scholarly journals Experiences in long-term operation of a green hydrogen production plant using wind power in Germany - a possible model for Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
Van Thinh Dinh
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Term Operation ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Gas Fuel ◽  
Production Strategy ◽  
Green Fuel

Hydrogen is considered as "the green fuel of the 21st century" and forecasted to play a leading role in the energy transition. The article introduces the processes of green hydrogen production in Energiepark Mainz, the first wind power hydrogen production plant with a capacity of 6 MW in Germany. The article describes the production, storage, transportation, and consumption (gas, fuel for bus and industries) of green hydrogen through the continuous operation of the plant. Based on that, the author analyses opportunities and challenges when applying Energiepark Mainz's model to the green hydrogen production strategy in Vietnam.

Evaluation of longitudinal connected track under combined action of running train and long-term bridge deformation

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 599-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaowei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Structural Stability ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Shrinkage Temperature ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
Term Operation ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Rail Irregularity ◽  
Combined Action ◽  
Track Bridge

With long-term operation of high-speed railways, bridge deformation is hard to avoid, which directly affects the mechanical property of longitudinal connected track. To ensure the structural stability of longitudinal connected track and operation safety of train, this work proposes a work to evaluate longitudinal connected track under combined action of running train and long-term bridge deformation. First, the methodology of evaluating longitudinal connected track subject to train load and long-term bridge deformation has been proposed, in which an accurate train–track–bridge dynamic model and the method to determine long-term bridge deformation are settled. Then, the long-term bridge deformations caused by concrete creep, shrinkage, temperature, and pier settlement are investigated. On this basis, the evaluation of longitudinal connected track subject to long-term bridge deformation and running train is conducted, and the safety value of pier settlement for Chinese high-speed railways with longitudinal connected track is suggested. Results show that the long-term bridge deformations are even larger than the amplitude of random rail irregularity. With smaller settlement, influences of creep, shrinkage, and temperature play the leading role in affecting the mechanical behavior of longitudinal connected track, while influence of pier settlement occupies the dominant position with larger settlement. It is suggested that the pier settlement for Chinese high-speed railways with longitudinal connected track should be less than 7.7 mm to ensure structural stability of track and operation safety of train.

Challenges, Concerns, and Perspectives for Poland's Energy Transition during Global COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-173
Author(s):  
Andrzej Lorkowski ◽  
Robert Jeszke
Keyword(s):  
Internal Energy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy Transformation ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Current Discussion ◽  
The Face ◽  
National Governments ◽  
The Eu ◽  
At Home

The whole world is currently struggling with one of the most disastrous pandemics to hit in modern times – Covid-19. Individual national governments, the WHO and worldwide media organisations are appealing for humanity to universally stay at home, to limit contact and to stay safe in the ongoing fight against this unseen threat. Economists are concerned about the devastating effect this will have on the markets and possible outcomes. One of the countries suffering from potential destruction of this situation is Poland. In this article we will explain how difficult internal energy transformation is, considering the long-term crisis associated with the extraction and usage of coal, the European Green Deal and current discussion on increasing the EU 2030 climate ambitions. In the face of an ongoing pandemic, the situation becomes even more challenging with each passing day.

Coal's Persistence in the Capitalist World-Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul K. Gellert ◽  
Paul S. Ciccantell
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Ecological Modernization ◽  
World Systems ◽  
Coal Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Capitalist World Economy ◽  
Capitalist World

Predominant analyses of energy offer insufficient theoretical and political-economic insight into the persistence of coal and other fossil fuels. The dominant narrative of coal powering the Industrial Revolution, and Great Britain's world dominance in the nineteenth century giving way to a U.S.- and oil-dominated twentieth century, is marred by teleological assumptions. The key assumption that a complete energy “transition” will occur leads some to conceive of a renewable-energy-dominated twenty-first century led by China. After critiquing the teleological assumptions of modernization, ecological modernization, energetics, and even world-systems analysis of energy “transition,” this paper offers a world-systems perspective on the “raw” materialism of coal. Examining the material characteristics of coal and the unequal structure of the world-economy, the paper uses long-term data from governmental and private sources to reveal the lack of transition as new sources of energy are added. The increases in coal consumption in China and India as they have ascended in the capitalist world-economy have more than offset the leveling-off and decline in some core nations. A true global peak and decline (let alone full substitution) in energy generally and coal specifically has never happened. The future need not repeat the past, but technical, policy, and movement approaches will not get far without addressing the structural imperatives of capitalist growth and the uneven power structures and processes of long-term change of the world-system.

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