Current status and future prospects of renewable and sustainable energy in North America: Progress and challenges

A Azarpour, O Mohammadzadeh, N Rezaei… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy is an important drive for the economic development and social growth. The energy
demand has remarkably escalated due to the technological developments in various …

Towards sustainable energy: a systematic review of renewable energy sources, technologies, and public opinions

A Qazi, F Hussain, NABD Rahim, G Hardaker… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind, and biomass will not diminish
their availability. Sunlight being a constant source of energy is used to meet the ever …

Power to the people: Local community initiatives and the transition to sustainable energy

T Van Der Schoor, B Scholtens - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The transition towards renewable and sustainable energy is being accompanied by a
transformation of communities and neighbourhoods. This transition may have huge …

A thousand flowers blooming? An examination of community energy in the UK

G Seyfang, JJ Park, A Smith - Energy policy, 2013 - Elsevier
Community energy has been proposed as a new policy tool to help achieve the transition to
a low-carbon energy system, but the evidence base for this strategy is partial and …

Renewable energy selection for net-zero energy communities: Life cycle based decision making under uncertainty

H Karunathilake, K Hewage, W Mérida, R Sadiq - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Developing net-zero energy communities powered by renewable energy (RE) resources
has become a popular concept. To make the best choices for community-level net-zero …

Crowdfunding for renewable and sustainable energy projects: An exploratory case study approach

PTI Lam, AOK Law - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Global warming has become one of the major challenges faced by the world today. Use of
renewable energy can help mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and …

Reviewing EnergyPLAN simulations and performance indicator applications in EnergyPLAN simulations

PA Østergaard - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Energy systems with high degrees of renewable energy integration require on the one hand
energy scenario making and energy system analyses for the optimal design of systems and …

A review on global wind energy policy

R Saidur, MR Islam, NA Rahim, KH Solangi - Renewable and sustainable …, 2010 - Elsevier
With the increasing negative effects of fossil fuel combustion on the environment in addition
to limited stock of fossil fuel have forced many countries to inquire into and change to …

Local governments supporting local energy initiatives: Lessons from the best practices of Saerbeck (Germany) and Lochem (The Netherlands)

T Hoppe, A Graf, B Warbroek, I Lammers, I Lepping - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
The social dimension of the transition to a low carbon economy is a key challenge to cities.
The establishment of local energy initiatives (LEIs) has recently been attracting attention. It is …

Energy communities in the transition to a low-carbon future: A taxonomical approach and some policy dilemmas

S Moroni, V Alberti, V Antoniucci, A Bisello - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
In calls for transition to a society in which energy production is based on renewable sources,
a fundamental role is increasingly assigned to so-called'energy communities'. The …