The objective is to develop a system model to simulate distributed power generation in power parks, where power generation is co-located with businesses or industries. The deliverable of the project will be a tool for simulation of the local power generation system, constructed in the Simulink software. We have developed a library of modules for the various components being proposed for power p...

There is a growing concern over continuous reliance of our economic and energy systems on conventional electricity sources and their long-term environmental, climate change, and security of supply implications. At the same time, much hope and belief is vested in the ability of future technological progress to tackles these issues. However, informed academic analysis and policy debates on the fu...

There are many factors that influence the day-ahead market bidding strategies of a generation company (GenCo) within the framework of the current energy market. Environmental policy issues are giving rise to emission limitation that are becoming more and more important for fossil-fueled power plants, and these must be considered in their management. This work investigates the influence of the e...

After decades of poor performance, atomic energy seems to have received a second wind, especially after the joint statement of 18 July 2005 by the Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and the US president George W Bush. Many pro-nuclear advocates now aver that a large-scale expansion of nuclear power is the only way to meet our electricity needs and ensure energy security. An examination of the...

Fluctuations of electric load call for flexible generation technologies such as gas turbines. Alternatively, bulk energy storage (BES) facilities can store excess off-peak electricity to generate valuable peaking electricity. Interest in electricity storage has increased in the past decade in anticipation of higher penetration levels of intermittent renewable sources such as wind. Compressed Ai...

Energy efficiency and alternative power play a big role in sustainability The use of fossil fuels as a major energy source has given rise to several concerns such as the effect of harmful emissions and sustainability. Due to these reasons lot of efforts have been placed on finding alternative energy sources. One of the promising environmentally benign alternative for large scale electricity pro...

Acid-mine drainage (AMD) is difficult and costly to treat. We investigated a new approach to AMD treatment using fuel cell technologies to generate electricity while removing iron from the water. Utilizing a recently developed microbial fuel cell architecture, we developed an acid-mine drainage fuel cell (AMD-FC) capable of abiotic electricity generation. The AMD-FC operated in fed-batch mode g...

Electricity generation is a key source to global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and their related environmental impact. Sustainable development requires methods and tools to measure the environmental impacts of human activities for various products such as goods, services, etc. Life-cycle analysis is a valuable tool for evaluating the environmental profile of a product or technology from c...