scholarly journals Present scenario of renewable energy sources in Mymensingh and Pabna districts

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
R Sultana ◽  
MA Rahman ◽  
M Yeasmin ◽  
ST Auyon ◽  
MA Islam
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Financing Mechanism ◽  
Biogas Energy ◽  
Building Program ◽  
Customer Training

The study was carried out to investigate the present scenario of renewable energy sources in Pabna and Mymensingh districts. Data were collected by interviewing 120 randomly selected respondents in each study areas during the period of September 2016 to July 2017. It was observed that available sources of renewable energy were mainly solar, biogas and biomass in both districts. Data were collected based on various independent and dependent variables. The findings revealed that 53.3% respondents in Pabna and 63.3% respondents in Mymensingh showed positive response to renewable energy sources. It was also observed that 38.3% respondents of Pabna had medium and 41.7% respondents of Mymensingh had high familiarity with renewable energy sources. The majority of the respondents commented that biomass energy in Pabna and biogas energy in Mymensingh was the most cost effective sources and the major contribution to energy comes from mainly biogas in Pabna and solar energy in Mymensingh. Besides, a questionnaire survey was done in different GOs and NGOs which involving for creating public awareness and community level sources maintenance in both districts. The most effective strategy of the organization is education and capacity building program in Pabna and in Mymensingh it was renewable energy markets, financing mechanism. The most effective awareness program was found campaigning in Pabna and in Mymensingh it was direct consultation. Survey result showed that 50% organization provided medium amount of loan (5000-8000) in Pabna and in Mymensingh it was 65%. The most effective training program was found customer training in Pabna district and in case of Mymensingh district it was customer motivating training. The majority of the respondents’ percept that government should provide more subsidies to make renewable sources more affordable in case of both study area. The most of the respondents’ percept that saving money was most important for using renewable energy sources in Pabna and in Mymensingh it was availability of renewable energy sources. Therefore, the GO and the NGO should work hand in hand to emphasize more on renewable energy source to produce electricity to solve their power crisis problem.Progressive Agriculture 29 (2): 71-81, 2018

THE ROLE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN REGIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Branko Blazevic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Regional Tourism ◽  
Regional Sustainable Development

In this paper, the author focuses on the fundamental hypothesis that the adoption of a concept of regional sustainable development and the use of renewable energy sources are preconditions to organising an acceptable regional tourism offering based on an eco-philosophy The renewable development of tourism regions is the basic framework for research regarding opportunities for introducing renewable energy sources such as hydro energy, wind power, solar energy, geothermal energy, and biomass energy. The purpose of this paper is to indicate the real opportunities that exist for substituting conventional energy sources with renewable ones and the role of renewables in regional development from economic, environmental and sociological viewpoints. It should also be noted that renewable energy sources have a strong regional importance and can contribute significantly to local employment.

scholarly journals Sustainable Management of Biomass Energy in Rural and Urban Context

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
János Szendrei ◽  
Edit Szűcs ◽  
Gábor Grasselli
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Biomass Combustion ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Energy ◽  
Solid Biomass

The most sustainable energy is the energy not used. Best way to (not) use energy is the proper design of a facility or an energy consuming system. The remaining energy needs have to be covered with energy utilisation of waste materials, renewable energy sources and, until the previous solutions are not sufficient to satisfy the energy demands, the last is the use of conventional fossil and nuclear energy sources. In terms of renewable energy, biomass has an important role today. However, there is a difference between available inputs and utilisation when considering biomass energy possibilities in rural and urban context. This paper suggests biomass energy possibilities that are recommendable in rural context: possibilities of solid biomass combustion, of liquid biofuels and of anaerobe digestion. Also important are possibilities of solid biomass combustion and wet biomass digestion for urban energy production, although with some remarks on system considerations of urban biomass. Most advanced solutions for sustainable management of biomass energy include circular systems, both in rural and urban context, as recommended.

scholarly journals Atjaunojamo energoresursu tiesiskuma nodrošinājums

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Kristīne Šeļepova
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Power Base ◽  
Investment Priority

Raksta mērķis ir apzināt atjaunojamo energoresursu tiesisko regulējumu, tā atbalsta shēmas un problemātiku. Raksta autore skaidro, vai šo tiesību aizsardzības līmenis ir pietiekams, vai ir pieņemtas nepieciešamās materiālo tiesību normas, kā arī vai ir pietiekoši tiesiskie līdzekļi, kas nodrošina šo tiesību aizsardzības ievērošanu, kā arī nākamos soļus energoresursu liberalizācijas posmos. Use of renewable energy increases independence from imported energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, as well as increases security of energy supply. However, energy industry concedes that power becomes more vulnerable because of historical paradigms; independent power base is replaced with production from renewable energy sources. This is due to subsidies in the investment priority being cost-effective renewable resources projects. Thus, it is necessary to develop a solution defining how volatile and unpredictable renewable energy sources integrated into the European electricity market can be, while ensuring safe and uninterrupted power supply.

