focus area – renewable energy

A broad overview of our work:

  • Diagnostics for renewable energy systems
  • Assessing and optimising energy storage solutions
  • Utility-scale energy storage and optimisation
  • Distributed energy storage and value chains
  • Developing and delivering energy storage projects

Some of the recent articles on renewable energy systems:

  • M. Senatla, R.C. Bansal, R. Naidoo, L. Chiloane ; U. Mudau, Estimating the economic potential of PV rooftop systems in South Africa’s residential sector: a tale of 8 metropolitan cities, IET Renewable Power Generation, Volume 14, Issue 4, March 2020, p. 506 – 514, https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2019.0946
  • Nsilulu T. Mbungu, Raj M.Naidoo, Ramesh C.Bansal, Mukwanga W.Siti, Diambomba H.Tungadio, An overview of renewable energy resources and grid integration for commercial building applications, Elsevier, Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 29, June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101385
  • R. Naidoo, T. Hlalele, R. C. Bansal, Multi-Objective Stochastic Economic Dispatch with Maximal Renewable Penetration under Renewable Obligation, Elsevier, Applied Energy, Volume 270, July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115120
  • T. Hlalele, R. Naidoo, J. Zhang, R. C. Bansal, Dynamic Economic Dispatch With Maximal Renewable Penetration Under Renewable Obligation, IEEE Access, Volume: 8, Issue:1, Dec 2020, p. 38794-38808, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2975674
  • D Kumar, P Sharma, HD Mathur, S Bhanot, RC Bansal, Modified Deloading Strategy of Wind Turbine Generators for Primary Frequency Regulation in Micro-Grid, Technology and Economics of Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy 5, 1-12
  • S Algu, RC Bansal, T Adefarati, R Naidoo, AR Singh, Business Case for Photovoltiac Power Systems for High Energy Industrial Consumers in South Africa, 2020 IEEE/IAS Industrial and Commercial Power System Asia (I&CPS Asia), 20-25
  • T Adefarati, MSL Nozakuzaku, Raj Naidoo, RC Bansal, High gain DC-DC converter for DC power transmission for offshore wind farms, 2020 19th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP)
  • etc.