Solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation is expanding rapidly in China, with total capacity projected to be 400 GW by 2030. However, severe aerosol pollution over China reduces solar radiation reaching the surface. We estimate the aerosol impact on solar PV electricity generation at the provincial and regional grid levels in China. Our approach is to examine the 12-year (2003-2014) averag...

In this paper, we conduct a feasibility study of the wind energy potential in Gaza, which suffers from a severe shortage of energy supplies. Our calculated energy harvested from the wind is based on data for a typical meteorological year, which are fed into a small wind turbine of 5 kW power rating installable on the roof of residential buildings. The expected annual energy output at a height o...

Climate emulators trained on existing simulations can be used to project project the climate effects that result from different possible future pathways of anthropogenic forcing, without further relying on general circulation model (GCM) simulations. We extend this idea to include different amounts of solar geoengineering in addition to different pathways of greenhouse gas concentrations, by tr...

This paper summarizes in a simple and intuitive way why the neutrons, the muons and the solar neutrinos cannot give any significant contribution to the DAMA annual modulation results. A number of these elements have already been presented in individual papers; they are recalled here together with few simple considerations which demonstrate the incorrectness of the claim reported in Davis (PRL 1...

The development in solar PV technology is growing very fast in recent years due to technological improvement, cost reductions in materials and government support for renewable energy based electricity production. Photovoltaic is playing an important role to utilize solar energy for electricity production worldwide. At present, the PV market is growing rapidly with worldwide around 23.5 GW in 20...

Marathon runners spend considerable time in outdoor training for and participating in marathons. Outdoor runners may experience high solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure. South Africa, where running is popular, experiences high ambient solar UVR levels that may be associated with adverse health effects. This feasibility study explores the use of personal dosimeters to determine solar UVR ...

According to recent technology road maps, system cost reductions and development of standardised plug-and-function systems are some of the most important goals for solar heating technology development. Retrofitting hot water boilers in single-family houses when installing solar collectors has the potential to significantly reduce both material and installation costs. Previous studies have inves...

for Invited Talk at the First Annual Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 1-2, 2006 1 Opportunities and Perspectives for Plastics in Coming Fossil Fuel and Solar Energy Scenarios Reinhold W. Lang 1, 2 1 Institute of Materials Science and Testing of Plastics, University of Leoben 2 Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH Franz-Josef-Straße 18, A-8700 Leoben, Austria [email protected]

The lunar semidiurnal barometric tide Lz and the solar 2 4 , 12-, and &hr. oscillations of the surface pressure have been determined for 10 stations in Australia and on adjacent islands. At Rabaul and Moresby L2 is considerably smaller than elsewhere in these latitudes. The characteristic annual variation of the phase-late high tide during the D season-is found a t most Australian stations. But...

The present data of gallium experiments provide indirectly the experimental limit on the fraction of ν 2 mass eigenstate for the 8 B neutrinos from the Sun. However, if to use the experimental data alone, the fraction of ν 2 and, consequently, sin 2 θ 12 still is allowed to be varied within a rather broad range. The further experimental efforts are needed to clear this point. Introduction. The ...