Pub Date : 2024-03-21DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ad31b6
Udayan Singh, Vikram Vishal, Amit Garg
India has committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. While targets for CO2 capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies are not explicitly set, the Government of India’s agencies and public-sector enterprises have mentioned CCUS approaches conditionally subject to availability of feasible technology and financing. This paper aims to examine the gap between the current status of CCUS in India and the levels of deployment as projected by modeling exercises. It takes a Talanoa dialogue approach to answer the following questions on CCUS perspective in India: where are we right now, where do we need to be, and how do we get there. The current status of CO2 capture in India is at the pilot/demonstration stage, with the chemicals and steel sectors, being the most advanced. Emergence of the methanol economy as a key avenue for CO2 utilization may be seen at a large-scale. Geologic CO2 storage is at an advanced planning stage via enhanced oil recovery, and will likely be targeted over this decade. From the current and planned stage, India would likely need 400–800 Mt-CO2/year by 2050 to meet its share of the 1.5 °C carbon budget. We suggest several priority research directions for technology development across the CCUS value chain.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-20DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ad31b7
Sebastian Sterl, Rebekah Shirley, Mary Githinji, Rose Dortch, Min Guan, Adair Turner
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of research on African energy transitions and pinpoints critical questions that require answering to allow science-based policymaking. It both highlights unique elements of energy transitions research in the African context, and explains why these need deeper investigation to enable decisions informed by clear and objective country-specific analysis. In doing so, it pinpoints clear areas of future study that are urgently needed at the country level to enable science-informed policy.
{"title":"Leapfrogging the darkness: contextualising the meaning of energy transitions for African countries","authors":"Sebastian Sterl, Rebekah Shirley, Mary Githinji, Rose Dortch, Min Guan, Adair Turner","doi":"10.1088/2516-1083/ad31b7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ad31b7","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of research on African energy transitions and pinpoints critical questions that require answering to allow science-based policymaking. It both highlights unique elements of energy transitions research in the African context, and explains why these need deeper investigation to enable decisions informed by clear and objective country-specific analysis. In doing so, it pinpoints clear areas of future study that are urgently needed at the country level to enable science-informed policy.","PeriodicalId":501831,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140317012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-07DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ad2706
Ming Kuang, Youwen Tian, Qingyu Liu, Meng Zhao, Xin Wu
This review presents a state-of-the-art literature review of Automatic Generation Control (AGC) control strategies for power systems containing renewable energy sources. The incorporation of renewable energy into the power system has a large impact on the stability, reliability, economy and security of the power system. To mitigate these effects, it is important to choose a suitable control strategy for AGC. However, there is a limited amount of literature available on the review of AGC in renewable energy power systems., so a review of AGC control strategies for renewable energy-containing power systems is necessary. The investigation of this paper focuses on all kinds of different AGC control strategies for renewable energy-containing power systems, such as Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) control, fuzzy control, artificial neural network control, etc., and compares and considers these different control methods, while this paper summarises the power system models with/without renewable energy. In addition, this paper summarises and discusses the application of intelligent optimization algorithms and energy storage systems to control strategies. The problems and future research directions of the current research on power systems with renewable energy sources are also discussed.
{"title":"A review of control strategies for automatic generation control in power systems with renewable energy","authors":"Ming Kuang, Youwen Tian, Qingyu Liu, Meng Zhao, Xin Wu","doi":"10.1088/2516-1083/ad2706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ad2706","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This review presents a state-of-the-art literature review of Automatic Generation Control (AGC) control strategies for power systems containing renewable energy sources. The incorporation of renewable energy into the power system has a large impact on the stability, reliability, economy and security of the power system. To mitigate these effects, it is important to choose a suitable control strategy for AGC. However, there is a limited amount of literature available on the review of AGC in renewable energy power systems., so a review of AGC control strategies for renewable energy-containing power systems is necessary. The investigation of this paper focuses on all kinds of different AGC control strategies for renewable energy-containing power systems, such as Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) control, fuzzy control, artificial neural network control, etc., and compares and considers these different control methods, while this paper summarises the power system models with/without renewable energy. In addition, this paper summarises and discusses the application of intelligent optimization algorithms and energy storage systems to control strategies. The problems and future research directions of the current research on power systems with renewable energy sources are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":501831,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139794815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-07DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ad2706
Ming Kuang, Youwen Tian, Qingyu Liu, Meng Zhao, Xin Wu
This review presents a state-of-the-art literature review of Automatic Generation Control (AGC) control strategies for power systems containing renewable energy sources. The incorporation of renewable energy into the power system has a large impact on the stability, reliability, economy and security of the power system. To mitigate these effects, it is important to choose a suitable control strategy for AGC. However, there is a limited amount of literature available on the review of AGC in renewable energy power systems., so a review of AGC control strategies for renewable energy-containing power systems is necessary. The investigation of this paper focuses on all kinds of different AGC control strategies for renewable energy-containing power systems, such as Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) control, fuzzy control, artificial neural network control, etc., and compares and considers these different control methods, while this paper summarises the power system models with/without renewable energy. In addition, this paper summarises and discusses the application of intelligent optimization algorithms and energy storage systems to control strategies. The problems and future research directions of the current research on power systems with renewable energy sources are also discussed.
