Engineering

Cleaner production via industrial symbiosis in glass and largescale solar photovoltaic manufacturing

In order to alleviate production costs and increase the environmental performance

Leveraging Photovoltaic Technology for Sustainable Development in Ontario's Aboriginal Communities

"The Ontario feed-in tariff (FIT) for solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has prov

3-D Printing of Open Source Appropriate Technologies for Self-Directed Sustainable Development

The technological evolution of the 3-D printer, widespread internet access and in

Dispatch Strategy and Model for Hybrid Photovoltaic and Trigeneration Power Systems

The advent of small scale combined heat and power (CHP) systems has provided the

A Review of Solar Photovoltaic Levelized Cost of Electricity

As the solar photovoltaic (PV) matures, the economic feasibility of PV projects a

Diverting Indirect Subsidies from the Nuclear Industry to the Photovoltaic Industry: Energy and Economic Returns

Nuclear power and solar photovoltaic energy conversion often compete for policy s

Institutional-Scale Operational Symbiosis of Photovoltaic and Cogeneration Energy Systems

Due to the negative environmental effects of fossil fuel combustion, there is a g

Accelerating the Growth of Solar Photovoltaic Deployment with Peer to Peer Financing

Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is a means of increasing energy security whils

Open Solar Photovoltaic Systems Optimization

A partnership has formed between eighteen organizations to produce the Open Solar

Incorporating Shading Losses in Solar Photovoltaic Potential Assessment at the Municipal Scale

Recently several algorithms have been developed to calculate the solar photovolta

The Application of LiDAR to Assessment of Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Deployment Potential on a Municipal District Unit

A methodology is provided for the application of Light Detection and Ranging (LiD

Model of Loss Mechanisms for Low Optical Concentratioon on Solar Photovoltaic Arrays with Planar Reflectors

The use of low optical concentration with planar reflectors represents a relative

Expanded microchannel heat exchanger: design, fabrication and preliminary experimental test

This paper first reviews non-traditional heat exchanger geometry, laser welding,

Improved parametric empirical determination of module short circuit current for modelling and optimization of solar photovoltaic systems

Correct modelling of solar photovoltaic (PV) system yields is necessary to optimi

Open-Source Development of Solar Photovoltaic Technology

The rise of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology as a driver of rural electrificati

Open-Source Colorimeter

The high cost of what have historically been sophisticated research-related senso

Optimizing limited solar roof access by exergy analysis of solar thermal, photovoltaic, and hybrid photovoltaic thermal systems

An exergy analysis was performed to compare a conventional (1) two panel photovol

Effects of spectral albedo on solar photovoltaic devices

Although the spectral effects of direct and diffuse radiation on solar photovolta

Simulations of greenhouse gas emission reductions from low-cost hybrid solar photovoltaic and cogeneration systems for new communities

Recent work has shown that small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) and solar ph

Mobile Open-Source Solar-Powered 3-D Printers for Distributed Manufacturing in Off-Grid Communities

Manufacturing in areas of the developing world that lack electricity severely res

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SINGLE PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR FOR NUMERICAL MACHINE COMPLEX

The energy sector plays a major role in driving Kenya’s economy. The need to conc

Evaluation of the dangers of corrosion in marine piping system using carbon steel c-1040.

The research was undertaken to ascertain the level and ingress of corrosion in ca

Optimization of annealing cycles for electric output in outdoor conditions for amorphous silicon photovoltaic–thermal systems

Previous studies with fixed operating temperatures have shown that hydrogenated a

Applications of Open Source 3-D Printing on Small Farms

There is growing evidence that low-cost open-source 3-D printers can reduce costs

Return on Investment for Open Source Hardware Development

The availability of free and open source hardware designs that can be replicated

Performance of U.S. hybrid distributed energy systems: Solar photovoltaic, battery and combined heat and power

Until recently, the relatively high levelized cost of electricity from solar phot

Double amorphous silicon-carbide p-layer structures producing highly stabilized pin-type protocrystalline silicon multilayer solar cells

We have applied double p-type amorphous silicon-carbide p-a-SiC:H layer structure

Light-induced defect states in hydrogenated amorphous silicon centered around 1.0 and 1.2 eV from the conduction band edge

To take into account the presence of multiple light-induced defect states in hydr

Photovoltaic System Performance Enhancement With Non-Tracking Planar Concentrators: Experimental Results and Bi-Directional Reflectance Function (BDRF) Based Modelling

Non-tracking planar concentrators are a low-cost method of increasing the perform

Feeding Everyone: Solving the Food Crisis in Event of Global Catastrophes that Kill Crops or Obscure the Sun

Mass human starvation is currently likely if global agricultural production is dr