Decarbonization of power system and the electrification of everything The electricity production has traditionally been governed namely by a combination of large centralized power plants, in addition to smaller distributed Combined Heat and Power plants (CHP), both of which were primarily fed by fossil fuels. Environmental concerns, commercial and economic factors, together with national/European initiatives,…
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Microgrids, a game changer
In the coming years, the Energy sector will change completely its paradigm. It is already happening due to the disruption of the ICT technologies, the cost reduction of the renewable energy sources (RES), energy storage systems (ESS) and other grid devices which make the grid smarter, in other words, more controllable and more observable. One…
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Electric vehicles and microgrids: they need each other
Achieving the targets set by the EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 95% by 2050 has proven to be challenging due to many characteristics of energy systems as complex socio-technical systems. At the same time as for the energy sector a shift from fossil resources to sustainable, renewable energy applies also to…
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