A comparison of environmental and energetic performance of European countries: A sustainability index

F Cucchiella, I D'Adamo, M Gastaldi, SCL Koh… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently, European countries agreed on a new 2030-pact establishing challenging levels
for a set of climate and energy indexes in order to achieve a more competitive, safe and …

Identification and analysis of impact factors on the economic feasibility of photovoltaic energy investments

R de Oliveira Azevêdo, P Rotela Junior, LCS Rocha… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The introduction of environmental impact targets around the world has highlighted the need
to adopt alternative sources of energy, which can supply the demand and mitigate the …

Economic feasibility for recycling of waste crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules

I D'Adamo, M Miliacca, P Rosa - International Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cumulative photovoltaic (PV) power installed in 2016 was equal to 305 GW. Five countries
(China, Japan, Germany, the USA, and Italy) shared about 70% of the global power. End‐of …

Economic analysis of a photovoltaic system: A resource for residential households

F Cucchiella, I D'Adamo, M Gastaldi - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
New installed annual solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity was equal to 76.1 GW in 2016 (+
49%), reaching the total of 305 GW around the world. PV sources are able to achieve a …

Analysis of the impact of the level of self-consumption of electricity from a prosumer photovoltaic installation on its profitability under different energy billing scenarios …

D Kurz, A Nowak - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) have been gaining popularity on a continuous basis and
the current global political situation is only accelerating energy transformation in many …

A profitability assessment of small-scale photovoltaic systems in an electricity market without subsidies

F Cucchiella, I D'Adamo, M Gastaldi - Energy conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
The installation of photovoltaic power plants in 2015 compared to 2014 registered a growth
of 25.6%, reaching a cumulative power equal to 229 GW. In developed solar markets, as …

Economic and technological analysis of commercial LNG production in the EU

V Hönig, P Prochazka, M Obergruber, L Smutka… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
There is a global need to increase the production of alternative sources of energy due to
many issues related to conventional sources, such as environmental degradation or energy …

Energies and its worldwide research

N Novas, A Alcayde, I Robalo, F Manzano-Agugliaro… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Energy efficiency and management is certainly one of the key drivers of human progress.
Thus, the trends in the energy research are a topic of interest for the scientific community …

Analysis of photovoltaic self-consumption systems

CJ Sarasa-Maestro, R Dufo-López, JL Bernal-Agustín - Energies, 2016 - mdpi.com
Components and installation prices could make the self-consumption of solar photovoltaic
(PV) systems competitive. In this paper, we explore different self-consumption options, off …

Assessment of the carbon footprint, social benefit of carbon reduction, and energy payback time of a high-concentration photovoltaic system

AH Hu, LH Huang, S Lou, CH Kuo, CY Huang… - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
Depleting fossil fuel sources and worsening global warming are two of the most serious
world problems. Many renewable energy technologies are continuously being developed to …