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- Klein, R. (author) master thesis 2017
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- Aghamiri, M. (author) master thesis 2017
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Oei, A.H.G. (author)In the context of the ongoing energy transition away from fossil fuels the Dutch government sees great potential in the district heating sector as a key sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the heat provision sector. In addition, because of the fuel-flexibility of heat production facilities for district heating, district heating may...master thesis 2016
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Abi Morshed, F. (author)Traditionally, the transmission network transported electricity over extended distances from local large scale electricity generation plants to distribution networks that transported electricity to end consumers (Ekanayake, 2012). In order to ensure that such a system remains operational, a Distribution System Operator (DSO) maintains, operates...master thesis 2016
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- Jongerden, S. (author) master thesis 2016
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Kreijkes, M.M. (author)The Dutch energy system is greatly dependent on natural gas. In 2013 the primary energy consumption in the Netherlands was for 43% supplied with natural gas (CBS, 2015a). With this proportion of natural gas the Netherlands has the highest share in national primary energy consumption of Europe (Eurogas, 2014). The reason for this large share of...master thesis 2015
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Deshpande, S.S. (author)In today’s competitive and environmentally conscious industrial society, companies thrive to perform their production activities in the most environmentally friendly way. Companies are moving from individual resource efficiency approaches to broader community approaches. They are now looking for opportunities to broaden the scope and go beyond...master thesis 2015
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- Yuliana, Y. (author) master thesis 2015
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Ceelen, S.B.L.T. (author)This paper suggests a novel perspective on project management and it’s value. Project management is widely accepted as a relevant perspecti’ve on the development of large engineering projects. Over time it proved its value and through incremental improvement has developed further. Although often applied for the development of projects project...master thesis 2015
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Van Tol, P.J.M. (author)This thesis aims to be a contribution to the roll-out of new energy networks by presenting and discussing ways to minimize assessed construction costs associated with these networks. It does this by providing an extension of already existing methods to estimate building costs.master thesis 2015
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Swager, C.R. (author)Within electricity markets, serious concerns exist whether a competitive electricity market will provide the necessary incentives for investment in generation. In Europe several countries are looking at the options of implementing a capacity mechanism. A capacity market provides a possible solution to this problem of generation adequacy but the...master thesis 2014
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Armbrust, T.M.P. (author)An Agent Based Model is devised of the Brazilian bio-ethanol system in order to experiment with the emergence of a biokerosene supply chain within this existing market. The results show how the government blending mandate enforces a biomass competition for biofuels which means that the price of biokerosene can not reach kerosene price parity.master thesis 2014
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Schipper, P.A. (author)The energy agreement for sustainable growth, includes an objective to have 6000 MW installed wind energy capacity on land in the Netherlands by 2020 and emphasizes the important role wind cooperatives can play in achieving that objective. Currently, the 25 Dutch wind cooperatives have a minor influence with the 4% wind energy capacity share they...master thesis 2014
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Gaarenstroom, J.H. (author)In the beginning of 2014 the International Standard Organization launched the first version of the ISO 55000 series on asset management, which describes the requirements for an asset management system. The ISO claims important benefits for organizations implementing the ISO 55001, but empirical research to support these claims is lacking. This...master thesis 2014
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Nooij, S.A. (author)Industrial Symbiosis (IS) in an inter-firm collaboration that delivers both economic and environmental benefits. IS can occur when there are local opportunities for the exchange of an underutilized resource, this means that the exchanged resource is often not a standard product. A non-standard product requires technical expertise and investments...master thesis 2014
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Engelsman, H.M. (author)In this research the long-term effect of large-scale projects on organisational effectiveness is investigated with respect to organisational structure, -culture and working approach. This study is potentially relevant for the Port Authorities of Rotterdam and Antwerp, for organisations inspired by Industrial Ecological solutions and for...master thesis 2014
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Spanjer, W.M.J. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. The Green Village, a project of the TU Delft, developed a solution for a new renewable energy system: The Car as Power Plant. The concept of the Car as Power Plant is that fuel cell cars not only can be used as an efficient and...master thesis 2014
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Van Tongeren, S.A.E. (author)A conceptual framework is made to analyze evolving processes in socio-technical systems. Agent-based modeling is used to test the conceptual framework.master thesis 2014
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Roodenburg, C.R. (author)With 20.000 signatures on the petition against shale gas, it can be stated that there are resistances towards the development of shale gas in the Netherlands (Schaliegasvrij Nederland, n.d.) Many people fear that in the Netherlands the same negative effects concerning the exploration of shale gas can occur as in the U.S. Though, it may be...master thesis 2013
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Van den Engel, B.N.H. (author)One known way of reducing the CtS is the implementation of a customer information system [CIS]. Ferranti Computer Systems n.v. is one of the main suppliers of these CIS, with regard to the utility sector, the utility specific CIS offered by Ferranti is called MECOMSTM. However, a CIS implementation does not only influence the CtS it also has an...master thesis 2013