With many offshore wind turbines (OWTs) approaching the end of their estimated service life, there is an increasing demand for developing and evaluating end-of-life strategies that can maximize these assets’ value while at same time satisfying requirements stakeholders involved. This study aims to perform a detailed review develop framework will consider multiple criteria in decision-making pro...

The integration of solar energy into natural gas combined cycles has been successfully demonstrated in several integrated solar combined cycles since the beginning of this decade in many countries. There are many motivations that drive investments on integrated solar combined cycles which are primarily the repowering of existing power plants, the compliance with more severe environmental laws o...

This paper summarizes Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) simulation studies using PSCAD/EMTDC undertaken to evaluate the capability and suitability of commercially available large scale Grid Forming Inverters (GFMI) dampen oscillations in a real bulk power transmission network. Faults range grid voltage oscillation frequencies are tested on GFMI synchronous condenser (SC) models single source equi...

The near and mid-term future of the existing Polish coal-fired power fleet is uncertain. longer-term operation unabated coal incompatible with climate policy economically challenging because increasing price CO2 emission allowances in EU. results techno-economic analysis presented this paper indicate that retrofit units, by means replacing boilers small modular reactors, may be an interesting o...

The best wind locations are nowadays often occupied by old, less efficient and relatively small turbines. Many of them will soon reach the end their operating lifetime, or lose financial support. Therefore, repowering comes to fore. However, social acceptance land use restrictions have been under constant change since initial expansions, which makes area available for new turbines, even on exis...