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J Clean Prod 2021 Jan 14;279:123647. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300, Kota Samarahn, Sarawak, Malaysia.

The political upheaval and the civil war in Libya had a painful toll on the operational reliability of the electric energy supply system. With frequent power cuts and crumbling infrastructure, mainly due to the damage inflicted upon several power plants and grid assets as well as the lack of maintenance, many Libyans are left without electricity for several hours a day. As the country has a staggeringly immense potential of solar energy, it is inevitable to exploit such potential, to avert system-wide blackouts. Read More

Research (Wash D C) 2019 8;2019:3838603. Epub 2019 Oct 8.

University of Pisa DESTEC, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, Pisa 56122, Italy.

Distributed renewable energy share increase in electricity generation is creating challenges for the whole power system, due to its intermittent and nonprogrammable nature. Energy storage has the potential to solve those issues although its technical, economic, and environmental impact is up for debate. The paper presents a study about a PV-battery energy storage system installed in a grid-connected residential apartment in the Green Energy Laboratory at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Read More

Sci Total Environ 2018 Dec 4;643:1579-1589. Epub 2018 Jul 4.

Sustainable Industrial Systems, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

One of the benefits of hybrid solar PV-battery systems is that they can reduce grid dependency and help balance electricity supply and demand. However, their environmental impacts and benefits remain underexplored. This study considers for the first time life cycle environmental impacts of domestic-scale PV-battery systems in Turkey, integrating multi-crystalline PV and lithium-ion battery. Read More

Environ Sci Technol 2018 02 23;52(4):2339-2348. Epub 2018 Jan 23.

D-MTEC, ETH Zürich , Weinbergstrasse 56/58, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.

Self-sufficient decentralized systems challenge the centralized energy paradigm. Although scholars have assessed specific locations and technological aspects, it remains unclear how, when, and where energy self-sufficiency could become competitive. To address this gap, we develop a techno-economic model for energy self-sufficient neighborhoods that integrates solar photovoltaics (PV), conversion, and storage technologies. Read More

Environ Sci Technol 2017 01 23;51(2):1043-1052. Epub 2016 Dec 23.

First Solar , 350 W. Washington St., Suite 600, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.

Access to a reliable source of electricity creates significant benefits for developing communities. Smaller versions of electricity grids, known as microgrids, have been developed as a solution to energy access problems. Using attributional life cycle assessment, this project evaluates the environmental and energy impacts of three photovoltiac (PV) microgrids compared to other energy options for a model village in Kenya. Read More