Vegetation phenology is that branch of science that describes periodic plant life cycle events across the growing seasons. Remote sensing typically monitors these significant events by means of time series of vegetation indices, permitting to charact...
Visual pollution (VP) is the deterioration or disruption of natural and man-made landscapes that ruins the aesthetic appeal of an area. It also refers to physical elements that limit the movability of people on public roads, such as excavation barrie...
This study aims to evaluate how integrating an Interactive Response System (IRS) with Modified Flipped Learning (MFL) can enhance students’ attendance, learning motivation, and creative self-efficacy in a sustainability course contextualized by...
Aluminum nitride (AlN) is an excellent material for heat sinks and is used, for example, in high-performance electronics, high-power LEDs and photovoltaics. In order to meet the constantly increasing demands on substrate materials and heat sinks resu...
Advanced ceramics are recognized as key enabling materials possessing combinations of properties not achievable in other material classes. They provide very high thermal, chemical and mechanical resistance and typically exhibit lower densities than m...
Currently, the transmission system operators (TSOs) from Portugal and Spain do not procure a frequency containment reserve (FCR) through market mechanisms. In this context, a virtual power plant (VPP) that aggregates sources, such as wind and solar p...
Virtual power plants (VPPs) enable the efficient participation of distributed renewable energy resources in electricity markets by aggregating them. However, the profitability of VPPs is challenged by market volatility and regulatory constraints, suc...
This article describes problems related to the operation of a virtual micro power plant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE), Czestochowa University of Technology (CUT). In the era of dynamic development of renewable energy sources, it is n...
Non-metallic additive manufacturing technology has seen a substantial improvement in the precision of the parts it produces. Its capability to achieve complex geometries and very small dimensions makes it suitable for integration into strategic indus...
As distributed energy resources (DERs) proliferate power systems, power grids face new challenges stemming from the variability and uncertainty of DERs. To address these problems, virtual power plants (VPPs) are established to aggregate DERs and mana...
Virtual power plants (VPP) emerge as a new participant that, in order to maximise their visibility and income, represents a group of distributed energy resources (DER) in the electricity market. However, this DER aggregation brings challenges, such a...
The vapor phase polymerization (VPP) method is a conventional strategy for synthesizing conducting polymers (CPs) on the surfaces of various materials. However, the current VPP method performed on a metal surface usually requires harsh reaction condi...
The Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) onboard NOAA-7 through NOAA-19 satellites has been the primary data source for two Climate Data Records (CDRs) that were developed specifically for Arctic and Antarctic studies: the AVHRR Polar Pat...
A procedure for the optimization of a catamaran’s sail plan able to provide a preliminary optimal appendages configuration is described. The method integrates a sail parametric CAD model, an automatic computational domain generator and a Velocity Pre...
Background/Objectives: During adult walking, ground reaction forces (GRFs) consistently intersect near a point above the center of mass (CoM), termed the virtual pivot point (VPP). The VPP is hypothesized to contribute to upper body stabilization. Ho...
Virtual power plants (VPPs) provide essential regulation capabilities by aggregating diverse distributed energy resources (DERs). Accurately assessing the value of VPPs from the grid’s side is essential for improving market mechanism design and...
One of the recent trends that concern renewable energy sources and energy storage systems is the concept of virtual power plants (VPP). The majority of research now focuses on analyzing case studies of VPP in different issues. This article presents t...
Virtual power plants (VPPs) are optimized to maximize profits by efficiently scheduling their resources. However, dynamic power trading over existing distribution networks can lead to voltage disturbances and branch congestion, posing risks to networ...
The burden of excess energy from the high renewable energy sources (RES) share creates a significant reduction of residual load for the future, resulting in reduced market prices. The higher the share of stochastic RES, the more often the price will...
Over the past decade, China has vigorously supported the development of renewable energy and has initially established the electricity–carbon–certificate multi-market. As a typical market-oriented demand-side management model, studying th...
Renewable energy sources have become one of the important roles for sustainable energy development. One of the promising mechanisms to deploy renewable energy is through a Virtual Power Plant (VPP), which can integrate various distributed renewable e...
Vat photopolymerization (VPP) is an effective additive manufacturing (AM) process known for its high dimensional accuracy and excellent surface finish. It employs vector scanning and mask projection techniques to cure photopolymer resin at a specific...
The electricity spot market is now being implemented in China. Demand response, as a kind of flexible resource, is also being studied and explored for the constructed power market. Among the many demand response applications, the virtual power plant...
The concept of virtual power plants (VPP) was introduced over 20 years ago but is still actively researched. The majority of research now focuses on analyzing case studies of such installations. In this article, the investigation is based on a VPP in...
Virtual power plants (VPPs) have been widely researched to handle the unpredictability and variable nature of renewable energy sources. The distributed energy resources are aggregated to form into a virtual power plant and operate as a single generat...
