Hot Topic: Sustainable Energy

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IEEE experts are working on a number of sustainable, alternative approaches to the challenge that could make sustainable energy a global commercial success in both developed and developing nations. Here's a look at three of them covering wind, solar, and distributed generation and CO2 capture.

Quantifying the Total Net Benefits of Grid-Integrated Wind
IEEE Member Eleanor Denny and IEEE Fellow Mark O'Malley offer a complete cost-benefit analysis of the impacts of grid-connected wind generation.

This paper appears in: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Publication date: May 2007
Volume 22, Issue 2

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A Fuzzy-Optimization Approach for Generation Scheduling with Wind and Solar Energy Systems
IEEE member Ruey-Hsun Liang and Jian-Hao Liao discuss how when wind and solar energy are being considered in the power system, generation scheduling tries to minimize the total thermal-unit fuel cost.

This paper appears in: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Publication date: November 2007
Volume 22, Issue 4

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Taking an Active Approach
IEEE Fellows Nick Jenkins and Ron Allen, along with IEEE members Predrag Dijapic, Danny Pudjianto, Goran Strbac, Joseph Mutale, and Charlotte Ramsay draw on recent advances to explore active management technologies, regulatory arrangements for network operation, and new commercial opportunities emerging from the low-carbon climate change agenda, with wider implications for Europe.

This paper appears in: IEEE Power & Energy Magazine
Publication date: July/August 2007
Volume 5, Issue 4

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