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Pub Date : 2024-01-25DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ad22d0
Marco Lagnoni, Gaia Armiento, C. Nicolella, A. Bertei
Intercalation is the key phenomenon taking place in lithium-ion batteries: while its thermodynamics sets the equilibrium voltage of active materials, solid-state diffusion of intercalated lithium determines the rate at which the battery can operate. This study revisits the thermodynamics of intercalation by treating the active material as a binary mixture of filled and empty sites, thus relating the equilibrium potential to the chemical potential difference of intercalated lithium. By setting a reference to unitary activity at half state-of-lithiation, the non-ideal behaviour of the active material is quantified via a revisited form of the thermodynamic enhancement factor, revealing that common solid-solution cathode materials as LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2, LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2, and LiCoO2 show strong super-ideal behaviour. The latter is related to the thermodynamic enhancement of the diffusion coefficient of intercalated lithium. A comprehensive overview of the functional forms of Li diffusion flux according to linear irreversible thermodynamics is provided and related to the chemical diffusion coefficient obtained by conventional characterisation techniques. A literature analysis made on solid-solution cathode active materials reveals that while the chemical diffusion coefficient varies significantly with state-of-lithiation, there exists a convenient functional form of diffusion flux according to linear irreversible thermodynamics that enables a fairly stable diffusion coefficient with state-of-lithiation. This has clear benefits from both modelling and experimental viewpoints and potentially sheds light on the mechanistic fundamentals of solid-state diffusion.
{"title":"Intercalation in Li-ion batteries: thermodynamics and its relation to non-ideal solid-state diffusion","authors":"Marco Lagnoni, Gaia Armiento, C. Nicolella, A. Bertei","doi":"10.1088/2516-1083/ad22d0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ad22d0","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Intercalation is the key phenomenon taking place in lithium-ion batteries: while its thermodynamics sets the equilibrium voltage of active materials, solid-state diffusion of intercalated lithium determines the rate at which the battery can operate. This study revisits the thermodynamics of intercalation by treating the active material as a binary mixture of filled and empty sites, thus relating the equilibrium potential to the chemical potential difference of intercalated lithium. By setting a reference to unitary activity at half state-of-lithiation, the non-ideal behaviour of the active material is quantified via a revisited form of the thermodynamic enhancement factor, revealing that common solid-solution cathode materials as LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2, LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2, and LiCoO2 show strong super-ideal behaviour. The latter is related to the thermodynamic enhancement of the diffusion coefficient of intercalated lithium. A comprehensive overview of the functional forms of Li diffusion flux according to linear irreversible thermodynamics is provided and related to the chemical diffusion coefficient obtained by conventional characterisation techniques. A literature analysis made on solid-solution cathode active materials reveals that while the chemical diffusion coefficient varies significantly with state-of-lithiation, there exists a convenient functional form of diffusion flux according to linear irreversible thermodynamics that enables a fairly stable diffusion coefficient with state-of-lithiation. This has clear benefits from both modelling and experimental viewpoints and potentially sheds light on the mechanistic fundamentals of solid-state diffusion.","PeriodicalId":501831,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139596602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-24DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ad1921
Thomas Len, Tripti Chhabra, Annu Rusanen, Jose Estrada-Pomares, Gustavo de Miguel, Rafael Luque
Carbon dioxide release by human activity is the major cause of global warming. Decreasing the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is a challenge that needs to be addressed. In addition to their negative impact on the environment, the availability of petroleum-based fuel is decreasing. The photoconversion of CO2 into so-called green solar fuel is a possible alternative to reduce the quantity of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere aiming the limitation of greenhouse effect. Among the photocatalyst studied for these reactions, the perovskite-based appeared as one of the most promising class of materials. These materials possess unique optoelectronic properties and exhibit significant variability in terms of their dimensionality, structure, morphology, grain size, and tunable band gap, as well as the position of their valence band and conduction band. This review discusses both the classics and innovative perovskite synthesis methods such as solid-state reaction, hydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis, hot injection or chemical precipitation. Then, the use of these materials for the photoreduction of CO2 into fuel such as formic acid, methanol and methane is detailed.
