Abstract Background The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries are rapidly
growing in population with very limited access to freshwater resources. To overcome this …

To counteract a potential reduction in grid stability caused by a rapidly growing share of
intermittent renewable energy sources within our electrical grids, large scale deployment of …

The energy transition requires large-scale storage to provide long-term supply and short-
term grid stability. Though pumped hydro storage is widely used for this purpose, regions …

The hydrokinetic industry has advanced beyond its initial testing phase with full-scale
projects being introduced, constructed and tested globally. However primary hurdles such …

Nowadays, due to the need for clean energy and sustainable electricity production,
hydropower plays a central role in satisfying the energy demand. Particularly, use of low …

Hygroelectric generator (HEG) technology based on ambient humidity is a promising self-
sustained energy harvesting system, but it usually suffers from the disadvantages of …

Ultra-low-head pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) is an attractive solution to the
intermittency of sustainable energy in lowland countries and regions. For the development of …

Distributed energy systems are becoming increasingly popular worldwide. The 100%
renewable energy system can be an important energy supply alternative to reduce the …

Very low-head water facilities are the salient resources for the development of hydropower
using non-conventional hydro turbines. This review paper is concentrated on the collection …

In the present work, computational fluid dynamics simulation was carried out using ANSYS
Fluent to study the performance of conventional and tapered turbine blades for hydrokinetic …