An analysis of the Dutch horticulture energy operations in 2030 using mixed-integer linear programming

Greenhouse horticulture is a key sector in the Netherlands, significantly contributing to the economy and society but also heavily reliant on natural gas, leading to substantial CO2 emissions. The sector, in partnership with the government, aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2040 as part of the Energy Transition Covenant for Greenhouse...

Impact of different energy types of military vehicles on the supply chain: A MILP model for an optimal military Vehicle Energy Supply Chain

The Dutch Ministry of Defence (NLMoD) has stated the goal of reducing dependency on fossil fuels by at least 20% by the year 2030 and at least 70% by the year 2050 compared to the year 2010. Research in the NLMoD explores the possibility of changing diesel-fuelled vehicles and weapon platforms to alternative forms of energy such as electric or...

Operational Impact of Ammonia as Marine Fuel: A MILP model for an Ammonia-Powered Shipping Network

The consequences of climate change are becoming more and more visible. A significant cause of this is CO2 emissions; the shipping sector is responsible for 3% of global CO2 emissions. As a result, the Fourth IMO GHG Study 2020 presents pathways to reduce the GHG emission of the shipping industry by 50% by 2050. Recent IMO goals have overtaken...

Optimizing the energy and charging infrastructure costs for regional electric aircraft operations: A case study in the Dutch Caribbean

Commercial electric aircraft operations are foreseen in the coming five to ten years. For an airport to be ready for this introduction, energy infrastructure requirements have already been subject to various research topics. Most research in this field only focused on cost minimization of the number of chargers given a fixed flight schedule....

Techno-economic analysis of an industrial cluster with oxygen synergies

Because of the expected growing implementation of large scale water electrolysis, an apparent opportunity arises to implement systems in which the by-product oxygen is harnessed by using it as a raw material in another process. This is also known as an oxygen synergy, an example of industrial symbiosis.<br/>A procedure to design and evaluate the...

The potential of drop-in biofuels for the maritime industry: A MILP optimization approach to explore future scenarios

In this study, various scenarios were developed that correspond to estimations of future biomass availability and biofuel demand from the maritime industry. These marine biofuel demand scenarios were based on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction targets of the Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...