The stability and reliability of a smart grid are challenged by the inherent intermittency and unpredictability of renewable energy as its integration into the smart grid increases. This places enormous pressure on the smart grid to manage high loads...
The transition to sustainable energy systems is essential for attaining global carbon neutrality targets. Demand-side flexibility for carbon mitigation is investigated, and a low-carbon operational strategy tailored for industrial park energy systems...
The increasing integration of distributed energy resources and flexible loads has transformed university campuses into complex energy systems that require coordinated operational strategies capable of managing renewable uncertainty while maintaining...
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This study investigates the economic operation of integrated energy systems under uncertainty, aiming to boost operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness while reducing carbon emissions. Unlike existing methods that either ignore the demand respon...
Increasing awareness of climate change has induced demand for action most notably. As public demand for action on climate change increases, conversion to energy sources with lower greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity will accelerate. Experience during the...
This paper addresses the low-carbon operation of integrated energy systems (PIESs) by proposing a carbon-aware demand response strategy with synergistic participation from consumers and energy storage. Initially, two typical scenarios—“el...
Under the dual targets of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, virtual power plants (VPPs) are expected to coordinate distributed energy resources in distribution networks to ensure low-carbon operation. This paper introduces a distribution-level dy...
Background: Manufacturing supply chains must increasingly coordinate cost, environmental impact, and service continuity under demand uncertainty and limited capacity. Methods: This study develops a stochastic mixed-integer linear programming framewor...
The global transition toward low-carbon energy systems necessitates fundamental innovations in demand-side flexibility, particularly in industrial load regulation. This study presents a systematic review and critical analysis of 90 key research works...
Under the “dual-carbon” strategic framework, the installed capacity of renewable energy sources has continuously increased, while that of conventional generation units has progressively decreased. This structural shift significantly dimin...
With the rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy generation, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology has emerged as a promising approach for transforming EVs from passive charging loads into flexible distributed energy storage resources...
In the context of a low-carbon economy, firms must make positive responses in their operation management, including inventory management. Carbon-emission regulation policies have marked their influence on the optimization of low-carbon inventory syst...
Port operators must now reduce emissions without weakening the reliability of cargo-handling and logistics services. Two load groups are especially important in this setting: vessels connected to shore-side facilities during berthing and heavy-duty v...
The potential benefits of green travel in achieving dual-carbon goals and promoting sustainable urban development have been widely recognized. However, the various factors influencing green travel behavior in small- and medium-sized central urban are...
As global population growth continues, the rapidly increasing demand for food and the environmental impact of this demand is a growing concern. Most food in Hong Kong is imported, which has implications for the associated environmental footprint. The...
Food is a necessity in people’s lives. Equally importantly, alcoholic beverages are also highly demanded globally due to the indispensable role they play in cultural, social, and ritual events. However, the production of food and alcoholic beve...
Guided by the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, in order to coordinate the recycling and remanufacturing closed-loop supply chain (CLSC), considering the strengthened low-carbon awareness of consumers and the high cost of carbon emission...
To address the high dependence on diesel generation, renewable energy variability, and limited demand-side flexibility of remote islanded microgrids, this study develops a low-carbon economic dispatch framework for an islanded photovoltaic–wind...
As industries come under growing pressure to minimize carbon emissions without compromising the efficiency of operations, the integration of energy-aware production scheduling with emerging energy markets, renewable energy, and policy mechanisms is c...
In recent decades, climate change has demanded more and more attention. Consumers have the power to influence the carbon footprint of goods and services through their purchasing decisions, but to do this they need to learn more. To address this need,...
Stakeholders’ demand for corporate social responsibility (CSR) not only creates pressure on the corporation, but corporations are also themselves aware about leading CSR activities’ reporting and embedding sustainable activities to create...
Hydrogen refueling stations (HRSs) are a critical enabling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), yet their deployment in dense metropolitan areas often faces a dual challenge: limited travel-time accessibility for users and low publ...
Digitalization has emerged as an indispensable pathway for enterprises aiming to achieve low-carbon development, demanding strategic implementation by managers who play a crucial role in shaping organizational outcomes. This study utilizes text minin...
The demand for materials that can operate reliably in extreme environments, including rocket nozzles, re-entry heat shields, sharp leading edges, high-velocity impact, and high-temperature energy systems, continue to drive advances in thermal–s...
With a rapid increase in the awareness of carbon reduction worldwide, the industry of electric vehicles (EVs) has started to flourish. However, the large number of EVs connected to a power grid with a large power demand and uncertainty may result in...
Urban environments encounter urgent challenges in transitioning to net-zero emissions, particularly with respect to the adoption and large-scale incorporation of renewable energy solutions such as photovoltaic (PV) technologies. This study explores t...
Cloud computing has transformed modern IT infrastructure by enabling scalable, on-demand access to virtualized resources. However, the rapid growth of cloud services has intensified energy consumption across data centres, increasing operational costs...
Agriculture is responsible for nearly one-quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with livestock and poultry systems contributing significantly through methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2). Achieving net-zero agricul...
In a smart home linked to a smart grid (SG), demand-side management (DSM) has the potential to reduce electricity costs and carbon/chlorofluorocarbon emissions, which are associated with electricity used in today’s modern society. To meet conti...
Under the dual imperatives of environmental protection and sustainable socio-economic development, the high energy consumption of the manufacturing sector has become a significant barrier to its transition toward industrial ecological transformation....
Achieving sustainability in the manufacturing sector calls for systemic reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions without compromising productivity. In the global energy consumption landscape, the manufacturing sector accounts for a signi...
Climate change and rising sea levels present significant challenges for geotourism destinations and activities. Accelerated changes in geomorphological processes threaten or diminish both the physical existence and aesthetic qualities of geoheritage...
Fundamentally, newborn items that are used commercially, such as chicken, fish, and small camel, grow day by day in size and also increase their weight. The seller offers a credit policy to the buyer to increase sales for a particular growing item (f...
With the advancement of the “dual carbon” goal, the power system is accelerating its transition towards a clean and low-carbon structure, with a continuous increase in the penetration rate of renewable energy generation (REG). However, th...
Metamaterials possess unique and desirable multiphysical behaviors derived from deliberately arranging conventional materials into designed structural topologies. Multifunctional mechanical metamaterials that can both carry load and provide in situ s...
Supply chain network design (SCND) is an important strategic decision determining the structure of each entity in the supply chain, which has an important impact on the long-term development of a company. An efficient and effective supply chain netwo...