The global energy transition to renewable energy is beginning to gain in pace and scale.
This review focuses on how renewable energy from various sources can supply heating …

The paper reviews different approaches, technologies, and strategies to manage large-scale
schemes of variable renewable electricity such as solar and wind power. We consider both …

This paper investigates the technical and economic potential of energy-intensive industries
to provide demand-side management (DSM) in electricity and balancing markets through …

As the installed capacity of wind generation in Ireland continues to increase towards an
overall goal of 40% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020, it is inevitable that the …

The paper presents an event driven model predictive control (MPC) framework for managing
charging operations of electric vehicles (EV) in a smart grid. The objective is to minimize the …

This paper proposes the design of a Smart Home Controller strategy providing efficient
management of electric energy in a domestic environment. The problem is formalized as an …

Quantifying building energy performance through the development and use of key
performance indicators (KPIs) is an essential step in achieving energy saving goals in both …

Greenhouses with sophisticated environmental control systems, or so-called plant factories
with solar light, enable growers to achieve high yields of produce with desirable qualities. In …

A central strategy for climate change mitigation is expanding electricity generation from
renewable energy sources, with an increasing share of decentralized generation. Some of …

Demand-side management (DSM) has the potential to reduce electricity costs and the
carbon emissions associated with electricity use for industrial consumers. It also has an …