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Solar panels and other renewables on people's homes, better insulation and a 'smart' electricity grid provide solutions to climate and energy crises (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Ryan, D. (2023). Solar panels and other renewables on people's homes, better insulation and a 'smart' electricity grid provide solutions to climate and energy crises. [Newspaper article]

Recent events have highlighted the folly of over-reliance on imported oil and gas. However, it’s important that we don’t lose sight of this knowledge so that it disappears once priorities change, like a passing fad. A long-term commitment to a transi... Read More about Solar panels and other renewables on people's homes, better insulation and a 'smart' electricity grid provide solutions to climate and energy crises.

France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution (2022)
Other
Ryan, D. (2022). France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution. [Blog post]

France has approved legislation that will require all car parks with more than 80 spaces to be covered over by solar panels. This is part of a wider programme that will see solar panels occupy derelict lots, vacant land alongside roads and railways,... Read More about France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution.

Future tense - Trams, bots and solar roads, ABC (Australian Public radio broadcast) (2018)
Other
Ryan, D. (2018). Future tense - Trams, bots and solar roads, ABC (Australian Public radio broadcast)

Interviewed on Australian Radio regarding solar roadways, 10 minutes of a 30 minute show.

Solar panels replaced tarmac on a road – here are the results (2018)
Newspaper / Magazine
Ryan, D. (2018). Solar panels replaced tarmac on a road – here are the results

Four years ago a viral campaign wooed the world with a promise of fighting climate change and jump-starting the economy by replacing tarmac on the world’s roads with solar panels. The bold idea has undergone some road testing since then. The first re... Read More about Solar panels replaced tarmac on a road – here are the results.

Experimental study of the influence of collector height on the steady state performance of a passive solar air heater (2010)
Journal Article
Ryan, D., & Burek, S. (2010). Experimental study of the influence of collector height on the steady state performance of a passive solar air heater. Solar Energy, 84(9), 1676-1684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2010.05.018

Passive solar air heaters, such as solar chimneys and Trombe Walls, rely on solar-induced buoyancy-driven (natural) convection to produce the flow of air. Although buoyancy-driven convection is well understood for a single vertical plate, buoyancy-dr... Read More about Experimental study of the influence of collector height on the steady state performance of a passive solar air heater.