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Influence of economic factors on the environment in countries with different levels of development

Filimonova, I. V.; Provornaya, I. V.; Komarova, A. V.; … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 27-31

The pattern of development of the economies of Europe and the world in recent decades is a focus on sustainable … established as one of the goals of government policy in many countries of the world. The concept of sustainable development solves … planning, allow predicting the possible environmental consequences of economic growth in Europe and the world. The use of the …

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Energy cooperatives in southern European countries : are they relevant for sustainability targets?

Soeiro, Susana; Dias, Marta Ferreira - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 448-453

The transition to low-carbon energy is a reality in Europe and most countries are on track to achieve their 2020 targets. However, there is a debate about the role of each stakeholder in this process and which of the parties most contribute. Our research focus is the role of energy cooperatives...

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Thermodynamic optimisation of the biofuel production based on mutualism

Grisolia, Giulia; Fino, Debora; Lucia, Umberto - In: Energy reports 6 (2020), pp. 1561-1571

Recently, we have introduced a new bioeconomic indicator in order to avoid the difficulties in evaluating the process and technologies for sustainability. In this paper, we wish to improve this new indicator for the analysis of sustainability. Indeed, the indicator has been based on the exergy...

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Raw material depletion and scenario assessment in European Union : a circular economy approach

Martins, Florinda F.; Castro, Hélio - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 417-422

Nowadays the production systems are linear and the consumption patterns are essentially based on products with a short life cycle, which contribute to increase the demand for raw materials and environmental impacts. The Circular Economy (CE) is playing a major role among scholars and...

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Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability

Salame, Chafic-Toumas (ed.) - Tmrees <Veranstaltung> <2019, Athen> - 2020

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Urban sustainability: analyzing the water-energy nexus in the Guandu river basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

González-Bravo, Ramón; Marques, Maria Clara; Bezerra, … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 254-260

Urban sustainability has been one of the most important issues in the last decades. The modification of watercourses and their integration to power production facilities have resulted in severe environmental impacts around the globe. This study presents a sustainability analysis to examine the...

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Climate and fundamentals of the energy offer in Cape Verde

Tavares, Jorge; Lopes, Myriam; Neto, Fernando - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 370-377

In Cape Verde, despite the existence of an exceptional renewable potential, namely wind and solar photovoltaic, estimated, by Gesto (2011), at 258 MW and 315 MW respectively, in 2017 82.2% of the electric energy was generated using fossil fuels. In this work, we propose to explore the...

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Valorization of biomass ash in biogas technology : Opportunities and challenges

Alavi-Borazjani, S. A.; Capela, I.; Tarelho, L. A. C. - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 472-476

Despite the increasing global focus on replacing fossil fuels with biomass resources, handling the enormous quantity of ash from biomass thermochemical conversion processes into energy remains a serious challenge from both environmental and economic points of view. Therefore, in pursuit of the...

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Dynamic linkage between renewable and conventional energy use, environmental quality and economic growth : evidence from Emerging Market and Developing Economies

Le Hoang Phong; Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu - In: Energy reports 6 (2020), pp. 965-973

The role of renewable and fossil fuel energy consumption on environmental sustainability remains inconclusive due to varied economic and technological structure. This study provides new insight by assessing the nexus between the utilization of two energy categories - renewable and conventional,...

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Challenges and prospects of Nigeria's sustainable energy transition with lessons from other countries' experiences

Adewuyi, Oludamilare Bode; Kiptoo, Mark Kipngetich; … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020), pp. 993-1009

Sustainable energy transition is generally understood as a concept of developing robust, effective and efficient energy sectors in a particular country or region without compromising the present and future socio-environmental security. In view of this, several countries have made remarkable...

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