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Preferably safe and small: Findings from a risk-cost-benefit analysis on enhanced geothermal systems in Switzerland and Utah 最好是安全且小：瑞士和犹他州增建地热系统的风险-成本-效益分析结果

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100125

Sanni Kunnas , Sara Wallinger , Theresa Arnold , Evelina Trutnevyte

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Urban Cool Island effect through innovative architecture and sustainable urban design 城市酷岛效应通过创新的建筑和可持续的城市设计

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100123

Mahin R. Tawrat

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Public awareness, concerns and attitudes towards energy transition in Kentucky 公众对肯塔基州能源转型的认识、关注和态度

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100122

Sydney Oluoch, Nirmal Pandit, Leticia Munoz Revelo, Cecelia Harner

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The green hydrogen role in the global energy transformations 绿色氢在全球能源转型中的作用

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100118

Sameer Algburi , Omer Al-Dulaimi , Hassan Falah Fakhruldeen , Doaa H. Khalaf , Raad Naser Hanoon , Feryal Ibrahim Jabbar , Qusay Hassan , Ali Khudhair Al-Jiboory , Stella Kiconco

{"title":"The green hydrogen role in the global energy transformations","authors":"Sameer Algburi , Omer Al-Dulaimi , Hassan Falah Fakhruldeen , Doaa H. Khalaf , Raad Naser Hanoon , Feryal Ibrahim Jabbar , Qusay Hassan , Ali Khudhair Al-Jiboory , Stella Kiconco","doi":"10.1016/j.rset.2025.100118","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rset.2025.100118","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Green hydrogen has the potential to significantly contribute to the global energy transition toward sustainable and decarbonized energy systems. Produced through renewable-powered electrolysis, green hydrogen provides a viable pathway for decarbonizing challenging sectors, such as heavy industry and transportation, while simultaneously addressing renewable intermittency by enabling large-scale energy storage and grid flexibility. This study evaluates the geopolitical and economic implications of developing robust green hydrogen supply chains, particularly in renewable resource-rich regions. Despite its promise, significant barriers persist, including high production costs, infrastructural inadequacies, and policy uncertainty. Emerging technological innovations, coupled with supportive financial strategies and comprehensive policy frameworks, can help overcome these barriers. The given outcomes recommended a strengthening international cooperation and implementing harmonized regulatory standards to accelerate green hydrogen adoption globally, positioning it as a core component of achieving net-zero emissions, driving economic growth, and advancing equitable energy transitions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101071,"journal":{"name":"Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144364609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Corrigendum to “Spatial heterogeneity in deployment and upscaling of wind power in Swedish municipalities” [Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition 7 (2025) 100104] “瑞典各市风能部署和升级的空间异质性”的勘误表[可再生能源和可持续能源转型7 (2025)100104]

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100107

Yodefia Rahmad , Fredrik Hedenus , Jessica Jewell , Vadim Vinichenko

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A just transition pathway for the coal industry from its ashes 这是煤炭工业从灰烬中走出的一条公正的转型之路

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100117

Fabio Teixeira Ferreira da Silva , Thiago Aquino , Fernando Zancan , Pedro R.R. Rochedo , Roberto Schaeffer , Alexandre Szklo

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Hybrid industrial utility systems with biomass and electrode boilers: a techno-economic investigation 生物质和电极锅炉混合工业公用系统的技术经济研究

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100116

Matthew T. Taylor, Martin J. Atkins, Timothy Gordon Walmsley

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Optimizing solar energy utilization in facilities using machine learning-based scheduling techniques: A case study 利用基于机器学习的调度技术优化设施中的太阳能利用：一个案例研究

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100114

Hussam J. Khasawneh , Waseem M. Al-Khatib , Zaid A. Ghazal , Ahmad M. Al-Hadi , Zaid M. Arabiyat , Osama Habahbeh

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Easing range anxiety through user-specific patterns of transportation with simulations (ERUPTS) for electric vehicle transition 通过用户特定的交通模式模拟（爆发）电动汽车过渡缓解里程焦虑

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100111

Jeremy Lerner

{"title":"Easing range anxiety through user-specific patterns of transportation with simulations (ERUPTS) for electric vehicle transition","authors":"Jeremy Lerner","doi":"10.1016/j.rset.2025.100111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rset.2025.100111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle drivers would consider transitioning to an electric vehicle (EV), but they have not had practical experience driving an EV. Many current ICE and even EV drivers have what has been termed range anxiety, which is the concern that they will run out of charge before reaching a suitable place to recharge their vehicle. We utilize DIMO driving data at macro scale to demonstrate that the vast majority of driving would be satisfied by charging at individual drivers’ primary anchor locations (e.g. a home charging station) and the existing charging infrastructure by simulating EV ownership for current ICE drivers. 15 to 30% of drivers would never need to charge away from home, and 75 to 80% of all driving would be satisfied with only home charging. This simulation utilizes observed driver behavior in order to determine user-specific compatibility with different EV ownership scenarios and presents users with detailed and customized analyses as to how their operation of an EV would require visiting public chargers and charging capacity at their primary anchor. This information can be presented to drivers in order to demonstrate their objective compatibility with an EV as well as predict future needs for the EV charging network and the power grid. We utilize these simulations to discover locations where charging stations may not satisfy the needs of drivers as more ICE drivers transition to EVs. We further utilize current EV driving behavior to discover where the charging network is not meeting drivers’ needs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101071,"journal":{"name":"Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143906497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluating demand response through the time of use model in off-grid regions 通过使用时间模型评估离网地区的需求响应

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.rset.2025.100115

J.A. Valencia , I. Dyner , F. Mesa , A.J. Aristizábal

{"title":"Evaluating demand response through the time of use model in off-grid regions","authors":"J.A. Valencia , I. Dyner , F. Mesa , A.J. Aristizábal","doi":"10.1016/j.rset.2025.100115","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rset.2025.100115","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Motivated by the goal of increasing the use of renewable energies as a vital part of the energy transition, altering energy consumption in off-grid areas, and involving consumers in the decision-making process of the electricity market, demand response programs are considered essential measures to achieve these goals without requiring highly advanced technologies. The research findings demonstrate that the time-of-use model aids the transition to cleaner energy, offering multiple benefits to consumers.These benefits include reduced energy bills, enhanced quality of life due to lower CO2 emissions, decreased energy subsidies, and reduced dependency on diesel fuel for electricity generation in regions where approximately 84 % of the capacity is derived from diesel. An innovative aspect of this study is proposing the transition from a quasi-inelastic to elastic demand electricity market in off-grid areas in Colombia, based on the evaluated benefits of the Time of Use Model over a specific time horizon. The principal reduction results related to the base consumption in the case study are as follows: peak hours (52.5 kWh/day), hours of maximum solar radiation (203.2 kWh/day), and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions (10 TonEq/year). These findings confirm that demand response is critical in enabling and facilitating the energy transition in off-grid regions, where renewable energy sources and economic incentives are underutilized</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101071,"journal":{"name":"Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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