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Mitigating energy-related GHG emissions through renewable energy
El-Fadel, M.; Chedid, R.; Zeinati, M.; Hmaidan, W. - In: Renewable Energy 28 (2003) 8, pp. 1257-1276
An inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from various economic sectors in Lebanon was conducted following the guidelines set by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The inventory indicated that the energy sector...
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An investigation of the impacts of climate change on wave energy generation: The Wave Hub, Cornwall, UK
Reeve, D.E.; Chen, Y.; Pan, S.; Magar, V.; Simmonds, D.J.; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 9, pp. 2404-2413
In this paper a generic methodology is presented that allows the impacts of climate change on wave energy generation from a wave energy converter (WEC) to be quantified. The methodology is illustrated by application to the Wave Hub site off the coast of Cornwall, UK. Control and future wave...
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Review of Turkey's renewable energy potential
Ozgur, M. Arif - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 11, pp. 2345-2356
The use of renewable energy has a long history. Biomass, for instance, has been used for heating and cooking, while wind has been used in the irrigation of fields and to drive windmills for centuries. Although Turkey has many energy resources, all of these with the exception of coal and...
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Climate change implications for wind power resources in the Northwest United States
Sailor, David J.; Smith, Michael; Hart, Melissa - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 11, pp. 2393-2406
Using statistically downscaled output from four general circulation models (GCMs), we have investigated scenarios of climate change impacts on wind power generation potential in a five-state region within the Northwest United States (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming). All GCM...
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Prospects of renewable energy – a feasibility study in the Australian context
Shafiullah, G.M.; Amanullah, M.T.O.; Shawkat Ali, A.B.M.; … - In: Renewable Energy 39 (2012) 1, pp. 183-197
Given the recent increasing public focus on climate change issues, there is a need for robust, sustainable and climate friendly power transmission and distribution systems that are intelligent, reliable, and green. Current power systems create environmental impacts as well as contributing to...
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The importance of clean development mechanism for small hydro power plants
Martins, Douglas Eduardo Costa; Seiffert, Mari … - In: Renewable Energy 60 (2013) C, pp. 643-647
The present study sought to examine the importance of CDM for the implementation of small hydro in Brazil, assessing its advantages, disadvantages and limitations. An analysis of official documents of all SHPs in activity, under construction, and approved in Brazil was performed, including all...
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Renewable energy policy in Turkey with the new legal regulations
Tükenmez, Mine; Demireli, Erhan - In: Renewable Energy 39 (2012) 1, pp. 1-9
Since the energy crises in the 1970’s, public and private decision makers are considering how to achieve a sustainable transition from fossil fuel based energy to sustainable and clean energies – namely renewable energies. Combined with the improvement of energy efficiency and the rational...
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Liberalisation of the UK energy market: An opportunity for green energy
Stanford, Anna - In: Renewable Energy 15 (1998) 1, pp. 215-217
will be opened up to full competition. This could boost renewable energy and the formation of Energy Services Companies as …. However, competition must exist within a framework of government regulation and additional support mechanisms if environmental …
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Solar PV generation in Colombia - A qualitative and quantitative approach to analyze the potential of solar energy market
López, Andrea Ruíz; Krumm, Alexandra; Schattenhofer, Lukas - In: Renewable Energy 148 (2020), pp. 1266-1279
Colombia faces several challenges to secure a reliable, affordable, and climate-friendly energy supply. Persistently … system at risk. Heavily relying on hydro-power, Colombia’s electricity system will become more vulnerable with extreme … systems, to support a slowly starting energy transition in Colombia. First, qualitative data from an expert elicitation in …
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Salinity gradient energy potential in Colombia considering site specific constraints
Alvarez-Silva, Oscar; Osorio, Andrés F. - In: Renewable Energy 74 (2015) C, pp. 737-748
resources and calculate the so-called site specific potential for the most important and feasible river mouths of Colombia. The … results show that in Colombia a mean site specific potential of 15.6 GW can be achieved, mainly in the Magdalena River mouth …
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