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  Collection grid optimization of a floating offshore wind farm using particle swarm theory 

  Lerch, Markus; Prada Gil, Mikel de; Molins i Borrell, Climent (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2019-10)
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  Floating substructures for offshore wind turbines is a promising solution in order to harness the vast wind potential of deep water sites where bottom-fixed turbines are not feasible. The electrical system of large scale ...
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  The effects of lithium sulfur battery ageing on second-life possibilities and environmental life cycle assessment studies 

  Wolff, Deidre; Canals Casals, Lluc; Benveniste Pérez, Gabriela; Corchero García, Cristina; Trilla Romero, Lluís (2019-01-01)
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  The development of Li-ion batteries has enabled the re-entry of electric vehicles into the market. As car manufacturers strive to reach higher practical specific energies (550 Wh/kg) than what is achievable for Li-ion ...
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  Experimental testing of variable speed heat pump control strategies for enhancing energy flexibility in buildings 

  Péan, Thibault Q.; Costa Castelló, Ramon; Fuentes López, Maria Elena; Salom Tormo, Jaume (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-01-01)
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  Thermal mass of buildings and domestic hot water tanks represent interesting sources ofthermal energy storage readily available in the existing building stock. To exploit them to their full potential,advanced control ...
• Analysis of the interfacial characteristics of BiVO4/metal oxide heterostructures and its implication on their junction properties 

  Hermans, Yannick; Murcia López, Sebastián; Klein, Andreas; van de Krol, Roel; Andreu, Teresa; Morante Lleonart, Joan Ramon; Toupance, Thierry; Jaegermann, Wolfram (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2019-01-29)
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  The formation of heterostructures has proven to be a viable way to achieve high photoelectrochemical water splitting efficiencies with BiVO4 based photoanodes. Especially, cobalt and nickel based oxides are suitable low ...
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  Review of control strategies for improving the energy flexibility provided by heat pump systems in buildings 

  Péan, Thibault Q.; Salom Tormo, Jaume; Costa Castelló, Ramon (2019-02-01)
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• Sensitivity analysis on the levelized cost of energy for floating offshore wind farms 

  Lerch, Markus; Prada Gil, Mikel de; Molins i Borrell, Climent; Benveniste Pérez, Gabriela (Elsevier Ltd, 2018-12-01)
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  In this paper, a sensitivity analysis is performed on the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for floating offshore wind farms (FOWFs). The analysis is carried out for three floating wind turbine concepts and three different ...
• The influence of different wind and wave conditions on the energy yield and downtime of a Spar-buoy floating wind turbine 

  Lerch, Markus; Prada Gil, Mikel de; Molins i Borrell, Climent (2019-06)
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  Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) have been extensively proven in model tests and are reaching currently a pre-commercial phase where large scale demonstrators are being built offshore. This transition increases the ...
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  Solar vanadium redox-flow battery powered by thin-film silicon photovoltaics for efficient photoelectrochemical energy storage 

  Urbain, Félix; Murcia López, Sebastián; Nembhard, Nicole; Vázquez Galván, Javier; Flox Donoso, Cristina; Smirnov, Vladimir; Welter, Katharina; Andreu, Teresa; Finger, Friedhelm; Morante Lleonart, Joan Ramon (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2018-11-15)
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  Solar-powered vanadium redox-flow batteries (VRFB) have emerged as an attractive method for large-scale and efficient energy storage and conversion. However, due to the stringent charging voltage requirements of vanadium-based ...
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  A wind farm control strategy for power reserve maximization 

  Siniscalchi Minna, Sara; Bianchi, Fernando Daniel; Prada Gil, Mikel de; Ocampo-Martínez, Carlos (Elsevier, 2019-02-01)
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  Nowadays, in many countries wind energy is responsible for a significant part of the electricity generation. For this reason, Transmission System Operators (TSOs) are now demanding the wind power plants (WPPs) to contribute ...
• P-type c-Si solar cells based on rear side laser processing of Al 2O 3/SiC x stacks 

  Ortega Villasclaras, Pablo Rafael; Martín García, Isidro; López Rodríguez, Gema; Colina Brito, Mónica Alejandra; Orpella García, Alberto; Voz Sánchez, Cristóbal; Alcubilla González, Ramón (2012-11)
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  In this work, we further investigate a new strategy to passivate and contact the rear side of p-type c-Si solar cells based on the laser processing of aluminum oxide (Al2O3)/amorphous silicon carbide (SiCx) stacks before ...
• Graphene-supported palladium phosphide PdP2 nanocrystals for ethanol electrooxidation 

  Liu, Junfeng; Luo, Zhishan; Junshan, Li; Yu, Xiaoting; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Nasiou, Déspina; Arbiol, Jordi; Meyns, Michaela; Cabot, Andreu (2019-03-01)
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  We present a procedure to produce single-phase PdP2 nanocrystals (NCs). The approach involves the reaction of palladium(II) acetylacetonate and hexamethylphosphoroustriamide to nucleate defective Pd5P2 nanoparticles that ...
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  Comparison of the state of lithium-sulphur and lithium-ion batteries applied to electromobility 

  Benveniste Pérez, Gabriela; Rallo, Héctor; Canals Casals, Lluc; Merino, Antonio; Amante García, Beatriz (2018-11-15)
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  The market share in electric vehicles (EV) is increasing. This trend is likely to continue due to the increased interest in reducing CO2 emissions. The electric vehicle market evolution depends principally on the evolution ...

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