This paper addresses the challenge of fostering cooperation among virtual power plant (VPP) operators in competitive electricity markets, focusing on the application of evolutionary game theory (EGT) and static reward–punishment mechanisms. Thi...
Vat photopolymerization (VPP) is an additive manufacturing process commonly used in medical applications. This work aims, for the first time in the literature, to extend and enhance the performance of a commercial medical-grade resin for the VPP proc...
The modern energy landscape is undergoing a significant transformation towards cleaner, decentralized energy sources. This change is driven by environmental and sustainability needs, causing traditional centralized electric grids, which rely heavily...
Functioning as a smart aggregation entity that combines distributed energy resources, energy storage systems, and flexible loads, virtual power plants (VPPs) serve as a pivotal technology in advancing the decarbonization and flexibility enhancement o...
The rapid proliferation of distributed energy resources (DERs), including photovoltaics, wind power, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles, has transformed traditional power systems into highly decentralized and data-rich environments. Virtua...
Given the strong coupling between electricity flow and carbon flow, promoting the low-carbon transformation of the energy sector is a crucial measure to actively responding to climate challenges. As a pivotal hub linking the electricity market with t...
The implementation of demand response (DR) could contribute to significant economic benefits meanwhile simultaneously enhancing the security of the concerned power system. A well-designed carbon emission trading mechanism provides an efficient way to...
Integrating Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations into buildings is becoming increasingly important due to the rapid growth of private EV ownership and prolonged parking durations in residential areas. This paper proposes robust, building-integrate...
Phenological parameters extracted from time series (TS) of spectral indices are essential to characterizing crops. However, the lack of data in the TS can affect their accuracy. The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) provides these parameters...
CROPOS, as the Croatian GNSS network, was modernized and upgraded to support the Galileo system in 2019. Two of CROPOS’s services—VPPS (Network RTK service) and GPPS (post-processing service)—were assessed for the contribution of th...
Virtual power plant (VPP) is a critical platform for modern distribution systems with distributed generators (DGs). However, its cybersecurity is susceptible to cyber-attacks such as false data injection attacks (FDIAs). The impacts of FDIAs on VPP-d...
The emission reduction of global greenhouse gases is one of the key steps towards sustainable development. Demand response utilizes the resources of the demand side as an alternative of power supply which is very important for the power network balan...
The increasing penetration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) in Distribution Systems (DSs) has motivated studies on Virtual Power Plants (VPPs). However, few studies have jointly assessed the sizing and economic attractiveness of VPPs from the e...
The present study establishes a stochastic adaptive robust dispatch model for virtual power plants (VPPs) to address the risks associated with uncertainties in electricity market prices and photovoltaic (PV) power outputs. The model consists of distr...
The transition towards renewable energy has increased the importance of virtual power plants (VPPs) in integrating distributed energy resources (DERs). However, questions remain regarding the most appropriate auction mechanisms (pay-as-bid (PAB) vers...
Solar energy penetration has been on the rise worldwide during the past decade, attracting a growing interest in solar power forecasting over short time horizons. The increasing integration of these resources without accurate power forecasts hinders...
A virtual power plant (VPP) is aimed to integrate distributed energy resources (DERs). To solve the VPP economic dispatch (VPED) problem, the power supply-demand balance, power transmission constraints, and power output constraints of each DER must b...
The intensified global focus on the energy transition and sustainability has increased the drive to leverage electric vehicle (EV) batteries as virtual power plant (VPP) resources. However, uncertainties and governance factors associated with this in...
The increasing penetration of distributed renewable energy and the emergence of large-scale, flexible loads such as data centers pose significant challenges to the economic and secure operation of distribution systems. Traditional static pricing mech...
A virtual power plant (VPP) can be defined as the integration of decentralized units into one centralized control system. A VPP consists of generation sources and energy storage units. In this article, based on real measurements, the charging and dis...
This paper presents an optimization method for scheduling a multi-energy VPP (Virtual Power Plant) supply–demand balance in the power market environment of Jiangxi Province. The primary objective of this method is to improve the operational eff...
Renewable energy sources prevail as a clean energy source and their penetration in the power sector is increasing day by day due to the growing concern for climate action. However, the intermittent nature of the renewable energy based-power generatio...
In practical optimization, a priority requirement for different objectives of multiple objective optimization problems should be considered. In this paper, the distributed power management of a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) with priority requirement is o...
We here report the results of our investigations carried out on verbascoside, a phenylpropanoid glycoside known for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and photoprotective actions. Verbascoside was obtained from Buddleia davidii meristematic cells, ob...
To make full use of distributed energy resources to meet load demand, this study aggregated wind power plants (WPPs), photovoltaic power generation (PV), small hydropower stations (SHSs), energy storage systems (ESSs), conventional gas turbines (CGTs...
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