scholarly journals Integrated Renewable Energy Systems in Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industries: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sofia Lewis Lopes ◽  
Elizabeth Duarte ◽  
Rita Fragoso
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Waste Production ◽  
New Business ◽  
Exponential Population Growth

The exponential population growth will put great pressure on natural resources, agriculture, energy systems and waste production. New business models and innovative technological approaches are necessary to tackle these challenges and achieve the energy transition targets set by the European Commission. Renewable energy technologies and processes such as solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and anaerobic co-digestion have become a subject of interest and research as a solution that could be fully implemented in industries and solve several environmental and economic problems. This paper discusses the possibility of integrating and complement these technologies to maximize renewable energy production and circularity. The review was performed with a funnel approach aiming to analyze broad to specific subjects. Beginning with a literature review on the various definitions of circular economy, bioeconomy, and circular bioeconomy, ultimately proposing a single definition according to an industrial and academic scope combination, followed by a systematization and assessment of data and literature regarding energy systems present state and projections. The next phase was to assess data and literature of the fruit and vegetable processing industry from an energy consumption and biowaste production perspective to consequently discussing technologies that could help manage problems identified throughout this review. This paper culminates in propounding an Integrated Renewable Energy System conceptual model that promotes energy and waste circularity, envisioning how industries could be designed or redesigned in the future, coupled with a circular bioeconomy business model.

Business Models in the Renewable Energy Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 1405-1438
Author(s):  
Adrian Dumitru Tantau ◽  
Laurenţiu Cătălin Frăţilă
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Energy Field ◽  
New Business ◽  
Decentralized Energy

Business models in the energy field are continuously developed in parallel with the transformation stages of the energy systems from the decentralized energy systems to centralized energy systems, to distributed energy systems and to smart energy systems. Concerning different specific approaches to business models we have selected a structure that helps the understanding of the main elements of a business model and also its specificity for renewable energy. The business models based on added value and the innovation as main added value represent the core of this chapter. The global trend to clean energy, to a low carbon economy and the related new technologies and new life standards represent opportunities that could be used by entrepreneurs in order to develop and implement new business ideas. The process of business ideas development is analyzed starting with creativity technics and it also includes also innovative measures to protect new business ideas. The main objective of this chapter is to understand the importance of business models and to know how to develop a business model with its specificity for the renewable energy field.

Business Models in the Renewable Energy Industry

2017 ◽  
pp. 35-82
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Energy Field ◽  
New Business ◽  
Decentralized Energy

Business models in the energy field are continuously developed in parallel with the transformation stages of the energy systems from the decentralized energy systems to centralized energy systems, to distributed energy systems and to smart energy systems. Concerning different specific approaches to business models we have selected a structure that helps the understanding of the main elements of a business model and also its specificity for renewable energy. The business models based on added value and the innovation as main added value represent the core of this chapter. The global trend to clean energy, to a low carbon economy and the related new technologies and new life standards represent opportunities that could be used by entrepreneurs in order to develop and implement new business ideas. The process of business ideas development is analyzed starting with creativity technics and it also includes also innovative measures to protect new business ideas. The main objective of this chapter is to understand the importance of business models and to know how to develop a business model with its specificity for the renewable energy field.

scholarly journals Smarthoods: Aquaponics Integrated Microgrids

2019 ◽  
pp. 379-392
Author(s):  
Florijn de Graaf ◽  
Simon Goddek
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Flows ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Smart Energy Management ◽  
Lighting Systems ◽  
High Flexibility

AbstractWith the pressure to transition towards a fully renewable energy system increasing, a new type of power system architecture is emerging: the microgrid. A microgrid integrates a multitude of decentralised renewable energy technologies using smart energy management systems, in order to efficiently balance the local production and consumption of renewable energy, resulting in a high degree of flexibility and resilience. Generally, the performance of a microgrid increases with the number of technologies present, although it remains difficult to create a fully autonomous microgrid within economic reason (de Graaf F, New strategies for smart integrated decentralised energy systems, 2018). In order to improve the self-sufficiency and flexibility of these microgrids, this research proposes integrating a neighbourhood microgrid with an urban agriculture facility that houses a decoupled multi-loop aquaponics facility. This new concept is called Smarthood, where all Food–Water–Energy flows are circularly connected. In doing so, the performance of the microgrid greatly improves, due to the high flexibility present within the thermal mass, pumps and lighting systems. As a result, it is possible to achieve 95.38% power and 100% heat self-sufficiency. This result is promising, as it could pave the way towards realising these fully circular, decentralised Food–Water–Energy systems.

scholarly journals Resource Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems—A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6107
Author(s):  
Kim Maya Yavor ◽  
Vanessa Bach ◽  
Matthias Finkbeiner
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Resource Assessment ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Trade Offs

The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by the energy transition may lead to trade-offs with other impacts on the environment, society, and economy. One challenge is resource use impacts due to increasing demand for high-tech metals and minerals. A review of the current state of the art resource assessment of energy systems was conducted to identify gaps in research and application. Publications covering complete energy systems and supplying a detailed resource assessment were the focus of the evaluation. Overall, 92 publications were identified and categorized by the type of system covered and the applied abiotic resource assessment methods. A total of 78 out of 92 publications covered sub-systems of renewable energy systems, and nine considered complete energy systems and conducted a detailed resource use assessment. Most of the publications in the group “complete energy system and detailed resource assessment” were found in grey literature. Several different aspects were covered to assess resource use. Thirty publications focused on similar aspects including criticality and supply risks, but technology-specific aspects are rarely assessed in the resource assessment of renewable energy systems. Few publications included sector coupling technologies, and among the publications most relevant to the aim of this paper one third did not conduct an indicator-driven assessment.