{"title":"CO2 to solar fuel: design and reactivity of inorganic perovskites","authors":"Thomas Len, Tripti Chhabra, Annu Rusanen, Jose Estrada-Pomares, Gustavo de Miguel, Rafael Luque","doi":"10.1088/2516-1083/ad1921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ad1921","url":null,"abstract":"Carbon dioxide release by human activity is the major cause of global warming. Decreasing the concentration of CO<sub>2</sub> in the atmosphere is a challenge that needs to be addressed. In addition to their negative impact on the environment, the availability of petroleum-based fuel is decreasing. The photoconversion of CO<sub>2</sub> into so-called green solar fuel is a possible alternative to reduce the quantity of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere aiming the limitation of greenhouse effect. Among the photocatalyst studied for these reactions, the perovskite-based appeared as one of the most promising class of materials. These materials possess unique optoelectronic properties and exhibit significant variability in terms of their dimensionality, structure, morphology, grain size, and tunable band gap, as well as the position of their valence band and conduction band. This review discusses both the classics and innovative perovskite synthesis methods such as solid-state reaction, hydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis, hot injection or chemical precipitation. Then, the use of these materials for the photoreduction of CO<sub>2</sub> into fuel such as formic acid, methanol and methane is detailed.","PeriodicalId":501831,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139771783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Over the past few decades, there has been a massive increase in research focused on the global need for renewable energy sources. Numerous studies and reports in the literature have been conducted on technologies like wind and solar energy. However, partly due to expense and the difficulty of providing service during off-peak hours, these technologies have not been widely used all over the world. Over the past several decades, research on energy storage systems has increased to make such systems more competitive and advanced. This envisions formulating an energy storage system with cost-efficient power storage during off-peak hours for later distribution. A supercapacitor (SC) is an example of energy storage and delivery technology that accumulates and transfers energy rapidly, providing a considerable amount of current for a short time. SC technology research and development have proliferated during the last ten years. In particular, this review highlights the advancements made in SCs to provide solutions to problems associated with solid waste management (SWM) and energy usage. It begins with the introduction to SCs, wastes, SWM, waste hierarchy, and essential waste products that can be utilized to fabricate the electrodes of SCs. A brief discussion is made regarding recycling and concern for environmental pollution. Prominent recycling techniques and materials have been overviewed, followed by the performance of such waste products-derived SC electrodes. The summary concludes with the authors’ views and discusses the future scope and unstated challenges.
{"title":"From trash to treasure: crafting electrochemical supercapacitors with recycled waste materials","authors":"Bhavya Padha, Sonali Verma, Aamir Ahmed, Madhav P Chavhan, Prerna Mahajan, Sandeep Arya","doi":"10.1088/2516-1083/ad139c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ad139c","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past few decades, there has been a massive increase in research focused on the global need for renewable energy sources. Numerous studies and reports in the literature have been conducted on technologies like wind and solar energy. However, partly due to expense and the difficulty of providing service during off-peak hours, these technologies have not been widely used all over the world. Over the past several decades, research on energy storage systems has increased to make such systems more competitive and advanced. This envisions formulating an energy storage system with cost-efficient power storage during off-peak hours for later distribution. A supercapacitor (SC) is an example of energy storage and delivery technology that accumulates and transfers energy rapidly, providing a considerable amount of current for a short time. SC technology research and development have proliferated during the last ten years. In particular, this review highlights the advancements made in SCs to provide solutions to problems associated with solid waste management (SWM) and energy usage. It begins with the introduction to SCs, wastes, SWM, waste hierarchy, and essential waste products that can be utilized to fabricate the electrodes of SCs. A brief discussion is made regarding recycling and concern for environmental pollution. Prominent recycling techniques and materials have been overviewed, followed by the performance of such waste products-derived SC electrodes. The summary concludes with the authors’ views and discusses the future scope and unstated challenges.","PeriodicalId":501831,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139096562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-21DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ad0ebe
Ishika Chhillar, Sukhbir Sandhu, Peter Majewski, Subhadarsini Parida, Shruti Sardeshmukh
The uptake of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels for the generation of clean energy has almost exponentially increased over the past 10 years and can be expected to further exponentially increase until 2030. Organisations like the International Renewable Energy Agency have clearly outlined the need and benefits of robust end-of-life (EoL) management legislations, such as a product stewardship scheme or extended producer responsibility, to cope with the significant expected waste volume arising from solar PV panels during the next 30 years or so. However, effective EoL management legislation is still not existing in many countries despite having significant solar PV capacity installed. This article explores a possible strategy for a product stewardship legislation for solar PV panels including options for necessary levies to support an emerging recycling industry for solar panels. Given that currently almost 3 billion solar PV panels are installed worldwide, considerations are also given for a legislation which supports and encourages a second hand economy for solar PV panels.