Selection of Renewable Energy Sources for Buildings

2018 ◽  
pp. 69-97
Author(s):  
Hanna Irena Jędrzejuk
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Zero Energy Building ◽  
Standard Application ◽  
Technical Systems

This chapter describes a general issue of selecting renewable energy sources (RES) and technical systems. To achieve the nearly zero-energy building (nZEB) standard, application of an RES (e.g., solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and biomass energy) is necessary. Each type of RES has specific characteristics and can be used to produce electricity and/or heat in certain systems. A short review of various systems using renewable energy sources is presented. To find the required and satisfactory solution that guaranties meeting the nZEB standard, an analysis must be carried out considering a number of aspects: local availability, structure and time-dependence of energy demand, building construction, economic conditions, legal regulations, and specific requirements. Finally, two examples of modernisation towards the nZEB standard are included.

Analyzing the Efficiency of Renewable Energy Sources in Terms of Electricity Generation

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-176
Author(s):  
Talip Arsu
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Efficiency Determination ◽  
Energy Supply Security

Electricity generation, one of the renewable energy sources (RES), delivers a solution for various problems such as energy efficiency, energy supply security, reducing foreign dependency, and especially, environmental concerns. However, the solutions provided for these problems bring along the question of which RESs are produced more effectively. Therefore, in this research, RESs used for electricity generation in Turkey were analyzed by using generation data to show which one is more effective. Bi-objective multiple-criteria data envelopment analysis (BiO-MCDEA) method, a goal programming-based efficiency determination method, was used for the efficiency analysis conducted for five years between the years of 2014 and 2018. As a result of the analysis, geothermal energy came into prominence as the most effective RES for all of the years included in the solution. Geothermal energy was followed by biomass energy, wind energy, hydroelectric, and solar energy, respectively.

scholarly journals Integrated Optimization Design of Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power System Coupled with Solar and Biomass Energy

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizhi Zhang ◽  
Fan Li ◽  
Bo Sun ◽  
Chenghui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Optimization Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Optimal Operation ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Combined Cooling

The combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) systems coupled with solar energy and biomass energy can meet the needs of island or rural decentralized and small-scale integrated energy use, which have become increasingly popular in recent years. This study presents a renewable energy sources integrated combined cooling, heating, and power (RES-CCHP) system, driven by a biogas fueled internal combustion engine (ICE) and photovoltaic (PV) panels, which is different from the traditional natural gas CCHP system. Owing to the solar energy volatility and the constraint of biomass gas production, the traditional optimization design method is no longer applicable. To improve the energetic, economic and environmental performances of the system, an integrated design method with renewable energy capacity, power equipment capacity and key operating parameters as optimization variables is proposed. In addition, a case study of a small farm in Jinan, China, is conducted to verify the feasibility of the proposed RES–CCHP system structure and the corresponding optimal operation strategy. The results illustrate that the implementation of the optimal design is energy-efficient, economical and environmentally-friendly. The values of primary energy saving ratio, annual total cost saving rate and carbon emission reduction ratio are 20.94%, 11.73% and 40.79%, respectively. Finally, the influence of the volatility of renewable energy sources on the optimization method is analyzed, which shows that the RES–CCHP system and the method proposed are robust.

scholarly journals Experimentelles FMCW-Radar zur hochfrequenten Charakterisierung von Windenergieanlagen

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Karsten Schubert ◽  
Jens Werner ◽  
Fabian Schwartau
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Interference Effects ◽  
Fmcw Radar ◽  
Weather Radars ◽  
Radar Systems ◽  
Radar Echoes

