Wind energy is considered as one of the most promising renewable energy sources. However the growth in wind farms over the last few years raises questions about the possible effects on ecosystems. The widely documented impacts on birds and bats have garnered much attention. On the other hand, few studies exist concerning the impact on insects, and ...
Published in Polymers
This study aimed to synthesize chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol (CS/PVA)-based zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) hybrid bionanocomposites (BNCs) and observe their comparative accomplishment against the skin cancer cell line, A431, and antioxidant potential. CS was blended with PVA to form polymeric films reinforced with the immobilization of Z...
Energija iz obnovljivih virov je ukrep pridobivanja ciste energije, ki je potreben za varstvo okolja. Izkorišcenost obnovljivih virov energije je nizka zaradi slabih podpornih shem, težav in neodobravanja umestitve tehnologij v prostor in težav pri prenosu energije na zastarelo elektricno infrastrukturo. Delo temelji na uporabi deskriptivne in komp...
Published in Environmental Research Letters
With the rising share of wind energy in power generation, the occurrence of low-wind-power events (termed ‘wind resource droughts’) are becoming critical in understanding the national electricity supply and the security of power systems. We use hourly wind speed data (2428 meteorological stations; in the years 2010–2020) to analyze the occurrence o...
Published in Frontiers in Built Environment
The United Kingdom (UK) has pledged to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions to net zero by 2050. However, in July 2022, the High Court ruled that the government’s net zero strategy failed to outline policies that would enable it to meet the target. As a result, the government published a new plan that sets out opportunities for innovative technologi...
Published in Frontiers in Energy Research
Wind energy is a promising sector in the power generation industry because it is renewable and globally available. In this research work, the wind energy potential and the economic viability of using wind turbines to generate electricity in some selected sites along Nigeria’s coastline and offshore locations were evaluated. Using the statistical tw...
Published in E3S Web of Conferences
The purpose of this article is to study the conditions and actions for the use of alternative energy, mainly solar, in Uzbekistan, to find opportunities to accelerate this process. Therefore, the authors gave a description of the directions and prospects for the implementation of projects for the use of predominantly solar energy in Uzbekistan, stu...
The overexploitation of non-renewable fossil resources has led to dangerous warming of our planet due to greenhouse gas emissions. The main reason for this problem is the increase in global energy demand. The rising prices of oil and gas have pushed governments around the world to turn to renewable energy, especially solar and wind power. For this ...
The environmental impacts of four French scenarios of electricity production systems are compared. They propose a variable part of nuclear which is essentially replaced by wind and solar energy. The paper proposes a comparison of these scenarios based on a Life Cycle Assessments. The systems with a large part of intermittent wind and solar sources ...
Published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
The repowering of wind farms is a rapidly developing area of research and is expected to represent 40 GW of wind projects by 2030 in the European Union. This has led to the emergence of energy yield assessment methods that incorporate operational data from existing farms with the aim of surpassing traditional methods that rely solely on physical mo...
