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Department of Energy Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra 182320, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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School of Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb BhimRao Ambedkar University, Lucknow 226025, Uttar Pradesh, India
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UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 59990, Malaysia
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