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24 Feb 2023 • Journal Article • Energies
A Survey of Renewable Energy, Climate Change, and Policy Awareness in Israel: The Long Path for Citizen Participation in the National Renewable Energy Transition
AbstractThe social acceptance of energy policies and renewable energy technologies is crucial in the era of the renewable energy transition. Yet, little is known about Israel’s transition in this regard. One thousand five hundred Israeli citizens were engaged through a survey to examine their perceptions of climate change and awareness regarding renewable energy technologies
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11 May 2022 • Journal Article • Energies
The Impact of COVID-19 on Energy Start-Up Companies: The Use of Global Financial Crisis (GFC) as a Lesson for Future Recovery
AbstractPurpose: The study discusses COVID-19’s short-term impact on Israel’s renewable energy start-up sector from March to July 2020. Results and contributions: The interviewed companies were experiencing supply chain disruption, logistical issues, and restrictions in work access, all of which negatively impacted business operations. Moreover, companies reported revenue
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2022 • Journal Article • IEEE Access
Renewable Energy Integration Into Cloud & IoT-Based Smart Agriculture
AbstractWater is becoming scarcer. The unmonitored control and the extensive use of fossil fuel in water-table pumping for irrigation exacerbate global warming and harm the environment. Along with the rapid population growth and the concomitant increase in the demand for food, optimal usage of water-table and energy is becoming a must and indispensable for sustainable agriculture
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1 Mar 2021 • Journal Article • Sustainability
Cooling Degree Models and Future Energy Demand in the Residential Sector. A Seven-Country Case Study
AbstractThe intensity and duration of hot weather and the number of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, are increasing, leading to a growing need for space cooling energy demand. Together with the building stock’s low energy performance, this phenomenon may also increase households’ energy consumption. On the other hand, the low level of ownership of cooling equipment
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1 Mar 2021 • Journal Article • Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Environmental Impact of Solar and Wind energy- A Review
AbstractThe global energy demand is growing substantially. Clean and secure energy supply is a must for our civilization's sustainable development. Solar and wind energy is growing fast and can contribute significantly to meet the goals set by many countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A deep and wide investigation of the environmental impact of solar and wind energy
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Dec 2020 • Journal Article • Renewable Energy Focus
The role of renewable energy resources in alleviating energy poverty in Palestine
AbstractEnergy poverty is the inability of people to have an adequate access to energy sources. It is complex and multi-dimensional problem. This paper examines both the prospects and constraints that exist in the integration of renewable energy systems that would aid in reducing poverty and promote sustainability in Palestine. Both energy and fuel poverty plague Palestine
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Aug 2020 • Journal Article • Energy Research & Social Science
Extreme energy poverty in the urban peripheries of Romania and Israel: Policy, planning and infrastructure
AbstractExtreme energy poverty results from a mix of conditions including lack of access to a reliable and affordable grid-based energy source that meets basic domestic needs. In this paper, we focus on two communities that face multiple complications regarding modern energy and housing infrastructure: Roma neighborhoods in Romania and Bedouin villages in Israel. Our goal is
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27 Jul 2020 • Journal Article • International Journal of Sustainable Energy
Design and performance analysis of a new evacuated tube solar air heaters equipped with fins and coils
AbstractEvacuated tube solar air heaters (ETSH) are efficient, easy to maintain, and have low energy losses due to the vacuum between the absorber and the outer tubes. In this study, a new ETSH with various configurations was built and experimentally tested to determine the best configuration with the highest thermal performance. The ETSH equipped with two different high thermal
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19 Jul 2020 • Journal Article • International Journal of Sustainable Energy
Photovoltaic technology in Southern Arava of Israel: an analysis of public acceptance
AbstractIsrael's Southern Arava region has experienced a boom in solar infrastructure development since 2011. Public acceptance of renewable energy installations is key to their successful implementation. The objective of this paper is to understand the level of acceptance of solar installations among Southern Arava communities and identify the factors that contributed to the
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Mar 2020 • Journal Article • Energy Research & Social Science
Assessing the success and failure of biogas units in Israel: Social niches, practices, and transitions among Bedouin villages
AbstractThe heuristic multi-level perspective framework (MLP) is applied here to explore the innovation process and determinants of adoption and diffusion of an individual project. Drawing on insights from this explanatory and integrative framework, we benefit from an in-depth examination into drivers and barriers to biogas technology. We retrospectively investigate a frame of
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