This paper presents the strategy of the European Union in the field of energy and climate change. At the heart of the … final energy consumption is met with renewable sources, and to raise energy efficiency by 20%. This strategy is based on the … technology perspective, the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) lists several energy technologies which will be required …

The objectives of this study were to analyze energy use and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in various wheat … production scenarios in north eastern Iran and to identify measures to reduce energy use and GHG emissions. Three high-input, a … processes were monitored and recorded. Averages of total energy input and output were 15.58 and 94.4 GJ ha−1, respectively …

Over the years, significant changes have taken place with regard to the type as well the quantity of energy used in … Indian households. Many factors have contributed in bringing these changes. These include availability of energy, security of … supplies, efficiency of use, cost of device, price of energy carriers, ease of use, and external factors like technological …

The paper briefly summarizes China’s energy situation and sustainable development strategy as they were by 2009. The … energy consumption in 2009 is reported to be 3.1 billion tons standard coal equivalent, 1/7 of the world total, 6.3% higher … legislated promotion of energy conservation, efficiency, renewable energy technologies and use, and reduction of energy …

facilities in a changing and uncertain regulatory environment. We estimate hazard rates for new power plant projects using a …

This study investigated the impact of energy consumption and CO2 emission on GDP (gross domestic product) growth and … 1980 to 2008. The results showed that energy consumption had played an important role to increase both economic growth and … recommended that these countries should increase energy productivity by increasing energy efficiency, implementation of energy …

-Poly) and single layer of polyethylene (PE), as greenhouse covers, on aubergine growth, productivity and energy requirement were …

Greenhouse gas reduction and energy saving are becoming two important issues in both industrialized and developing … countries, and policymakers are developing means to reduce total domestic energy use. We evaluate and compare the direct and the … indirect energy use both in the People's Republic of China (China) and the United States of America (US) by looking at a series …

cooling along with evaporative aftercooling has an obvious increase in the energy and exergy efficiency compared to the basic …

The advent of distributed renewable energy supply sources and storage systems has placed a greater degree of focus on … for forecasting next day demand in an LV network into a comprehensive distributed energy resource management algorithm. …