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Exergy analysis of renewable energy sources

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  • Koroneos, Christopher
  • Spachos, Thomas
  • Moussiopoulos, Nikolaos

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Oil crises in the past years made more obvious the dependency of economies on fossil fuels. As a consequence, the need for new energy sources became more urgent. Renewable energy sources could provide a solution to the problem, as they are inexhaustible and have less adverse impacts on the environment than fossil fuels. Yet, renewable energy sources technology has not reached a high standard at which it can be considered competitive to fossil fuels. The present study deals with the exergy analysis of solar energy, wind power and geothermal energy. That is, the actual use of energy from the existing available energy is discussed. In addition, renewable energy sources are compared with the non-renewable energy sources on the basis of efficiency.

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  • Koroneos, Christopher & Spachos, Thomas & Moussiopoulos, Nikolaos, 2003. "Exergy analysis of renewable energy sources," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 295-310.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:28:y:2003:i:2:p:295-310
    DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(01)00125-2
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