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Assessing the Energy Generation and Economics of Combined Solar PV and Wind Turbine-Based Systems with and without Energy Storage—Scottish Perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Muneer, T., Alam, M., & Dowell, R. (2023). Assessing the Energy Generation and Economics of Combined Solar PV and Wind Turbine-Based Systems with and without Energy Storage—Scottish Perspective. New Energy Exploitation and Application, 2(2), 30-42. https://doi.org/10.54963/neea.v2i2.170

Solar PV and wind energy conversion are now so economical that they compete head-on with all forms of fossil fuel and nuclear energy conversion. In view of climate change and the rising price of electricity due to wars, all governments are also facin... Read More about Assessing the Energy Generation and Economics of Combined Solar PV and Wind Turbine-Based Systems with and without Energy Storage—Scottish Perspective.

Performance analysis and comparison between bifacial and monofacial solar photovoltaic at various ground albedo conditions (2023)
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Alam, M., Gul, M. S., & Muneer, T. (2023). Performance analysis and comparison between bifacial and monofacial solar photovoltaic at various ground albedo conditions. Renewable Energy Focus, 44, 295-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ref.2023.01.005

This paper analyses and compares the performance between a bifacial and a monofacial PV system based on the tests conducted at Heriot-Watt University, UK. The module's performance was observed on different ground reflective surfaces: concrete, white... Read More about Performance analysis and comparison between bifacial and monofacial solar photovoltaic at various ground albedo conditions.

Modelling of a Large Solar PV Facility: England’s Mallard Solar Farm Case Study (2022)
Journal Article
Muneer, T., Gul, M. S., & Alam, M. (2022). Modelling of a Large Solar PV Facility: England’s Mallard Solar Farm Case Study. Energies, 15(22), Article 8609. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15228609

With reference to energy generation, the global society has to urgently address three factors that are now critical: sustainability in terms of climate change, security in terms of the war that is currently raging in Europe with consequences that are... Read More about Modelling of a Large Solar PV Facility: England’s Mallard Solar Farm Case Study.

Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Muneer, T., & Dowell, R. (2022). Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 17, 469-481. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctac012

Depleting energy resources, enhancing energy security and energy access and approaching climate change related challenges are some of the present day challenges. Against this backdrop, renewable energy (RE)-based farming has been a topic of serious d... Read More about Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland.

Ground view factor computation model for bifacial photovoltaic collector field: uniform and non-uniform surfaces (2021)
Journal Article
Alam, M., Gul, M. S., & Muneer, T. (2021). Ground view factor computation model for bifacial photovoltaic collector field: uniform and non-uniform surfaces. Energy Reports, 7, 9133-9149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.11.206

The photovoltaic collectors in a field are subject to three types of solar radiation: direct, diffuse, and reflected irradiance. The reflected irradiance received by solar photovoltaic (PV) depends on the view factor from solar PV to the ground. This... Read More about Ground view factor computation model for bifacial photovoltaic collector field: uniform and non-uniform surfaces.

Effect of Land Use/Cover Changes on Urban Cool Island Phenomenon in Seville, Spain (2020)
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Jadraque Gago, E., Etxebarria Berrizbeitia, S., Pacheco Torres, R., & Muneer, T. (2020). Effect of Land Use/Cover Changes on Urban Cool Island Phenomenon in Seville, Spain. Energies, 13(12), Article 3040. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13123040

This paper analyses Seville’s surface urban heat island (SUHI) phenomenon, comparing spatial and temporal patterns of land surface temperature (LST) during July 1987, 2000 and 2017. Landsat data captured throughout three July months were analyzed for... Read More about Effect of Land Use/Cover Changes on Urban Cool Island Phenomenon in Seville, Spain.

Efficient Routines for Obtaining Radiation View-Factor for Non-Uniform Horizons (2020)
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Muneer, T., & Ivanova, S. (2020). Efficient Routines for Obtaining Radiation View-Factor for Non-Uniform Horizons. Energies, 13(10), Article 2551. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102551

There are a large number of engineering applications wherein estimation of radiation exchange between surfaces is required. One important part of the latter procedure is to obtain the so-called ‘view factor’ of the emitter–receiver combination. The p... Read More about Efficient Routines for Obtaining Radiation View-Factor for Non-Uniform Horizons.

Empirical Models for the Estimation of Solar Sky-Diffuse Radiation. A Review and Experimental Analysis (2020)
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Berrizbeitia, S. E., Jadraque Gago, E., & Muneer, T. (2020). Empirical Models for the Estimation of Solar Sky-Diffuse Radiation. A Review and Experimental Analysis. Energies, 13(3), Article 701. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13030701

Accurate solar radiation data are essential for the development of solar energy application systems. The limited availability of solar radiation data, and especially diffuse irradiance values, makes it vital to develop models to estimate these data.... Read More about Empirical Models for the Estimation of Solar Sky-Diffuse Radiation. A Review and Experimental Analysis.

Feasibility Study of Integrating Renewable Energy Generation System in Sark Island to Reduce Energy Generation Cost and CO2 Emissions (2019)
Journal Article
Robinson, S., Papadopoulos, S., Jadraque Gago, E., & Muneer, T. (2019). Feasibility Study of Integrating Renewable Energy Generation System in Sark Island to Reduce Energy Generation Cost and CO2 Emissions. Energies, 12(24), 4722. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12244722

The island of Sark, located in the English Channel, has endured an electricity distribution crisis for the past few years, resulting in high electricity costs almost six times higher than UK mainland energy prices. This article is focused on a method... Read More about Feasibility Study of Integrating Renewable Energy Generation System in Sark Island to Reduce Energy Generation Cost and CO2 Emissions.

Radiation View Factor for Building Applications: Comparison of Computation Environments (2019)
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Alam, M., Gul, M. S., & Muneer, T. (2019). Radiation View Factor for Building Applications: Comparison of Computation Environments. Energies, 12(20), Article 3826. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12203826

Computation of view factors is required in several building engineering applications where radiative exchange takes place between surfaces such as ground and vertical walls or ground and sloping thermal or photovoltaics collectors. In this paper, vie... Read More about Radiation View Factor for Building Applications: Comparison of Computation Environments.