Delft in Transition: Towards a sustainable energy system for Dutch Municipalities

This research has two major purposes: (1) to design a roadmap for the energy transition towards energy neutrality of the built environment for the city Delft, with technical interventions, based on local potentials, integrated at all scales of the city and (2) to develop a general approach that can be applied to other Dutch municipalities. The...

Power To Paris: The Role of Carbon Capture and Storage in a Future European Electricity System that Abides by the COP21 Climate Agreement

To limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius in 2100, the European power sector needs to transform. Renewable energy capacity is required to reach this ambition, together with transmission and storage capacity to maintain grid stability. Carbon capture and storage could potentially decrease the required renewable energy capacity, while...

Finite Element 3D Modelling of Soil Dissipation in Suction Installed Wind Turbine

A realistic description of soil-foundation interaction in offshore wind turbines (OWT) under environmental loading requires deep understanding, and modelling capabilities for, saturated soil behaviour in presence of cyclic loads and pore pressure effects. <br/>This research investigates the dynamic energy dissipation occurring in the soil under...

E-Hub - Solar Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station: Electrical system design, Optimisation and Testing

The development in technology and increased public interest has attributed to an unprecedented growth of E-mobility in recent years. Electric vehicles (EVs) even though viewed as emission free and environmental friendly can still contribute towards indirect emissions if charged by using traditional fossil fuels. The integration of renewable...

System integration of wind-powered hydrogen refueling station: From national level to a case study

As one of the carbon-free emission transportation method, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) have become a very popular research topic for the recent years. However, as the fuel of FCEV, the hydrogen is usually produced by traditional steam reforming method, which is still not an environmentally friendly process.</p><p>This report focuses on...

Evaluation of gearbox and direct drive wind turbines: An application of the technology dominance theory combined with the Best-Worst-Method to assess the effect of factors for technology dominance on the technology dominance process of wind turbines

Power generation is at the forefront of a transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy sources (RES). Wind energy is a promising technology with rapid developments and the installed base of wind turbines is continuously increasing. Currently, the majority of the installed wind turbines can be categorised under the direct drive wind turbine...

Phasing out subsidies: Rendering the RES-e investments more self-sustained

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...

Capitalising Renewable Energy Projects Through the Incentivisation of Private-Sector Investments via the New Market Mechanism (NMM)

The European Union (EU), United Nations (UN) (as stressed through the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC)), and other nations and international organisations would like to see significantly lower global carbon & greenhouse gas emissions. To reach or surpass Kyoto commitments, considerable (technological) steps must be...

Solar Charging Station for Light Electric Vehicles: A Design and Feasibility Study

The growth in technology and increased public interest has brought about a rapid evolution in the realm of e-mobiilty. While generally viewed as non-polluting and environmentally friendly, the Electrical Vehicles (EVs) could still contribute significantly towards indirect emissions, depending on the source of their energy. The only way they can...

A PV Powered BWRO Desalination Installation with Energy Recovery and Hydro-Pneumatic Energy Storage

This MSc. Thesis project was performed at the Sanitary Engineering Department of the TU Delft as part of the Sustainable Energy Technology program. It is one of the unique research projects performed in the field of renewable driven Reverse Osmosis desalination, producing fresh water with only renewable energy sources as driving force. With the...

Empowering AMA

The dependence of the economy on fossil fuels and the lack of stringent policies to extensively implement renewable energy is an issue to be tackled at national level in the Netherlands. Reducing emissions, while making the shift to renewable energy and changing the existing energy systems towards a sustainable model has been discussed widely....