Villa-Arrieta, Manuel (Date of defense: 2019-07-22)
The increase in the energy consumption of cities forecasted for the coming years makes these urban areas tend to be representative of the energy sustainability of their countries. In this sense, on the ...
Solh Joukhah, Zahra (Date of defense: 2017-10-27)
The present PhD thesis deals with transformer inrush current in offshore grids including offshore wind farms and High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission systems. The inrush phenomenon during ...
Girbau Llistuella, Francesc (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)
This Thesis aims for contributing in the deployment and operation of Smart Grid, in isolated rural areas. As it would be expected, technological developments and investments in the electrical field have ...
Valsera Naranjo, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2014-05-07)
The incorporation of high levels of small-scale non-dispatchable distributed generation is leading to the transition from the traditional 'vertical' power system structure to a 'horizontally-operated' ...
Resch, Matthias (Date of defense: 2019-01-31)
The increasing integration of renewable energy installations at the distribution grid level has led to a strong increase in grid reinforcement measures in recent years. Since the costs are being passed ...
Díaz-González, Francisco (Date of defense: 2013-09-30)
The stepwise replacement of conventional power plants by renewable-based ones such as wind power plants could a ect the system behaviour and planning. First, the network stability may be compromised as ...
Munné Collado, Íngrid (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)
On the way towards a low carbon electricity system, flexibility has become one of the main sources for achieving it. Flexibility can be understood as the ability of a power system to cope with the ...
Prada Gil, Mikel de (Date of defense: 2014-06-13)
Offshore wind is an emerging energy sector with a huge potential to be tapped in the near future. Offshore Wind Power Plants (OWPPs) are becoming increasingly relevant in Europe and worldwide mainly ...
Razmjoo, Ali (Armin) (Date of defense: 2021-02-19)
The main aim of this thesis is investigating energy sustainability in developing countries using useful indicators. As it is known, serious issues such as global warming and inefficient consumption of ...
Grillone, Benedetto (Date of defense: 2021-12-03)
In order to reach the goal set in the Paris agreement of limiting the rise in global average temperature well below 2 ºC compared to pre-industrial levels, massive efforts to reduce global greenhouse ...