Renewable energy in the sustainable development of electrical power sector: A review

W Strielkowski, L Civín, E Tarkhanova… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The electrical power sector plays an important role in the economic growth and development
of every country around the world. Total global demand for electric energy is growing both in …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies and economics of electric energy storages in power systems: Review and perspective

W He, M King, X Luo, M Dooner, D Li, J Wang - Advances in Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current power systems are still highly reliant on dispatchable fossil fuels to meet variable
electrical demand. As fossil fuel generation is progressively replaced with intermittent and …

On the history and future of 100% renewable energy systems research

C Breyer, S Khalili, D Bogdanov, M Ram… - IEEe …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on 100% renewable energy systems is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was
initiated in the mid-1970s, catalyzed by skyrocketing oil prices. Since the mid-2000s, it has …

[HTML][HTML] Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition towards sustainability

D Bogdanov, M Ram, A Aghahosseini, A Gulagi… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change threats and the necessity to achieve global Sustainable Development Goals
demand unprecedented economic and social shifts around the world, including a …

Global production potential of green methanol based on variable renewable electricity

M Fasihi, C Breyer - Energy & Environmental Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Methanol is a primary petrochemical globally. Green methanol, produced by Power-to-X
technologies, is a potential solution to the defossilisation of the existing methanol supply and …

[HTML][HTML] Global potential of green ammonia based on hybrid PV-wind power plants

M Fasihi, R Weiss, J Savolainen, C Breyer - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Ammonia is one of the most commonly used feedstock chemicals globally. Therefore,
decarbonisation of ammonia production is of high relevance towards achieving a carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Full energy sector transition towards 100% renewable energy supply: Integrating power, heat, transport and industry sectors including desalination

D Bogdanov, A Gulagi, M Fasihi, C Breyer - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Transition towards long-term sustainable energy systems is one of the biggest challenges
faced by the global society. By 2050, not only greenhouse gas emissions have to be …

[HTML][HTML] Towards defossilised steel: Supply chain options for a green European steel industry

G Lopez, T Galimova, M Fasihi, D Bogdanov, C Breyer - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract As the European Union intensifies its response to the climate emergency, increased
focus has been placed on the hard-to-abate energy-intensive industries. Primary among …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in the global steel industry: Evolutionary projections and defossilisation pathways through power-to-steel

G Lopez, J Farfan, C Breyer - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Steel production is a carbon and energy intensive activity, releasing 1.9 tons of CO 2 and
requiring 5.17 MWh of primary energy per ton produced, on average, globally, resulting in …

Job creation during the global energy transition towards 100% renewable power system by 2050

M Ram, A Aghahosseini, C Breyer - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aside from reducing the energy sector's negative impacts on the environment, renewable
power generation technologies are creating new wealth and becoming important job …