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Diab, I. (author), Damianakis, Nikolaos (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bauer, P. (author)This paper proposes a shared multi-stakeholder PV system for traction substations and nearby residential loads to reduce the need for storage, AC grid exchange, and curtailment. The residential stakeholders offer both the base electrical load and the solar panels installation space needed by the traction stakeholder, who brings the peak load...journal article 2024
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van Buren, Floris (author)Currently, the entire aviation sector accounts for 2.5% of global emissions. To commit to the Paris Agreement by 2050, new emerging technology is necessary. Electric aircraft emerged as one of the promising solutions to decarbonize the aviation sector. However, the introduction of electric aviation (EA) causes a shift from kerosene to...master thesis 2023
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Cuadrat-Grzybowski, Michal (author)Mitigation strategies which eliminate existing space debris, such as with Active Space Debris Removal (ASDR) missions, are now more important than ever regarding the ever-growing space debris population problem. One of the considered ASDR approaches uses a net as a capturing strategy. The benefits of such strategy are to allow for a large...master thesis 2023
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Zöllner, András (author)The renewable generation capacity, particularly solar and wind power installations, has increased steadily in the Netherlands over the course of recent years. Due to the local, small-scale nature of these power plants (compared to conventional power plants), a large share of this generation capacity is installed into the medium- and low-voltage...master thesis 2023
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Chatzilampos, Orestis (author)Increasing the energy yield per unit area of Photovoltaic (PV) modules is one of the main challenges the PV technology is currently facing. In search of ways to address this issue, solar tracking systems are a favorable solution, which according to literature can enhance the energy yield by up to 45%. Another way is to opt for high-efficiency...master thesis 2023
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Diab, I. (author)Electricity grids are increasingly congested as the world moves toward a sustainable, electrified future. Expanding and upgrading these infrastructures is costly and challenging on a technical and administrative level and even redundant when considering that some sub-parts of these grids, such as electric transportation networks, are massively...doctoral thesis 2023
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Wemekamp, Nebo (author)The Netherlands has agreed, by signing the Paris Agreement, to be climate-neural by 2050. To reach this goal, many large-scale renewable energy projects need to be developed in the coming years using for example wind, geothermal or solar energy. The problem with these projects is that they require large amounts of land and are especially needed...master thesis 2023
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Nandigam, Sai Pavan (author)The transportation sector is a major contributor to global emissions, with road transportation responsible for a significant part of these emissions. Electric mobility, particularly Solar Electric Vehicles (SEVs), offers a solution to deal with the challenges encountered by traditional electric vehicles ultimately contributing to reducing...master thesis 2023
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Sluijs, Peer (author)Thin-film amorphous Silicon (a-Si) technology has been up and coming in recent years in order to achieve an efficiency comparable to crystalline Silicon (c-Si). Although the technology has existed for quite some time, it has not been researched as much as its crystalline counterpart, especially not in the hotspot reliability sector. The hotspot...master thesis 2023
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Chen, N. (author)The issue of climate change, including global warming, poses a significant challenge to our planet. In response to this challenge, the Paris Agreement was signed, which aims to limit the rise in global temperatures to well below 2 <sup style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw...doctoral thesis 2023
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Schreuder, Camiel (author)The demand for clean energy has led to potential cost-effective solutions for the offshore industry. One of these solutions is shared mooring systems, where floating offshore structures for renewable energy are coupled to each other. While this approach saves mooring lines and anchors, it introduces new dynamic loading compared to conventional...master thesis 2023
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Garcia Bonilla, Juan (author)Solar sailing is a promising propellantless propulsion method that employs large reflective surfaces to harness solar radiation pressure for spacecraft propulsion. Despite the fact that several solar-sail near-Earth missions will launch in the coming years, there is notable lack of published studies on the uncertainties associated with missions...master thesis 2023
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Manonukul, Poom (author)With the rapid increase in renewable energy demand, various kinds of renewable technologies have been realized. Of particular interest is that they require a certain amount of space, and they may conflict with other land utilization purposes such as food production, protected nature areas, and life-sustaining services, thus the land use pressure...master thesis 2023
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Zheng, Yi (author)Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cell technology is one of the most promising PV technologies because of its high power conversion efficiencies, simple fabrication process and low manufacturing cost. The current world record efficiency of SHJ solar cell reaches up to 26.81%. SHJ solar cell produces the highest VOC over 750 mV among the c-Si...master thesis 2023
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Ghayeni, Seyed Mehdi (author)Thin-film silicon solar cells are an innovative approach to utilizing solar energy. Thanks to their flexibility, lower material usage, and production cost, they have the potential to be used in a range of applications. The conversion efficiencies of thin-film silicon solar cells need to be improved to make them commercially viable. This involves...master thesis 2023
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Muthaiyan Karthikeyen, Shriram (author)Thin-film silicon photovoltaic (PV) technology has an enormous potential in the solar power market due to its light weight, flexibility and ease of integration. This enables it to have a wide range of applications like roof top and building integrated installations making it more sustainable. Some of the other key benefits of thin-film silicon...master thesis 2023
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Srinivasakannan, Narendran (author)This thesis presents a techno-economic analysis of integrating Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE) technologies for the production of hydrogen. The study begins with the development of system-level 0D models for CSP and SOE individually. These models are then combined to create a unified model for CSP-SOE...master thesis 2023
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Mishra, Shantiswaroop (author)This report emphasizes the importance of implementing quality control methods in the production machines at HyET Solar for assessing the quality of deposited materials. The focus is on two key steps: the deposition of the front transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer and the deposition of silicon layers. Models were developed to characterize...master thesis 2023
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Stevens, Tristan (author)Several promising photovoltaic (PV) concepts are supported by transistors. Along with the growth of PV capacity in the urban environment, issues related to partial shading highlight the interest in more shade-tolerant PV systems. An example of technologies improving a PV module’s energy yield under partial shading is the submodule power...master thesis 2023
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Doornbos, Quinten (author)Renewable energy resources like wind and solar have the potential to revolutionize our energy infrastructure and enable a decarbonized society. The intermittent nature of renewables poses a challenge to ensuring a consistent and reliable electricity supply. Hydrogen technology is emerging as a promising solution for stabilizing renewable energy...master thesis 2023