Initial Findings of ‘MERGE’ (Mobile Energy Resources in Grids of Electricity) - A European Commission Funded Project Addressing the Impact of the Roll-Out of Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles on Grid Infrastructure -

The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) was established to promote the highest standards of food safety, animal health and animal welfare in the British livestock industry. It has a current focus to deliver on the Government objective of identifying sector-specific targets for the reduction, refinement or replacement of antibiotics in animal agriculture. The creation and roll out of sector specific targets in 2017 through the RUMA Targets Task Force, has helped focus activity across the UK livestock sectors to achieve a 50% reduction in antibiotic use since 2014. This has been realised principally through voluntary multi-sector collaboration, cross sector initiatives, codes of practice, industry body support and farm assurance schemes. This article provides an overview of RUMA's work to date providing insight into the methods used to create the targets, why they are so important, the impact they are having and how ongoing support and robust data are vital components in achieving the latest set of targets.

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Risk-Averse Scheduling of Combined Heat and Power-Based Microgrids in Presence of Uncertain Distributed Energy Resources

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13137119 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 7119

Author(s):

Abbas Rabiee ◽

Ali Abdali ◽

Seyed Masoud Mohseni-Bonab ◽

Mohsen Hazrati

Keyword(s):

Electrical Energy ◽

High Energy ◽

Combined Heat And Power ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Distributed Energy Resources ◽

Solar Pv ◽

Distributed Energy ◽

Robust Scheduling ◽

Battery Energy ◽

The Impact

In this paper, a robust scheduling model is proposed for combined heat and power (CHP)-based microgrids using information gap decision theory (IGDT). The microgrid under study consists of conventional power generation as well as boiler units, fuel cells, CHPs, wind turbines, solar PVs, heat storage units, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) as the set of distributed energy resources (DERs). Additionally, a demand response program (DRP) model is considered which has a successful performance in the microgrid hourly scheduling. One of the goals of CHP-based microgrid scheduling is to provide both thermal and electrical energy demands of the consumers. Additionally, the other objective is to benefit from the revenues obtained by selling the surplus electricity to the main grid during the high energy price intervals or purchasing it from the grid when the price of electricity is low at the electric market. Hence, in this paper, a robust scheduling approach is developed with the aim of maximizing the total profit of different energy suppliers in the entire scheduling horizon. The employed IGDT technique aims to handle the impact of uncertainties in the power output of wind and solar PV units on the overall profit.

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COVID-19 Pathogenesis: From Molecular Pathway to Vaccine Administration

Biomedicines ◽

10.3390/biomedicines9080903 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 903

Author(s):

Francesco Nappi ◽

Adelaide Iervolino ◽

Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh

Keyword(s):

Hospital Setting ◽

Pathophysiological Mechanism ◽

Systemic Response ◽

Respiratory Complications ◽

Thrombotic Risk ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The Impact ◽

Multiple Variants ◽

Roll Out

The Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is a global pandemic that has affected millions of people worldwide. The advent of vaccines has permitted some restitution. Aside from the respiratory complications of the infection, there is also a thrombotic risk attributed to both the disease and the vaccine. There are no reliable data for the risk of thromboembolism in SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients managed out of the hospital setting. A literature review was performed to identify the pathophysiological mechanism of thrombosis from the SARS-CoV-2 infection including the role of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme receptors. The impact of the vaccine and likely mechanisms of thrombosis following vaccination were also clarified. Finally, the utility of the vaccines available against the multiple variants is also highlighted. The systemic response to SARS-CoV-2 infection is still relatively poorly understood, but several risk factors have been identified. The roll-out of the vaccines worldwide has also allowed the lifting of lockdown measures and a reduction in the spread of the disease. The experience of the SARS-CoV-2 infection, however, has highlighted the crucial role of epidemiological research and the need for ongoing studies within this field.

