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Alan C. Brent is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and environmental science, focusing extensively on electrical and electronic engineering as well as control and systems engineering.

The main fields of study in their work are:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these broad areas, Brent's subfields of specialization include:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Their research topics frequently cover:

  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure

Brent has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed journal articles, including recent publications such as:

  • Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development (2021) in Sustainability
  • Demand response-integrated investment and operational planning of renewable and sustainable energy systems considering forecast uncertainties: A systematic review (2022) in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Peer-to-peer electricity trading: A systematic review on current developments and perspectives (2023) in Renewable Energy Focus
  • Strategic design optimisation of multi-energy-storage-technology micro-grids considering a two-stage game-theoretic market for demand response aggregation (2021) in Applied Energy
  • A thematic analysis of the factors that influence the development of a renewable energy policy (2024) in Renewable Energy Focus

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Soheil Mohseni
  • Jim Hinkley
  • Daniel Burmester
  • Isabella Pimentel Pincelli
  • Will N. Browne

Alan C. Brent's publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Energies
  • Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
  • Sustainability
  • Archives of Sustainable Energy Systems
  • AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings

Best Publications

  • Assessing the sustainability performances of industries

    Carin Labuschagne;Alan Colin Brent;Ron P.G. Van Erck

  • Environmental life-cycle costing: a code of practice

    Thomas E. Swarr;David Hunkeler;Walter Klöpffer;Hanna-Leena Pesonen

  • Sustainable Project Life Cycle Management : the need to integrate life cycles in the manufacturing sector

    Carin Labuschagne;Alan Colin Brent

  • The LCIA midpoint-damage framework of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative

    Olivier Jolliet;Ruedi Müller-Wenk;Jane Bare;Alan Brent

  • Social Indicators for Sustainable Project and Technology Life Cycle Management in the Process Industry (13 pp + 4)

    Alan Brent;Carin Labuschagne

  • Asset life cycle management : towards improving physical asset performance in the process industry

    Charles A. Schuman;Alan Colin Brent

  • Renewable rural electrification: Sustainability assessment of mini-hybrid off-grid technological systems in the African context

    Alan Colin Brent;Alan Colin Brent;David E.C. Rogers

  • Renewable energy gathers steam in South Africa

    David Richard Walwyn;Alan Colin Brent

  • Application of the analytical hierarchy process to establish health care waste management systems that minimise infection risks in developing countries

    Alan Colin Brent;David E.C. Rogers;Tsaletseng S.M. Ramabitsa-Siimane;Mark B. Rohwer

  • Selection of renewable energy technologies for Africa: Eight case studies in Rwanda, Tanzania and Malawi

    Marie-Louise Barry;Herman Steyn;Alan Colin Brent

  • Environmental and social impact considerations for sustainable project life cycle management in the process industry

    Carin Labuschagne;Alan C. Brent;Schalk J. Claasen

  • A conceptual framework for energy technology sustainability assessment

    Josephine K. Musango;Josephine K. Musango;Alan C Brent

  • System value and progress of CSP

    Paul Gauché;Justine Rudman;Mbalenhle Mabaso;Willem A. Landman

  • An industry perspective of the completeness and relevance of a social assessment framework for project and technology management in the manufacturing sector

    Carin Labuschagne;Alan C. Brent;Alan C. Brent

  • Modelling the transition towards a green economy in South Africa

    Josephine K. Musango;Alan C. Brent;Andrea M. Bassi

  • Application of a Life Cycle Impact Assessment framework to evaluate and compare environmental performances with economic values of supplied coal products

    S.J. Mangena;Alan Colin Brent

  • A comparison of solar aided power generation (SAPG) and stand-alone concentrating solar power (CSP): A South African case study

    Warrick Pierce;Paul Gauché;Theodor von Backström;Alan C. Brent

  • An environmental performance resource impact indicator for life cycle management in the manufacturing industry

    Alan Colin Brent;J.K. Visser

  • A project-based Mine Closure Model (MCM) for sustainable asset Life Cycle Management

    A. Fourie;Alan Colin Brent

  • Strategic corporate environmental management within the South African automotive industry: motivations, benefits, hurdles

    Anderson Gwanyebit Kehbila;Jürgen Ertel;Alan Colin Brent

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Giampietro
Mario Giampietro Autonomous University of Barcelona
Olivier Jolliet
Olivier Jolliet University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Reinout Heijungs
Reinout Heijungs Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Stuart A. Scott
Stuart A. Scott University of Cambridge
Bo Pedersen Weidema
Bo Pedersen Weidema Aalborg University

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