Ghana has the potential to deploy solar energy technologies, with its solar irradiation
varying between 4 and 6.5 kWh/m 2/day. However, the country's dependence on fossil fuels …

This study presents a methodology developed in the framework of Task 54 of the Solar
Heating and Cooling (SHC) Program of the International Energy Agency (IEA) to calculate …

The use of the levelized cost of heat (LCoH) indicator is growing in the thermal engineering
literature. In the field of solar thermal systems engineering, existing studies apply different …

Feasibility assessment of constructing a 10 MW sun-tracking PV power plant in Iraq from an
economic and environmental perspective has been analysed. A type of PV panel having …

This study aims at describing the different type of renewable energy sources and at
revealing the importance given by each country regarding the investments and technologies …

Buildings are responsible for 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU. The Interreg Europe project
entitled ZEROCO2 ''Promotion of Near Zero CO2 emission buildings due to energy use” …

abstract Ghana has the potential to deploy solar energy technologies, with its solar
irradiation varying between 4 and 6.5 kWh/m2/day. However, the country's dependence on …

Growth in the use of renewable energies in the 27 European Union (EU-27) countries over
the past decade has been remarkable. Among these energies is solar thermal energy (STE) …

Integration of sustainable technologies in residential buildings aims to conserve natural
resources like water, fossil fuels and soil demonstrating less damage to the environment …

* The paper has been selected for the May 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.
The Virtual Journal, which is published by the American Physical Society and the American …