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ECONOMIC Potential of Renewable Energy in Vietnam's Power Sector

Nguyen, Thanh Nhan; Ha-Duong, Minh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

A bottom-up Integrated Resource Planning model is used to examine the economic potential of renewable energy in Vietnam’s power sector. In a baseline scenario without renewables, coal provides 44% of electricity generated from 2010 to 2030. The use of renewables could reduce that figure to...

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The impact of climate change on generation and transmission in the Australian national electricity market

Bell, William Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper aims to identify climate change adaptation issues in the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) by assessing the robustness of the institutional arrangements that support effective adaptation from the supply side. This paper finds that three major factors are hindering or are...

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Reviewing the climate change adaptation readiness of the Australian national electricity market institutions

Bell, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper aims to identify climate change adaptation issues in the Australian National Electricity Market by assessing the robustness of the institutional arrangements that support effective adaptation. The paper finds that three major factors are hindering or are required for adaptation to...

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Analysis of institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change

Foster, John; Bell, William Paul; Wild, Phillip; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This non-technical summary presents the findings and recommendations from the project called ‘Analysis of institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change’. The objectives of the project are to examine the adaptive capacity of existing...

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Small Industries and its Impact on Global Warming

Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper discusses mathematical calculations of the greenhouse gas emissions from small industries, which cause global warming in the atmosphere. Global warming is causing an increase in ocean levels, it is estimated that most of the coastal areas of the world will be submerged by 2050,...

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Energy Power, Digital Infrastructure and Elearning Platforms: Afrrican Experience.

NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Information and communication technologies are one of the most pervasive technologies in the world, second only to 'human intelligence' or the human brain. Thus, understanding the factors that determine the diffusion of new technologies across african countries is important to understanding the...

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Environmental Bio Economic Impact in Nicaragua

Orozco, Blanco; Vicente, Napoleón; Gonzalez, Zuniga; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

analyzed, through the study of environmental effects of greenhouse gases emissions from the use of solid biomass from sugarcane …

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Productivity Analysis in Power Generation Plants Connected to the National Grid: A New Case of Bio Economy in Nicaragua.

Orozco, Blanco; Vicente, Napoleón; Gonzalez, Zuniga; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

the total factor productivity of Bioeconomy for the generation of electricity from plants using sugarcane bagasse (biomass …

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Sources of energy and the environment

Spash, Clive L.; Young, Andrew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994

Energy from fossil fuels have become dominant in the industrialised and industrialising economies of the world. However, fossil fuels are also recognised as heavily polluting and responsible for a range of modern environmental and health problems. Nuclear power is a similar conventional energy...

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Taxing CO2 and subsidising biomass. Analysed in a macroeconomic and sectoral model

Klinge Jacobsen, Henrik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

objective of the study is to compare recycling of a CO2 tax revenue as a subsidy to biomass use as opposed to traditional … effect of a CO2 tax in combination with using the tax revenue for subsidies to biomass. The energy supply model is linked to … expansion technologies have been regulated. It is shown how a relatively small CO2 tax of 15 USD/tCO2 and subsidies to biomass …

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