Tidal stream energy potential in the Shannon Estuary

Fouz, D.M.; Carballo, R.; López, I.; Iglesias, G.

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.055

Cited by 21 publications

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“…The prospects for emissions reductions through cold ironing have been investigated by Zis [22], and case studies considering the integration of renewable energy into cold ironing have been published for a number of ports, including Barcelona [23], Aalborg [66] and Aberdeen [67]. The application of tidal stream energy from the Shannon Estuary (Ireland) to serve the needs of the Shannon Foynes Port, among other uses, was recently proposed by Fouz et al [68]. The four above-mentioned ports are very different in size, which corroborates the applicability of renewable energy sources to supply ships at berth in both small and large ports.…”

Section: Energy Supply In the Portmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Future of Energy in Ships and Harbors

Marichal Plasencia,

Ávila Prats,

Conesa Rosique

et al. 2024

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In recent decades, maritime transport, hand in hand with the International Maritime Organization (OMI), has promoted a change in the energetic model in ships and harbors. The main goal of this paper is to show the most useful advances in technologies with respect to reducing gas and particle emissions, and the implementation of technologies based on renewable energies for the propulsion of ships and the energy supply in harbors. Furthermore, new hybrid renewable energy-desalination water technologies which could change the shape of water supply to the ships from near shore zones will be shown. To carry out this study, exhaustive bibliographic research was conducted, including scientific and technical papers.

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Section: Energy Supply In the Portmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Future of Energy in Ships and Harbors

Marichal Plasencia,

Ávila Prats,

Conesa Rosique

et al. 2024

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“…Currently, gas turbine units, wind turbines, and PV are relatively mature distributed generation technology (Zhang et al, 2023). Tidal stream energy and offshore wind energy also attract the attention of many researchers (Fouz et al, 2022;Hoeser and Kuenzer, 2022). The development of renewable and clean energy sources offers a great prescription to ease the increasingly serious energy crisis and environmental issues.…”

Section: Power Generation Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Techno-economic analysis of the transition toward the energy self-sufficiency community based on virtual power plant

Gao¹,

Li²,

Qian³

et al. 2023

Front. Energy Res.

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Distributed energy resources are important measures to increase energy self-sufficiency and overcome the global carbon reduction problem. However, individual planned renewable energy generation poses a significant threat to the power grid. Therefore, virtual power plant (VPP) is attracting considerable attention as a means of aggregating distributed energy in urban areas. This study proposed a VPP model consisting of updating high-efficiency appliances and photovoltaic and energy storage systems. A comprehensive analysis for assessing the technical, economic, and environmental benefits derived from the VPP was presented, indicating the feasibility of a smart community to achieve power self-sufficiency with the support of the VPP. A smart community in Japan was selected as the research object, with a peak power demand of 57,350 kW. The VPP’s load leveling performance, return on investment (ROI), and CO2 emission reduction were analyzed. In addition, external factors, such as electricity price changes and FiT policies, are considered to assess the impact on the economics of the VPP. The results show that the introduction of the VPP system in the community can effectively stabilize the grid load with a peak shaving rate reaching 42.55% and improve the energy self-sufficiency rate of the region reached 100%, besides providing superior economic and environmental benefits (16.26% CO2 emission reduction) on the demand side. Furthermore, the economic performance of VPP shows a good prospect with the fall in equipment prices and the future trend of carbon tax growth. This study provides important insights into the development of VPP in other countries, especially for low-energy self-sufficiency regions.

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