Search Results - subject:"energy development"

Status of biodiesel research and development in Pakistan

Chakrabarti, Mohammed Harun; Ali, Mehmood; Usmani, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 7, pp. 4396-4405

. Now the onus is upon organizations such as the Alternative Energy Development Board and Pakistan State Oil to harness the …

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Least-cost network evaluation of centralized and decentralized contributions to global electrification

Levin, Todd; Thomas, Valerie M. - In: Energy Policy 41 (2012) C, pp. 286-302

The choice between centralized and decentralized electricity generation is examined for 150 countries as a function of population distribution, electricity consumption, transmission cost, and the cost difference between decentralized and centralized electricity generation. A network algorithm is...

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Sustainable energy development (May 2011) with some game-changers

Lior, Noam - In: Energy 40 (2012) 1, pp. 3-18

This paper presents the opening talk that briefly surveys the present (May 2011) situation in sustainable energy … development. Recent estimates and forecasts of the oil, gas, coal resources and their reserve/production ratio, nuclear and …

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Modelling the promotion of biomass use: A case study of Thailand

Wianwiwat, S.; Asafu-Adjaye, J. - In: Energy 36 (2011) 3, pp. 1735-1748

-generated electricity targets contained in its 15-year renewable energy development plan. Examples of simulations conducted with the model …

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The ECOS 2009 World Energy Panel: An introduction to the Panel and to the present (2009) situation in sustainable energy development

Lior, Noam - In: Energy 36 (2011) 6, pp. 3620-3628

the present (2009) situation in sustainable energy development. Recent (2008) estimates and forecasts of the oil, gas …

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Potential for electrification from biomass gasification in Vanuatu

Fischer, Barry; Pigneri, Attilio - In: Energy 36 (2011) 3, pp. 1640-1651

At least 170,000 rural people in the Pacific-island nation Vanuatu (approximately 70% of the country’s population) live without reliable access to electricity. The few rural households that do consume electricity incur high prices for imported diesel fuel ($2–3/liter). Thus, there is an...

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Summoning earth and fire: The energy development implications of Grameen Shakti (GS) in Bangladesh

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Drupady, Ira Martina - In: Energy 36 (2011) 7, pp. 4445-4459

success. It also explores the remaining challenges facing GS and distils common lessons for other energy development …

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Energy consumption and economic development in Sub-Sahara Africa

Kebede, Ellene; Kagochi, John; Jolly, Curtis M. - In: Energy Economics 32 (2010) 3, pp. 532-537

Sub-Saharan African countries' economic development is dependent on energy consumption. This paper assesses total energy demand, which is composed of traditional energy (wood fuel) and commercial energy (electricity and petroleum), in the Central, East, South, and West regions of Sub-Saharan...

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An overview of legislative and institutional approaches to China's energy development

Yu, Xiaojiang - In: Energy Policy 38 (2010) 5, pp. 2161-2167

Legislation and institutions are two important components of energy development. To better understand and improve … energy development in China, a comprehensive examination of its energy legislation and institutions is essential. This paper … alternatives in relation to future energy development in China. The paper concludes that shortcomings vis-a-vis structure, content …

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The emergence of KEDO and the EU's accession to KEDO : from the perspectives of the prisoner's dilemma and the suasion game

Doh, Jong Yoon; Gim, Jang ho - In: Regional integration in Europe and Asia : legal, …, (pp. 109-122). 2009

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