A review of data centers as prosumers in district energy systems: Renewable energy integration and waste heat reuse for district heating

P Huang, B Copertaro, X Zhang, J Shen, I Löfgren… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
As large energy prosumers in district energy systems, on the one hand, data centers
consume a large amount of electricity to ensure the Information Technologies (IT) facilities …

[HTML][HTML] Renewable and waste heat applications for heating, cooling, and power generation based on advanced configurations

AKS Al-Sayyab, A Mota-Babiloni… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using renewable heat energy sources, recovering the waste heat, and enhancing the
processes and energy efficiency can reduce the electricity dependency of several industrial …

Sustainability analysis of zero energy consumption data centers with free cooling, waste heat reuse and renewable energy systems: A feasibility study

GN Güğül, F Gökçül, U Eicker - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy consumption of data centers (DC) has increased rapidly over the past years.
Regional studies are an effective way to find the optimal integration of renewable energy …

[HTML][HTML] Energy, exergy, and environmental (3E) analysis of a compound ejector-heat pump with low GWP refrigerants for simultaneous data center cooling and district …

AKS Al-Sayyab, J Navarro-Esbrí… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents an energy, exergy, and environmental evaluation of a novel compound
PV/T (photovoltaic thermal) waste heat driven ejector-heat pump system for simultaneous …

Performance evaluation and financial analysis of applying hybrid renewable systems in cooling unit of data centers–A case study

MH Jahangir, R Mokhtari, SA Mousavi - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main objective of this investigation is to assess the use of hybrid renewable
configurations in the cooling unit of data centers. The importance of free cooling technology …

Renewable electricity business models in a post feed-in tariff era

P Rövekamp, M Schöpf, F Wagon, M Weibelzahl… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To expand intermittent renewable electricity sources (RESs), worldwide energy policy
makers have introduced fixed feed-in tariffs (FITs). However, FITs typically expire after a …

Carbon awareness oriented data center location and configuration: An integrated optimization method

F Wang, C Lv, J Xu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Serving as the information backbone of an increasingly digitalized world and energy-
intensive, the data center industry has to seek low-carbon develo** way to properly meet …

A novel demand response-based distributed multi-energy system optimal operation framework for data centers

X Ren, J Wang, X Hu, Z Sun, Q Zhao, D Chong… - Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
To address the increasing energy demands in data centers, distributed multi-energy system
(DMES) can provide an efficient solution. This study proposes a DMES coupled by …

Comprehensive assessment of waste heat recovery mismatch and renewable energy integration in data centers: A multifaceted energy, economic, and environmental …

J Wang, Y Guo, C Yue, W Deng, L Zeng - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
The integrated utilization of free cooling sources, waste heat recovery from information
technology equipment, and renewable energy emerges as a pivotal method for conserving …

Coordinated optimal scheduling of integrated energy system for data center based on computing load shifting

J Wang, H Deng, Y Liu, Z Guo, Y Wang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
High-efficiency uninterruptable power supplies and sustainable energy systems are
essential to realize data centers more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Considering …