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Environmental impact of wind power

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Potential and uncertainty of wind energy in the Swiss Alps

Albertus Christiaan Kruyt

Switzerland has committed itself to an ambitious energy strategy. It aims to replace the exist- ing nuclear generation capacity with predominantly indigenous renewable resources. Wind power could play a significant role in this transition, yet the wind res ...

EPFL2019

Wind-Turbine and Wind-Farm Flows: A Review

Fernando Porté Agel, Sina Shamsoddin, Majid Bastankhah

Wind energy, together with other renewable energy sources, are expected to grow substantially in the coming decades and play a key role in mitigating climate change and achieving energy sustainability. One of the main challenges in optimizing the design, o ...

2020

Numerical Experiments of Atmospheric Boundary Layer flows : interplay between distributed drag elements and buoyancy effects

Varun Sharma

Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases due to human activity is causing global warming and inducing climate change. A major implication of global warming is the decreasing ice mass in the polar regions resulting in sea-level rise. It is now known that ...

EPFL2018

Global Resource Indicator for life cycle impact assessment: Applied in wind turbine case study

Different methodological approaches under Life Cycle Assessment framework are used so far to address the impact of resource depletion. However, they provide partial visions, based on limited available data, and do not reflect resource related aspects. The ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2017

Experimental assessment of head losses through elliptical and sharp-edged orifices

Anton Schleiss, Giovanni De Cesare, Nicolas Jean François Pascal Ghislain Adam

Due to the European electricity market liberalization and the appearance of other renewable electricity producers, an increase of installed peak power capacity is relevant to provide larger amount of electricity in a shorter turbine duration. When the disc ...

2016

An Agent-Based Approach to Virtual Power Plants of Wind Power Generators and Electric Vehicles

Matteo Vasirani

Wind power is gaining in significance as an important renewable source of clean energy. However, due to their inherent uncertainty, wind generators are often unable to participate in the forward electricity markets like the more predictable and controllabl ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2013