{"title":"Product stewardship for solar photovoltaic panels","authors":"Ishika Chhillar, Sukhbir Sandhu, Peter Majewski, Subhadarsini Parida, Shruti Sardeshmukh","doi":"10.1088/2516-1083/ad0ebe","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ad0ebe","url":null,"abstract":"The uptake of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels for the generation of clean energy has almost exponentially increased over the past 10 years and can be expected to further exponentially increase until 2030. Organisations like the International Renewable Energy Agency have clearly outlined the need and benefits of robust end-of-life (EoL) management legislations, such as a product stewardship scheme or extended producer responsibility, to cope with the significant expected waste volume arising from solar PV panels during the next 30 years or so. However, effective EoL management legislation is still not existing in many countries despite having significant solar PV capacity installed. This article explores a possible strategy for a product stewardship legislation for solar PV panels including options for necessary levies to support an emerging recycling industry for solar panels. Given that currently almost 3 billion solar PV panels are installed worldwide, considerations are also given for a legislation which supports and encourages a second hand economy for solar PV panels.","PeriodicalId":501831,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139054411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-06DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ad1052
Noah Sandoval, Jonathan Morgenstein, Jesse Geiger, Patrick Gibbs, Morgan Bazilian, Adam Warren
The US energy system is undergoing massive changes that have environmental, technological, and societal implications. Decisions and actions taken now will dramatically alter the trajectory of our future energy system. Though new technologies can lessen the dangers of anthropogenic climate change, an effective and sustainable transition requires addressing social justice issues as a priority. To this end, many states have implemented policies and programs that address energy justice. A formal survey of state-level energy justice policies and programs is needed to better understand the methods used to assist communities targeted and the impacts of these efforts. Such an analysis should include an analysis of the metrics used to judge the effectiveness of the enacted policies and programs. In this paper, we analyze the energy justice policies and programs of seven different US states. From this analysis, we identify three important aspects of state energy policies. First, most policies and programs do not articulate their goals, nor cite metrics to judge their successes. This lack of transparency and accountability is a major roadblock to truly just solutions. Second, states focus on a very narrow range of solutions for energy justice issues. The most prevalent being utility bill assistance, which does not address the systemic and enduring challenges faced by many low-income or historically marginalized communities. Lastly, comprehensive energy policy does not acknowledge and address housing, employment, education, and healthcare inequities that exacerbate energy system inequities. The work presented in this paper sheds light on the progress of state-level energy justice policies and programs across the United States, and we argue more work needs to be done to understand best practices in energy justice policymaking.
{"title":"A comparative analysis of US state-level policies and programs to advance energy justice","authors":"Noah Sandoval, Jonathan Morgenstein, Jesse Geiger, Patrick Gibbs, Morgan Bazilian, Adam Warren","doi":"10.1088/2516-1083/ad1052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ad1052","url":null,"abstract":"The US energy system is undergoing massive changes that have environmental, technological, and societal implications. Decisions and actions taken now will dramatically alter the trajectory of our future energy system. Though new technologies can lessen the dangers of anthropogenic climate change, an effective and sustainable transition requires addressing social justice issues as a priority. To this end, many states have implemented policies and programs that address energy justice. A formal survey of state-level energy justice policies and programs is needed to better understand the methods used to assist communities targeted and the impacts of these efforts. Such an analysis should include an analysis of the metrics used to judge the effectiveness of the enacted policies and programs. In this paper, we analyze the energy justice policies and programs of seven different US states. From this analysis, we identify three important aspects of state energy policies. First, most policies and programs do not articulate their goals, nor cite metrics to judge their successes. This lack of transparency and accountability is a major roadblock to truly just solutions. Second, states focus on a very narrow range of solutions for energy justice issues. The most prevalent being utility bill assistance, which does not address the systemic and enduring challenges faced by many low-income or historically marginalized communities. Lastly, comprehensive energy policy does not acknowledge and address housing, employment, education, and healthcare inequities that exacerbate energy system inequities. The work presented in this paper sheds light on the progress of state-level energy justice policies and programs across the United States, and we argue more work needs to be done to understand best practices in energy justice policymaking.","PeriodicalId":501831,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138693367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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