Factors for the success of upcoming more sustainable hydrogen production technologies for use in refineries in the Netherlands

The incumbent dominant design for hydrogen production used in refineries in the Netherlands is producing grey hydrogen using steam methane reforming with CO2 as byproduct. Therefore, the current incumbent hydrogen production technology used in refineries in the Netherlands is unsustainable. However, it is still unclear which hydrogen production...

Social acceptance of smart meters

The introduction of intelligent meters - smart meters - to the electricity infrastructure should provide the grid intelligence the ability to cope with challenges and changes; thus, it is named smart grid (Verbong et al., 2013). We have learned that the smart grid system is a complex product system because its technologies, components and...

Factors influencing photovoltiac technology selection

The unlimited availability of sunlight and the ability of photovoltaic (PV) cells to directly convert this radiation into electricity, makes PV a promising renewable energy technology. Five PV technologies are currently commercially available, however because the PV market is characterised by increasing returns to adoption, it is expected one...