Browsing by Subject "Renewable energy"
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Impact of Sources of Damping On the Fragility Estimates of Wind Turbine Towers
(2024)Fragility estimates in wind turbine towers have been investigated but the the effect of damping on fragility has not been studied. While damping can often be small, it can come from different sources for a wind turbine. ... -
Irish and British electricity prices: what recent history implies for future prices
(2014)This paper compares retail and wholesale electricity prices in SEM, the market of the island of Ireland, and BETTA in Great Britain. Estimated wholesale costs are much lower in BETTA. We show that this is mostly because ... -
Multi-resolution wavelet pitch controller for spar-type floating offshore wind turbines including wave-current interactions
(2020)This paper proposes a wavelet multi-resolution based individual pitch control strategy for spar-type floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) and investigates its performance under joint wind-wave-current loads considering ... -
PERFORMANCE OF A CLOSED CYCLE POWER TAKE OFF FOR MUTRIKU BREAKWATER
(2022)An oscillating water column (OWC) type wave energy converter was installed in Mutriku breakwater (Basque Country, Spain). The wave power is transferred to an air flow that turns a turbine. The facility currently uses ... -
Phase Change Materials for Solar Energy Applications
(Central West Publishing, 2019)Increasing levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy dependency on other countries have brought governments to develop and improve various ways of producing energy. There are many different methods of renewable ... -
Physics-Informed Neural Network surrogate model for bypassing Blade Element Momentum theory in wind turbine aerodynamic load estimation
(2024)This paper proposes the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), specifically Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), for dynamic surrogate modelling of wind turbines. PINNs offer the flexibility to model complex ... -
Reconciling climate action with the need for biodiversity protection, restoration and rehabilitation
(2023)Globally, we are faced with a climate crisis that requires urgent transition to a low-carbon economy. Simultaneously, the biodiversity crisis demands equally urgent action to prevent further species loss and promote ... -
Renewable energy strategy for County Meath 2017
(Meath Environmental NetworkIE, 2017-06)The key objectives of this policy for a Renewable Energy Strategy in County Meath are to develop a planning framework to support and underpin the core strategy policies and objectives of Climate Change Strategy and Energy ... -
Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy
(2022)The revitalisation of the global economy after the Covid-19 era presents environmental geotechnics with the opportunity to reinforce the need for a change in paradigm towards a green, circular economy and to promote ... -
Teleconnections and Extreme Ocean States in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean
(IE, 2019-03-22)The Northeast Atlantic possesses an energetic and variable wind and wave climate which has a large potential for renewable energy extraction; for example along the western seaboards off Ireland. The role of surface winds ... -
Twenty-First Century Wave Climate Projections for Ireland and Surface Winds in the North Atlantic Ocean
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Wavelet‐based individual blade pitch control for vibration control of wind turbine blades
(2019)This paper proposes a novel individual blade pitch control strategy with the objective of reducing blade vibration. A wavelet linear quadratic regulator (LQR) control algorithm, which is an advanced modification of the ...