The Croatian electricity demand exceeds domestic production and about 30% of additional power is covered from imports. The Croatian government is planning to add domestic production capacity, using natural gas and coal as the main fuel. Due to the attractive solar irradiation in Croatia, these new projects offer the possibility to build these thermal power plants as hybrid plants by adding sola...

This work presents an overview of (passive) solar chimney research, from the natural convection fundamentals to recent progress for achieving thermohydraulic best-performance. Solar chimneys are attractive because they contribute increasing efficiency in air conditioning processes dwellings and buildings, therefore also aid reduction greenhouse gas emissions. A wide number works dealing with (a...

The current scenario of the world is that the power demand in the world is increasing at a very fast rate, to get an economical source of power; renewable energy sources are proving out to be a reliable option. Hence solar energy systems are very much important for the system engineers. In order to meet the demand of the world the solar energy is injected into the electric power grid. Along wit...

Environmental, economic and strategic reasons are behind the rapid impulse in the deployment of renewable energy sources that is taking place around the world. In addition to overcoming economic and commercial barriers, meeting the ambitious objectives set by most countries in this field will require the development of novel technologies capable of maximising the energy potential of different r...

banded ultra-violet solar radiation, the high-rise solar tower to updraft the heated air to the atmosphere, and in between the power conversion unit, where a system of coupled turbines and generators transforms the stream of heated air into electric power. A good efficiency of the power plant can only be reached with extra-large dimensions of the tower and/or the collector area. The paper prese...

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the production of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES). The RES investment is characterized by uncertainty, which is long-term, costly, depend on feed-in-tariff and support schemes. In this paper, we address the real option valuation (ROV) of a solar power plant investment. The real option framework is investigated. This framework consid...

Over the last few years, many European countries experienced a rapid growth of photovoltaic (PV) power plants. For example, more than 20,000 new PV power plants were built in the Czech Republic. The high spatial and temporal variability of the solar resource and subsequent PV power plant production, poses new challenges for the reliability and predictability of the power grid system. In this pa...