Matthew Bleeker | Jun 1, 2022
We investigate whether photovoltaics (PV) can effectively and economically contribute to a massively renewable energy (RE) power generation future for Switzerland. Taking advantage of the country’s flexible hydropower resources, we determine the optimum PV/battery...
Matthew Bleeker | Jun 1, 2022
We investigate whether PV can effectively and economically contribute to a massively renewable energy (RE) power generation future for Switzerland. Taking advantage of the country’s flexible hydropower resources, we determine the optimum PV/battery configurations that...
Matthew Bleeker | Jun 1, 2022
Small-scale variabilities of solar irradiance are important for many applications. Downscaling approaches need to be developed where only the averaged state of solar irradiance is known. In this study, we investigate the use of copula for temporally downscaling GHI...
Matthew Bleeker | Jun 1, 2022
Satellite-derived solar irradiance data are known to underestimate temporal variability compared to point measurements because of their pixel-averaging nature. In this study, we apply an algorithm imposing random noise to enhance the temporal variability of 5-minute...
Matthew Bleeker | Mar 16, 2022
Energy on our planet is central to the functioning of our ecosystem and modern human society. This work attempts to put the various renewable and non-renewable energy sources at our disposition into context with extant and future human energy consumption. The 79,000...
