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Aluminium is recognized as an essential material for the global energy transition. However, its production is extremely energy-intensive and largely dependent on fossil fuels. The aluminium industry emits more than 1.11 Gt CO2-eq annually. Multiple obstacl ...

Elsevier BV2025

Optical characterization of a solar concentrating dish system

Sophia Haussener, Clemens Gregor Suter, Isaac Thomas Holmes-Gentle

Solar dishes concentrate the quasi-collimated sun light towards a focal point. Typically, the optical characterization consists of experimental flux map measurements and Monte-Carlo ray-tracing (MCRT) simulations, which are fitted based on experimental dat ...

Institute of Physics2024

Large-scale evaluation of the suitability of buildings for photovoltaic integration: Case study in Greater Geneva

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In the context of a rapid and massive deployment or renewable energy and in particular solar photovoltaic, it is necessary to develop methods and tools to guide this deployment. To this end, this work proposes a multicriteria approach for evaluating the su ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Climate Change and Renewable Energy Generation in Europe-Long-Term Impact Assessment on Solar and Wind Energy Using High-Resolution Future Climate Data and Considering Climate Uncertainties

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Climate change can strongly affect renewable energy production. The state of the art in projecting future renewable energy generation has focused on using regional climate prediction. However, regional climate prediction is characterized by inherent uncert ...

MDPI2022

Photo‐Electrochemical Conversion of CO 2 Under Concentrated Sunlight Enables Combination of High Reaction Rate and Efficiency

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Photo-electrochemical production of solar fuels from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight is an appealing approach. Nevertheless, it remains challenging to scale despite encouraging demonstrations at low power input. Higher current densities require notable ...

Wiley2022

In-situ and post annealing effect on the microstructure and the optical properties of black Cu-Co-Mn oxide spinel coating for Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) applications

Andreas Schueler, Josef Andreas Schuler, Anna Krammer, Samaneh Daviran

The present paper deals with the deposition of Cu-Co-Mn oxides thin film by magnetron sputtering to produce a black selective coating for solar Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) systems. The effect of temperature was studied between the nominal temperature ...

IOP Science2019

Infrared Optical Properties of Doped and Pure Thermochromic Coatings for Solar Thermal Absorbers

Josef Andreas Schuler, Anna Krammer

A new generation of solar collectors is based on thermochromic thin film technology, where the remarkable optical changes of vanadium dioxide, through its reversible semiconductor-to-metal phase transition, are exploited. This study reports on the infrared ...

ISES2018

Towards a GIS-based Multiscale Visibility Assessment Method for Solar Urban Planning

Pietro Florio

Urban areas are facing a growing deployment of solar photovoltaic and thermal tech-nologies on building envelopes, both on roofs and on façades, essential for the realization of the Swiss Energy Strategy 2050. This process often occurs regardless of the de ...

EPFL2018

Box-type solar cooker

Andreas Schueler, Dasaraden Mauree, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard

Solar cooker with a core comprising at least one insulating wall and at least one window having a glazing on which is deposited a low-e coating, characterized by the fact that said window(s) is/are oriented along several directions ...

2018

Model Predictive Control Strategies for Polygeneration systems and microgrids

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Increasing electricity and thermal demand in all sectors, an increasing focus on the reduction in carbon emissions and use of nuclear power, advent of distributed generation and greater use of renewable technologies on an aging electrical and thermal grid ...

EPFL2017

3D Model for Solar Energy Potential on Buildings from Urban LiDAR Data

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One of the most promising sustainable energy that can be considered in urban environment is solar energy. A 3D model for solar energy potential on building envelope based on urban LiDAR data was developed in this study. The developed algorithm can be used ...

The Eurographics Association 20162016

Stochastic Day-ahead Optimal Scheduling of Active Distribution Networks with Dispersed Energy Storage and Renewable Resources

Mario Paolone, Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mostafa Nick

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IEEE2014

Molybdenum Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution in Water

Heron Vrubel

The limited fossil fuel resources and the increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are the driving forces in the research of alternative ways of energy production and storage. The use of solar energy is expected to grow as our society claims ...

EPFL2013

Theoretical and Experimental Study of a Thermally Driven Heat Pump Based on a Double Organic Rankine Cycle

Jonathan Demierre

Nowadays, one of the main alternatives for a more rational use of energy in heating applications is the heat pumping technologies. The market is dominated by two kinds of heat pump systems: the electrically driven vapor compression heat pumps (EHP), which ...

EPFL2012