits.

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A Technical analysis investigating energy sustainability utilizing reliable renewable energy sources to reduce CO2 emissions in a high potential area

Abstract: Technical analysis investigating energy sustainability utilizing reliable renewable energy sources to reduce CO2 emissions in a high potential area. Renewable Energy,

Cited by 291 publications

References 51 publications

Effective Management of Energy Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of ICT Solutions

Effective Management of Energy Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of ICT Solutions

Investigating the Impact of Economic Uncertainty on Optimal Sizing of Grid-Independent Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Investigating Smart City Development Based on Green Buildings, Electrical Vehicles and Feasible Indicators

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