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How Does Energy Consumption Affect China’s Urbanization? New Evidence From Dynamic Threshold Panel Models

Wu, Haitao; Yu, Hao - 2021

Energy consumption may play different roles at different stages of urbanization and economic growth. Given China's rapid economic development and urbanization process, this study tries to explore the possible nonlinear relationship between energy consumption and urbanization in China. Against...

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Sustainability and policy for the thermal use of shallow geothermal energy

Hähnlein, Stefanie; Bayer, Peter; Ferguson, Grant; … - In: Energy Policy 59 (2013) C, pp. 914-925

Shallow geothermal energy is a renewable energy resource that has become increasingly important. However, the use has environmental, technical and social consequences. Biological, chemical, and physical characteristics of groundwater and subsurface are influenced by the development of this...

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Energetic and economic evaluations of geothermal district heating systems by using ANN

Keçebaş, Ali; Alkan, Mehmet Ali; Yabanova, İsmail; … - In: Energy Policy 56 (2013) C, pp. 558-567

This paper proposes an artificial neural network (ANN) technique as a new approach to evaluate the energy input, losses, output, efficiency, and economic optimization of a geothermal district heating system (GDHS). By using ANN, an energetic analysis is evaluated on the Afyon geothermal district...

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Energy consumption and economic growth: Evidence from Cameroon

Fondja Wandji, Yris D. - In: Energy Policy 61 (2013) C, pp. 1295-1304

Cameroon through a three-step approach: (i) Study the stationarity of the chronic, (ii) test of causality between variables and … other side, a lack of energy is a major bottleneck for further economic development in Cameroon. …

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Causality analysis of diesel consumption and economic growth in Cameroon

Tamba, Jean Gaston; Njomo, Donatien; Limanond, Thirayoot; … - In: Energy Policy 45 (2012) C, pp. 567-575

This study examines the causal relationship between diesel consumption and economic growth in Cameroon by using a three … consumption and economic growth at the 5% level of significance. Thus, the energy policies in Cameroon should place priority on …

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Modern bioenergy from agricultural and forestry residues in Cameroon: Potential, challenges and the way forward

Ackom, Emmanuel K.; Alemagi, Dieudonne; Ackom, Nana B.; … - In: Energy Policy 63 (2013) C, pp. 101-113

human dependence on fossil fuels for energy. We have profiled Cameroon, a country where modern bioenergy remains largely … potential in Cameroon from sustainably extracted agricultural and forest residues. We estimated that environmentally benign … bioelectricity, the residues could supply 0.76–2.02TWh, which is the equivalent of 15–38% of Cameroon's current electricity …

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Estimating the energy use of high definition games consoles

Webb, A.; Mayers, K.; France, C.; Koomey, J. - In: Energy Policy 61 (2013) C, pp. 1412-1421

As the energy use of games consoles has risen, due to increased ownership and use and improved performance and functionality, various governments have shown an interest in ways to improve their energy efficiency. Estimates of console energy use vary widely between 32 and 500kWh/year. Most such...

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The effect of ESCOs on energy use

Fang, Wen Shwo; Miller, Stephen M.; Yeh, Chih-Chuan - In: Energy Policy 51 (2012) C, pp. 558-568

Energy saving can importantly help prevent greenhouse gas emissions and, thus, climate change. Energy service companies (ESCOs) provide a crucial instrument for delivering improved energy efficiency and potentially contributing to substantial energy savings in the public and private sectors....

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Energy consumption and CO2 emission impacts of vehicle electrification in three developed regions of China

Wu, Ye; Yang, Zhengdong; Lin, Bohong; Liu, Huan; Wang, … - In: Energy Policy 48 (2012) C, pp. 537-550

Vehicle electrification has been seriously considered as an industry revolution to achieve sustainable transportation in China. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and pure electric vehicles (EV) are being demonstrated in scores of large cities. We select...

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Vehicle-use intensity in China: Current status and future trend

Huo, Hong; Zhang, Qiang; He, Kebin; Yao, Zhiliang; … - In: Energy Policy 43 (2012) C, pp. 6-16

Vehicle-use intensity (kilometers traveled per vehicle per year or VKT) is important because it directly affects simulation results for vehicle fuel use and emissions, but the poor understanding of VKT in China could significantly affect the accuracy of estimation of total fuel use and CO2...

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