Solar power in Quebec: a unique potential soon to be fulfilled

Pagliaro, Mario

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Dynamic simulation and assessment of the ecological benefits of hydropower as an alternative energy for thermal power under ecological civilization construction: A case study of Fujian, China

Zhang

Chai

Zhu

et al. 2020

Energy Science & Engineering

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As ecological civilization construction receives growing attention in China, the eco‐friendliness of the power supply structure is becoming increasingly important. Thermal power and hydropower are the two major power sources in China. Hydropower has both positive and negative effects on the ecosystem. However, there are few studies on the comprehensive impact of hydropower on the ecosystem. Therefore, the main innovation of this article is to integrally and comprehensively study the impact of hydropower to propose recommendations for hydropower development. The study of hydropower's effects on the overall ecosystem including resources, the environment, and economic society reflects the integrity, and the simultaneous study of hydropower's positive and negative effects reflects the comprehensiveness. First, this paper constructs a system dynamics (SD) model that can analyze the impact of replacing thermal power with hydropower on the ecosystem and proposes an improved coupling coordination degree (CCD) model. Then, this paper takes the province of Fujian as an example for SD scenario simulation and proposes recommendations for each indicator in the ecology subsystem. Finally, this paper performs CCD analysis on subsystems of the ecology subsystem in different policy scenarios and provides suggestions for future hydropower development in Fujian. Results show that hydropower technology improvement and efficiency increase (HTIEI) is more conducive to the development of the overall ecosystem. The scientificity of the current hydropower policy in Fujian is proven through theoretical analysis, and further hydropower development proposals are proposed. This paper provides a basis for the formulation of power generation policies and promotes ecological civilization construction for Fujian. The proposed methods in this paper can also provide tools for policy research on clean energy power generation.

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Dynamic simulation and assessment of the ecological benefits of hydropower as an alternative energy for thermal power under ecological civilization construction: A case study of Fujian, China

Zhang

Chai

Zhu

et al. 2020

Energy Science & Engineering

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High-Level Framework for GIS-Based Optimization of Building Photovoltaic Potential at Urban Scale Using BIM and LiDAR

Salimzadeh

Hammad

2017

International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017

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Renewable hybrid energy systems using geothermal energy: hybrid solar thermal–geothermal power plant

Assad

Ahmadi

Sadeghzadeh

et al. 2020

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

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New and innovative solutions are being developed to overcome the challenges of detrimental effects that the traditional energy systems cause. This means that sustainable methods are implemented to do so, noting that when such developments are taken into consideration and are studied, this leads to a significant drop in the cost of renewable energy systems. In this work, a hybrid system consisting of a single flash steam geothermal power plant and a solar thermal system using a parabolic trough collector (PTC) is studied. Based on the available works in literature, the required design materials and modeling equations are chosen and discussed. The heat transfer fluid (HTF) as water is chosen as the working fluid for the PTC due to its low cost and high specific heat capacity. The calculations are carried out for the PTC on a specific day, time and location, and the simulations for the geothermal power plant (GPP) are carried out using System Advisor Model (SAM) software, assuming a specific increase in the temperature of the geofluid due to the additional heat transfer from the HTF of the PTC. The power plant output is 20 MW powered by four production wells. The results show that the energy production is ~15 GWh in January, which is the highest during the year due to the required energy demand for electricity consumption and district heating. Moreover, a mini review of the mathematical modeling of PTC and single flash geothermal power plant is presented.

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Solar power in Quebec: a unique potential soon to be fulfilled

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Dynamic simulation and assessment of the ecological benefits of hydropower as an alternative energy for thermal power under ecological civilization construction: A case study of Fujian, China

Dynamic simulation and assessment of the ecological benefits of hydropower as an alternative energy for thermal power under ecological civilization construction: A case study of Fujian, China

High-Level Framework for GIS-Based Optimization of Building Photovoltaic Potential at Urban Scale Using BIM and LiDAR

Renewable hybrid energy systems using geothermal energy: hybrid solar thermal–geothermal power plant

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