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Peters, Elena (author)Sustainability is a crucial topic in the day to day life as well as in industries. With the help of innovation and new technologies, the negative impacts on sustainability can be decreased. During the development of technologies, the concept of sustainability should be included at all times. This can be done with the help of sustainability...master thesis 2023
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ANAGNOSTOU, Elina (author)According to the Paris agreement in 2015, global warming should be limited by applying new innovative technologies in the industry in order to keep the global temperature 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Governmental organisations, institutes and manufacturing companies themselves are concerned about high emissions and all together...master thesis 2023
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Schmitter, Sacha (author)The Iron and Steel (I&S) industry is the largest contributor to man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The products of the I&S industry are a constant necessity, e.g. for civil infrastructure. In addition, their processes are interwoven with coal and natural gas properties, which classifies this industry as a ’hard-to-abate’ sector....master thesis 2023
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Verkaik, Pauline (author)This report presents an analysis of the emergence of residential batteries from a consumer’s perspective and their effect on the load peak of the distribution grid. First, the future of residential batteries was evaluated in social and technical context by mapping the present situation, its trends, and its possible drivers. Three different...master thesis 2022
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Klokgieters, Aernout (author)In earlier times the climate crisis was ignored. However, these days it is acknowledged as one of the most important challenges the world is facing. With increased awareness of anthropogenic emissions, most sectors are changing rapidly. One of those sectors is the offshore wind energy sector. As a consequence of the Paris Climate Agreement, the...master thesis 2021
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Slot, Sophie (author)To reduce CO2 emissions and halt climate change, the largest share of electricity will soon have to be generated by carbon-free sources. Wind- and solar-powered generation is set to become dominant both globally and in the Netherlands. However, integrating additional renewable generation capacity into existing power networks presents a challenge...master thesis 2021
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Teluij, Simon (author)As the energy transition is starting to accelerate, the Dutch industrial sector is in danger of falling behind with its decarbonisation efforts. Green hydrogen is often suggested as a key-player to decarbonize the industry, replacing fossil fuels used for process heat generation as well as in hydrogen feedstock production. As there are an...master thesis 2021
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Peterson Villalobos, Bertram (author)In 2017, Hurricane Maria proved how fragile Puerto Rico’s grid is to natural disasters. The consequence of this fragility was the longest power blackout in the history of the U.S., which affected 3.3 million people, lasted for 3.4 billion customer-hours, and resulted in economic losses estimated in 95 billion USD. The solution, then, is energy...master thesis 2020
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Losch, Lex (author)On the 22nd of April 2016, now also known as the ”Earth day”, the Paris Agreement has been brought to live. This agreement is constructed by all nations to fight together against a common enemy, namely climate change. Over the past few years it has become more difficult then ever before to ignore the effects of global warming. While species...master thesis 2020
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Alfreðsson, Andri (author)With increased awareness of anthropogenic emissions, industries and sectors worldwide are changing rapidly. One of those sectors is the transport sector which has seen immense change with the increase of electric vehicles in recent years. Although these electric vehicles reduce emissions and are a welcoming sign of change, they greatly increase...master thesis 2020
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Modrakowski, E.V. (author)Germany aims to compose 65 % of its electricity mix with renewable energy by<br/>2030. Thus, it relies on onshore wind energy as a source. This industry has experienced a significant turmoil from 2017 to 2019 as the newly installed capacity dropped by 80 % within these two years. The public discussion sees an increase in lawsuits caused by low...master thesis 2020
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de Vrij, Xavier (author)Uprising innovative technologies like blockchain and the Internet of Things are increasingly changing the energy domain. These disruptive technologies are becoming more mainstream as a result of media attention and are supported by large multinationals like Tesla and Google. This combined with the enormous CO2 emissions due to fossil fuels and...master thesis 2018
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van den Meiracker, Tom (author)Electricity is a basic need in today`s society, being present in almost every aspect of life. The extensive infrastructure that transports electricity to the consumers, is expected to always work. At the same time there is a growing realism that the energy sector needs to modernise and ‘greenify’, in order to become more climate friendly. This...master thesis 2018
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Broere, Lennart (author)Currently in the energy system of the Netherlands, lower level consumer demand flexibility is rather obsolete due to sufficient capacity limits of the distribution network and supply of capacity mechanisms by large industrial actors. However, in the upcoming 10- 20 years, the power system is in transition to become decentralised with a higher...master thesis 2018
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Moustafelou, I. (author)The increasing shares of RES-e generation have resulted in unexpected but well-documented effects, such as the Merit Order Effect (MOE) on the power market. According to the MOE, the electricity prices decrease along with high penetrations of low variable cost technologies such as RES-e. Due to high investment costs the deployment of RES-e...master thesis 2016
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Van den Hil, E.J. (author)Sustainability has gained considerable interest at all levels in society during the last decades. Climate change has been a large contributor to this mentality change. As current energy systems are inefficient and contribute to climate change, a transition towards more efficient energy systems is sought. The share of local produced energy in the...master thesis 2015
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Abdul Muhaimin, T. (author)Recent developments in the demand response (DR) arena (PowerMatcher platform, Google’s NEST device, FAN communication standard, ENDAX platform etc.) indicate that the world is not becoming simpler. A complex set of interactions and mixtures at different levels of demand response aggregation can be expected in the near future. Given the goal of ...master thesis 2015
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Van Koppen, R.J. (author)The transport tariff structure determines the charges to users of the electricity grids. This allocation can give various incentives. It is unclear whether the charges set by the current transport tariff structure reflect the targets set by the government. Furthermore, increased decentralized generation is a likely future scenario. It is unknown...master thesis 2013
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Mahalingam, A. (author)Developments in the electricity system need to accommodate the pressure of steadily rising demand, advanced technology integration in addition to increasing penetration levels of renewable energy sources (RES) and distributed generation (DG). As such, European energy policy for 2020 is aimed at reducing greenhouses gases by 20%, increasing RES...master thesis 2013