Low energy desalination and wind energy — sustainable solutions for drinking water production

Hensel, Frank; Uhl, Klaus

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2004.06.177

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“…Taking into account the power supply requirements of cement industry and the characteristics of wind power, Miller et al [50] proposed a hybrid wind-gas power system to provide reliable and cleaner electric power to the energy intensive industry. Other off-grid applications, such as small-scale wind power (less than 100kW) in the remote areas [51], and the applications in desalination and aluminium smelting are also discussed in the literature [46]. [40].…”

Section: The Applications Of Non-grid Connected Wind Powermentioning

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Wind power in China – Dream or reality?

Hubacek

Siu

2012

Energy

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After tremendous growth in recent years, China now has 44.7GW of wind-derived power and has surpassed the US (40.18 GW) to be the largest wind turbine owner since the end of 2010. In 2010, around half of the new wind turbines globally were installed in China. Despite the recent growth rates and promises of a bright future, two important issues -the capability of the grid infrastructure and the availability of backup systems -must be critically discussed and tackled in the medium term.The study shows that only a relatively small share of investment goes towards improving and extending the electricity infrastructure which is a precondition for transmitting clean wind energy to the end users. In addition, the backup systems are either geographically too remote from the potential wind power sites or currently financially infeasible. Also, the use of coal-fired plants as the backup system is unavoidable because of the coal-dominated electricity mix. Finally, the introduction of wind power to the coal-dominated energy production system is not problem-free. Frequent ramp ups and downs of coal-fired plants lead to lower energy efficiency and higher emissions, which is likely to compensate some of the emission savings from wind power.The current power system is heavily reliant on independently acting but state-owned energy companies optimizing their part of the system, which is partly incompatible with building a robust system supporting renewable energy technologies. Hence, strategic, top-down co-ordination and incentives to improve the overall electricity infrastructure is recommended.

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Section: The Applications Of Non-grid Connected Wind Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Non-grid wind power has attracted a lot of attentions in the international power system research [46] [47]. The direct application of wind energy in these end-use devices is because of the following two factors.…”

Section: The Applications Of Non-grid Connected Wind Powermentioning

confidence: 99%