Abstract. During the increasing dissemination of renewable energy sources the potential and actual interference effects of wind turbine plants became obvious. Turbines reflect the signals of weather radar and other radar systems. In addition to the static radar echoes, in particular the Doppler echoes are to be mentioned as an undesirable impairment Keränen (2014). As a result, building permit is refused for numerous new wind turbines, as the potential interference can not be reliably predicted. As a contribution to the improvement of this predictability, measurements are planned which aim at the high-frequency characterisation of wind energy installations. In this paper, a cost-effective FMCW radar is presented, which is operated in the same frequency band (C-band) as the weather radars of the German weather service. Here, the focus is on the description of the hardware design including the considerations used for its dimensioning.

scholarly journals Driving and Influencing Factors of Biomass Energy Utilization from the Perspective of Farmers

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-274
Author(s):  
Minghao Liu ◽  
Zhaoyong Sun ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
Zheng Wei ◽  
Baorui Liang
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Structure

Biomass energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources. Full utilization of this energy helps to optimize agricultural development, improve our living environment, and replace some non-renewable energy sources, thereby promoting the eco-environment across the country. However, biomass energy has not been extensively utilized in rural areas of China. Many farmers are not very enthusiastic about the use of biomass energy. Many scholars have tried to boost the willingness of farmers to utilize biomass energy. Therefore, this paper collects the relevant data from six aspects, namely, environmental factor, cost factor, income factor, behavior factor, policy factor, and personal factor, and constructs a binary logistic regression model. On this basis, the driving and influencing factors of biomass energy utilization were empirically analyzed from the perspective of farmers. The results show that the development of biomass energy is mainly affected by the farmers’ awareness of national energy strategy, the relevant costs of biomass utilization, and the attitude of family members and village committee. The research provides an important reference for further promotion of biomass energy, elevation of its utilization efficiency, and optimization of energy structure in rural China.

scholarly journals Forecasting the Structure of Energy Production from Renewable Energy Sources and Biofuels in Poland

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Brodny ◽  
Magdalena Tutak ◽  
Saqib Ahmad Saki
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Production Volume ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Artificial Neural

The world’s economic development depends on access to cheap energy sources. So far, energy has been obtained mainly from conventional sources like coal, gas and oil. Negative climate changes related to the high emissions of the economy based on the combustion of hydrocarbons and the growing public awareness have made it necessary to look for new ecological energy sources. This condition can be met by renewable energy sources. Both social pressure and international activities force changes in the structure of sources from which energy is produced. This also applies to the European Union countries, including Poland. There are no scientific studies in the area of forecasting energy production from renewable energy sources for Poland. Therefore, it is reasonable to investigate this subject since such a forecast can have a significant impact on investment decisions in the energy sector. At the same time, it must be as reliable as possible. That is why a modern method was used for this purpose, which undoubtedly involves artificial neural networks. The following article presents the results of the analysis of energy production from renewable energy sources in Poland and the forecasts for this production until 2025. Artificial neural networks were used to make the forecast. The analysis covered eight main sources from which this energy is produced in Poland. Based on the production volume since 1990, predicted volumes of renewable energy sources until 2025 were determined. These forecasts were prepared for all studied renewable energy sources. Renewable energy production plans and their share in total energy consumption in Poland were also examined and included in climate plans. The research was carried out using artificial neural networks. The results should be an important source of information on the effects of implementing climate policies in Poland. They should also be utilized to develop action plans to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal strategy.

scholarly journals Cost-Effective Options for the Renovation of an Existing Education Building toward the Nearly Net-Zero Energy Goal—Life-Cycle Cost Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Hu
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Life Cycle Cost Analysis ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources

A comprehensive case study on life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) was conducted on a two- story education building with a projected 40-year lifespan in College Park, Maryland. The aim of this paper was to (1) create a life cycle assessment model, using an education building to test the model, (2) compare the life cycle cost (LCC) of different renovation scenarios, taking into account added renewable energy resources to achieve the university’s overall carbon neutrality goal, and (3) verify the robustness of the LCC model by conducting sensitivity analysis and studying the influence of different variables. Nine renovation scenarios were constructed by combining six renovation techniques and three renewable energy resources. The LCCA results were then compared to understand the cost-effective relation between implementing energy reduction techniques and renewable energy sources. The results indicated that investing in energy-efficient retrofitting techniques was more cost-effective than investments in renewable energy sources in the long term. In the optimum scenario, renovation and renewable energy, when combined, produced close to a 90% reduction in the life cycle cost compared to the baseline. The payback period for the initial investment cost, including avoided electricity costs, varies from 1.4 to 4.1 years. This suggests that the initial investment in energy-efficient renovation is the primary factor in the LCC of an existing building.

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