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Renewable energy is defined as the contribution of renewables to total primary energy supply (TPES). Renewables include the primary energy equivalent of hydro (excluding pumped storage), geothermal, solar, wind, tide and wave sources. Energy derived from solid biofuels, biogasoline, biodiesels,...
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The offshore and inshore wave energy resource in Asturias (N Spain) is studied using wave buoy data and a hindcast …
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The paper develops a function of energy consumption, population growth, economic growth and urbanization process, and … provides fresh empirical evidences for urbanization and energy consumption for China over the period 1978–2008 through the use … run relationship amongst total energy consumption, population, GDP (Gross domestic product) and urbanization level when …
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The study examines cointegrating relationship between energy consumption, urbanization and economic activity for India … Johansen–Juselius maximum likelihood procedure for cointegration for the period 1971–2008. Considering the rapid urbanization … and economic activity to urbanization. The article elaborately discusses the possible reasons behind its empirical …
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This study investigated the long run relationship between urbanization, energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission … countries have a positive long run relationship between urbanization, energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emission, only 16 … countries have no relationship between urbanization, energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emission. Furthermore, a one way …
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, it was found that LEC (energy consumption), the LFD (financial development), GDP (LGDP), LUR (urbanization) and LTD …
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Unreliable electricity supply is a major obstacle to economic development in countries such as India. While electricity problems in the rural areas are widely recognized, scholars have yet to analyze the situation in urban slums. Drawing on 2004–2005 survey data from the India Human...
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This work investigates the design and modeling of fully integrated processes which utilize renewable feedstocks as raw materials by evaluating alternative technology options and possible process integrations to select the optimal configuration according to calculated process yields and economic...
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The Latvian district heating system historically is characterized with a high share of imported natural gas. The paper looks at the situation where specific policy tools significantly increase the proportion of renewables, in particular of wood fuel, in the energy balance.
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This paper provides a critical review of the palm biodiesel landscape in Malaysia. The palm industry is a key source of revenue for the country, where in 2009 the industry was responsible for generating 8% of the gross national income per capita. The interest in palm-based biodiesel can be...
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