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INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTO EUROPEAN POLICYMAKING: THE ROLE OF IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management ◽

10.1142/s1464333207002779 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 09 (02) ◽

pp. 141-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

JENNIFER FRANZ ◽

COLIN KIRKPATRICK

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

European Commission ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Environmental Effects ◽

The European Union ◽

The Impact ◽

Policy Proposals

Since the adoption of the EU's first Sustainable Development Strategy in 2001, the European Commission has been committed to undertaking impact assessments of its major policy proposals, covering the potential positive and negative economic, social and environmental effects both inside and outside the European Union. This paper provides as evaluation of a sample of the Commission's recent EC Impact Assessments, focusing on the extent to which the goal of sustainable development has been integrated into the impact assessment analysis.

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The Impact of Distribution Locational Marginal Prices on Distributed Energy Resources: An Aggregated Approach

2018 15th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) ◽

10.1109/eem.2018.8469864 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

C. Edmunds ◽

W.A. Bukhsh ◽

S. Galloway

Keyword(s):

Energy Resources ◽

Distributed Energy Resources ◽

Distributed Energy ◽

Marginal Prices ◽

Locational Marginal Prices ◽

The Impact

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Optimal Scheduling of Residential Electricity Demand Based on the Power Management of Hybrid Energy Resources

Environmental and Climate Technologies ◽

10.2478/rtuect-2020-0036 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 580-603

Author(s):

Abozar Hashemi ◽

Ghasem Derakshan ◽

M. R. Alizadeh Pahlavani ◽

Babak Abdi

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Power Management ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Hybrid Energy ◽

Management Algorithm ◽

Residential Electricity ◽

Resource Cost ◽

Uncertainty Parameters ◽

Demand Response Programs ◽

The Impact

Abstract The present study sought to address the scheduling of the grid-connected hybrid energy resources under uncertainty of renewable sources, and load in the residential sector. After introducing hybrid resources, scheduling model was implemented through a power management algorithm in an attempt to optimize resource cost, emissions, and energy not supplied (ENS). The stated problem consists of two decision-making layers with different weight coefficients based on the prioritization of each objective function. The proposed algorithm is selected for energy optimal management based on technical constraints of the dispatchable and non-dispatchable resources, uncertainty parameters and day ahead real time pricing (RTP). Furthermore, the impact of demand response programs (DRP) on the given algorithm was investigated using load shedding and load shifting techniques. Finally, the results obtained led to the optimization of the functions in all decision-making layers with different modes of operation.

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OPTIMAL PARAMETERS FOR THE FERMENTATION OF COMPLEX SUBSTRATES WHEN PRODUCING BIOGAS AT THE MAXIMAL METHANE CONCENTRATION

Social and Natural Sciences Journal ◽

10.12955/snsj.v8i1.523 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kulyash Meiramkulova ◽

Azamat Bayanov

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Factor Model ◽

Gas Production ◽

Maximum Amount ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Optimum Proportion ◽

Fallen Leaves ◽

The Impact ◽

Random Nature ◽

Fermentation Technology

Republic of Kazakhstan oil will last for 47.4 years, while gas production - 65.6 years. Given the Kashagan reserves, something else for a longer period, that is a very short periods of time with respect to the development of state and they can be extended only by the development of a technological breakthrough. Along with the question of the ever-growing needs of the population for energy resources, there is a question about the availability of annual waste generation as the impact of the rapid growth of the urban population, which is about 4% per year ("Population" encyclopedia of Astana, 2008). To cope with both problems simultaneously, the waste may be used as energy sources by fermentation technology. Among the urban wastes the organic waste is dominated, such as vegetables, fallen leaves, etc., that have the potential to produce biogas. The use of unsuitable materials as a natural catalyst of fermentation and the time spent on fermentation, are some of the existing barriers to the development of energy resources in urban areas. For this purpose a study was conducted to optimize the ratio of urban waste, animal waste and water in combination with the time of fermentation. The study used an experimental method with the random nature of the two-factor model. The first factor is the ratio of waste, manure, and the second quantity of water - during fermentation, which is fixed to each of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18th day of the fermentation substrate. The study showed that the optimum proportion to obtain the maximum amount of biogas is a ratio of 500: 200: 300 waste, manure, and water, respectively. Furthermore, on the second day of fermentation the maximum amount of biogas produced.

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