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The future of oil and bioethanol in Brazil

Moreira, Jose R.; Pacca, Sergio A.; Parente, Virginia - In: Energy Policy 65 (2014) C, pp. 7-15

–cost analyses of producing oil fields, pre-salt oil fields (without and with enhanced oil recovery), a business as the usual ethanol … scenario, and a high ethanol scenario. Excluding the ROI from existing oil fields, which is the highest, when the discount rate … is 4% or more, the ROI of the high ethanol scenario is greater than that of the ROI of pre-salt oil. Considering a US$40 …

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A public policy aid for bioenergy investment: Case study of failed plants

Gonzalez, Asa O.; Karali, Berna; Wetzstein, Michael E. - In: Energy Policy 51 (2012) C, pp. 465-473

100 million gallon ethanol plants is used as a basis for future development of a template government loan appraisers can …

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Sugar rush: Prospects for a global ethanol market

Hira, Anil - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 11, pp. 6925-6935

global market in biofuels based on sugarcane-based ethanol is economically feasible. The paper finds that while there is …. Not only do they substitute for petrol, but they also produce lower emissions. The paper finds that sugarcane ethanol …

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Lignocellulosic ethanol production from woody biomass: The impact of facility siting on competitiveness

Stephen, James D.; Mabee, Warren E.; Saddler, Jack N. - In: Energy Policy 59 (2013) C, pp. 329-340

competitive with tropical and sub-tropical biofuel producers. This work sought to determine the impact of lignocellulosic ethanol … biorefinery siting on economic performance and minimum ethanol selling price (MESP) for both east and west coast North American … feedstock cost, ethanol delivery cost, cost of capital, construction cost, labour cost, electricity revenues (and co …

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Meeting the global demand for biofuels in 2021 through sustainable land use change policy

Goldemberg, José; Mello, Francisco F.C.; Cerri, Carlos E.P. - In: Energy Policy 69 (2014) C, pp. 14-18

. To achieve this, ethanol produced from corn and sugarcane will need to increase from 80 to approximately 200billionl in …

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Dynamic analysis of various investment incentives and regional capacity assignment in Iranian electricity market

Hasani-Marzooni, Masoud; Hosseini, Seyed Hamid - In: Energy Policy 56 (2013) C, pp. 271-284

This paper develops a system dynamics model to analyze the impacts of different kinds of capacity payment as investment incentive mechanisms in Iranian electricity market. Since it is aimed that the incurred capital and operating costs of generation technologies be recovered in Iranian...

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Simulating power integration in Latin America to assess challenges, opportunities, and threats

Ochoa, Camila; Dyner, Isaac; Franco, Carlos J. - In: Energy Policy 61 (2013) C, pp. 267-273

Integration of electricity markets started to spread under the world-wide trend to economic liberalization. While some regions are managing better than others, lessons, both political and technical, highlight challenges ahead that need to be overcome.

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A system dynamics model of coordinated development of central and provincial economy and oil enterprises

Ge, Feng-Long; Fan, Ying - In: Energy Policy 60 (2013) C, pp. 41-51

Based on the characteristics of oil exploration and development and the inherent rule of a coordinated development of central and provincial economy and oil enterprises in oil producing provinces, this paper addresses the principal questions that determine the coordinated development of the...

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A system dynamics model for analyzing energy consumption and CO2 emission in Iranian cement industry under various production and export scenarios

Ansari, Nastaran; Seifi, Abbas - In: Energy Policy 58 (2013) C, pp. 75-89

Cement industry is one of the six energy intensive industries in Iran accounting for 15% of total energy consumption in the industrial sector. The sudden reform of energy prices in Iran is expected to have a great impact on production and energy consumption in this industry. In this paper, we...

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An energy security management model using quality function deployment and system dynamics

Shin, Juneseuk; Shin, Wan-Seon; Lee, Changyong - In: Energy Policy 54 (2013) C, pp. 72-86

An energy security management model using quality function deployment (QFD) and system dynamics (SD) is suggested for application in public policymaking in developing economies. Through QFD, experts are guided toward identifying key energy security components, including indicators and policies,...

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