scholarly journals Ecological Scarcity Based Impact Assessment for a Decentralised Renewable Energy System

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 5655
Author(s):  
Hendrik Lambrecht ◽  
Steffen Lewerenz ◽  
Heidi Hottenroth ◽  
Ingela Tietze ◽  
Tobias Viere
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Biomass Combustion ◽  
Renewable Energy System ◽  
Trade Offs

Increasing the share of renewable energies in electricity and heat generation is the cornerstone of a climate-friendly energy transition. However, as renewable technologies rely on diverse natural resources, the design of decarbonized energy systems inevitably leads to environmental trade-offs. This paper presents the case study of a comprehensive impact assessment for different future development scenarios of a decentralized renewable energy system in Germany. It applies an adapted ecological scarcity method (ESM) that improves decision-support by ranking the investigated scenarios and revealing their main environmental shortcomings: increased mineral resource use and pollutant emissions due to required technical infrastructure and a substantial increase in land use due to biomass combustion. Concerning the case study, the paper suggests extending the set of considered options, e.g., towards including imported wind energy. More generally, the findings underline the need for a comprehensive environmental assessment of renewable energy systems that integrate electricity supply with heating, cooling, and mobility. On a methodical level, the ESM turns out to be a transparent and well adaptable method to analyze environmental trade-offs from renewable energy supply. It currently suffers from missing quantitative targets that are democratically sufficiently legitimized. At the same time, it can provide a sound basis for an informed discussion on such targets.

scholarly journals The Energy System and the Sharing Economy: Interfaces and Overlaps and what to Learn from them

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik Plewnia
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Research ◽  
Renewable Energy Generation

The dissemination of decentralized renewable energy generation, storage and smart metering devices has led to the need for new business models and coordination mechanisms in the energy sector. At the same time, the emerging sharing economy focuses on using digital platforms to coordinate value creation on a decentralized level. While sharing concepts have already been applied to specific energy technologies and microgrids, a more general understanding of what the sharing economy means in the context of the energy sector is still missing. This paper aims to bring these two topics together and to analyze their interfaces and overlaps. For this purpose, this paper draws from existent scientific publications, reports, blog posts, and websites as well as company workshops to discuss which activities and characteristics of the sharing economy might be applicable to the energy sector. Results show that there are significant overlaps in characteristics of the sharing economy and of the transitioning energy system. Furthermore, a broad range of business models within the energy system were found to be based on sharing resources. The findings of this study open up a range of new research and business opportunities at the interface of the sharing economy and the transitioning energy system.

Business Models for Energy Storage

2020 ◽  
pp. 294-317
Author(s):  
Adrian Tantau ◽  
Laurenţiu Cătălin Frăţilă
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Frequency Control ◽  
Energy System ◽  
High Price ◽  
Car Industry ◽  
Renewable Energy System ◽  
New Business ◽  
Technical Issues

Energy storage is an important component of the renewable energy system. Besides the economic advantages of this process, to delivery energy when have high price, there are diverse advantages: from the technical issues concerning network (frequency control, voltage control, management of peak demand) to development of performant industries (electronic industry, car industry). There are presented the main technologies of energy storage: mechanical, electromechanical, electrical, thermal and chemical technologies, with their advantages and limitations. Application of business-sided models, customer-sided and hybrid business models, models with theoretical and practical consistency, are analyzed in terms of their position towards the meter and the methods of settlements. The main objective of this chapter is to understand the concept of energy storage in its complexity, as important element of renewable energy system, applied in various business models and as element of influence over economic dynamics, by their opportunities and new business ideas.

Business Models for Energy Storage

2017 ◽  
pp. 285-318
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Frequency Control ◽  
Energy System ◽  
High Price ◽  
Car Industry ◽  
Renewable Energy System ◽  
New Business ◽  
Technical Issues

Energy storage is an important component of the renewable energy system. Besides the economic advantages of this process, to delivery energy when have high price, there are diverse advantages: from the technical issues concerning network (frequency control, voltage control, management of peak demand) to development of performant industries (electronic industry, car industry). There are presented the main technologies of energy storage: mechanical, electromechanical, electrical, thermal and chemical technologies, with their advantages and limitations. Application of business-sided models, customer-sided and hybrid business models, models with theoretical and practical consistency, are analyzed in terms of their position towards the meter and the methods of settlements. The main objective of this chapter is to understand the concept of energy storage in its complexity, as important element of renewable energy system, applied in various business models and as element of influence over economic dynamics, by their opportunities and new business ideas.

scholarly journals Platforms in Power: Householder Perspectives on the Social, Environmental and Economic Challenges of Energy Platforms

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Smale ◽  
Sanneke Kloppenburg
Keyword(s):  
System Integration ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy System ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Business ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Energy Justice ◽  
New Business Models

New business models and digital infrastructures, in the form of ‘energy platforms’, are emerging as part of a transition towards decarbonised, decentralised, and digitised energy systems. These energy platforms offer new ways for householders to trade or exchange energy with other households or with energy system actors, but also bring along challenges. This paper examines how householders engage with potential environmental, social, and economic opportunities and risks of energy platforms. We convened two serious-game style workshops in which Dutch frontrunner householders assumed the role of platform members and were challenged to deliberate about different scenarios and issues. The workshop results, while explorative in nature, are indicative of a willingness to pursue energy system integration rather than autarky or grid defection. The idea of energy platforms as vehicles for energy justice appealed less to the householders, although the participants were moderately interested in sharing surplus renewable energy. Finally, environmental motivations were of key importance in householders’ evaluation of different platform types. This shows that in the role of energy platform members, householders can engage with both the community and the grid in new and different ways, leading to a diversity of possible outcomes for householder engagement.

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