Objectives and activities: - Research on energy generation, utilization, conversion, storage, transmission, conservation and management - - Application of solar, wind and other renewable energy sources in buildings - - Study on the renewable energy sources and the potential of substituting conventional sources by renewable ones - - Optimal design and management of engineering systems - - Increasing the safety and reliability in generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power - - Energy demand estimation - - Optimal sizing and management of hybrid renewable energy systems - - Decreasing the electrical losses in power systems - - Techno-economic analysis of stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems |