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Thirty years of domestic solar hot water systems use in Greece – energy and environmental benefits – future perspectives

Tsilingiridis, G.; Martinopoulos, G. - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 2, pp. 490-497

The effort to reduce the dependence on imported crude oil in Greece, after the oil crises in the '70s, has resulted, among others, in a total installed area of 3.57millionm2 solar collectors in 2007, making Greece one of the pioneers in the use of domestic solar hot water system (DSHWS) worldwide.

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Energy policy and standard for built environment in China

Yao, Runming; Li, Baizhan; Steemers, Koen - In: Renewable Energy 30 (2005) 13, pp. 1973-1988

Trends in China's energy future will have considerable consequences for both China and the global environment. Though China's carbon emissions are low on a per capita basis, China is already ranked the world's second largest producer of carbon, behind only America. China's buildings sector...

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Brackish water desalination by a stand alone reverse osmosis desalination unit powered by photovoltaic solar energy

Hrayshat, Eyad S. - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 8, pp. 1784-1790

Desalination of brackish water as a viable option to cope with water scarcity and to overcome water deficit in Jordan … Jordan. Tafila, Queira, Ras Muneef, H-4, and H-5 are the most favorable sites. With TDS of 7000mg/L, the highest annual water …

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School students' knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward renewable energy in Jordan

Zyadin, Anas; Puhakka, Antero; Ahponen, Pirkkoliisa; … - In: Renewable Energy 45 (2012) C, pp. 78-85

The aim of this survey study is to investigate the level of awareness and prevailing attitudes of schoolstudents toward renewable energy (RE) in a country which is heavily reliant on fossil fuels despite having high RE resources. The importance of this study stems from the need to better...

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Low energy architecture and solar rights: Restructuring urban regulations, view from Jordan

Alzoubi, Hussain H.; Alshboul, Abdulsalam A. - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 2, pp. 333-342

The concept of solar energy conscious design has emerged worldwide with the growing number of high-rise apartment buildings. It is important to think of maximizing solar energy utilization in buildings through architectural design strategies. This should lead to the setting up of mandatory...

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Wind resource assessment of the Jordanian southern region

Hrayshat, Eyad S. - In: Renewable Energy 32 (2007) 11, pp. 1948-1960

Jordan was studied and analyzed. For this purpose, long-term wind speed data for a period of 12 years (1990–2001) was used …

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Secondary school teachers' knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward renewable energy in Jordan

Zyadin, Anas; Puhakka, Antero; Ahponen, Pirkkoliisa; … - In: Renewable Energy 62 (2014) C, pp. 341-348

teachers in Jordan aiming to investigate their knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward RE development. The main findings …

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Viability of solar photovoltaics as an electricity generation source for Jordan

Hrayshat, Eyad S. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 10, pp. 2133-2140

Viability of solar photovoltaics as an electricity generation source for Jordan was assessed utilizing a proposed 5MW … distribution of radiation and sunshine duration over Jordan, and formed an input data for evaluation and analysis of the proposed …/year for Jordan. The sunshine duration was found to vary – according to the location – between 8.47 and 9.68h/day, with a …

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The role of financial incentives in promoting renewable energy in Jordan

El-Karmi, Fawwaz Z.; Abu-Shikhah, Nazih M. - In: Renewable Energy 57 (2013) C, pp. 620-625

Jordan, was studied. The incentives investigated include tax reduction, introduction of a grace period, provision of capital … PV and concentrated solar power schemes are the last under the studied conditions in Jordan. …

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Performance of reverse osmosis pilot plant powered by Photovoltaic in Jordan

Qiblawey, Hazim; Banat, Fawzi; Al-Nasser, Qais - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 12, pp. 3452-3460

part of Jordan as part of the ADIRA project. The system is composed of PV panels (433 Wp), softener and compact RO unit …

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