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Development and perspective of promising energy plants for bioethanol production in Taiwan

Liu, Sin-Yie; Lin, Chien-Yih - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 8, pp. 1902-1907

in Taiwan, i.e., sweet potato, maize, sugarcane, and sweet sorghum have been discussed. Sweet sorghum can be strongly …

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Impact of climate changes on potential sugarcane yield in Pernambuco, northeastern region of Brazil

Carvalho, André Luiz de; Menezes, Rômulo Simões Cezar; … - In: Renewable Energy 78 (2015) C, pp. 26-34

Sugarcane is a typical culture of hot and humid climate and therefore is well adapted to the climate in many regions of … sugarcane yield in Goiana and Itambé, Zona da Mata of Pernambuco. The Century 4.5 model was booted with soil and climate data … available in the soil, making the planting of sugarcane increasingly difficult, which tend to be strongly reduced in drier areas …

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Renewable energy utilization in Latvia

Shipkovs, P.; Kashkarova, G.; Shipkovs, M. - In: Renewable Energy 16 (1999) 1, pp. 1241-1244

Analysis of Latvian energy sector development in the last years (1990–1996) shows that it is a positive tendency - increasing role of the local and renewable energy resources in the energy balance of Latvia. Increasing utilization of biomass, wind energy, energy from small hydro power...

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Taxation of automobile fuels in Brazil: Does ethanol need tax incentives to be competitive and if so, to what extent can they be justified by the balance of GHG emissions?

Cavalcanti, Marcelo; Szklo, Alexandre; Machado, Giovani; … - In: Renewable Energy 37 (2012) 1, pp. 9-18

the ethanol chain. Currently sugarcane ethanol is generally more competitive than gasohol in Brazil, raising the question … anhydrous ethanol, known as gasohol, and hydrated ethanol). Ethanol’s success in Brazil is largely explained by government … of the continuing need to keep taxes lower on ethanol than on gasohol. Many argue that although the environmental …

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GHG emissions and energy performance of offshore wind power

Raadal, Hanne Lerche; Vold, Bjørn Ivar; Myhr, Anders; … - In: Renewable Energy 66 (2014) C, pp. 314-324

This paper presents specific life cycle GHG emissions from wind power generation from six different 5 MW offshore wind turbine conceptual designs. In addition, the energy performance, expressed by the energy indicators Energy Payback Ratio (EPR) Energy Payback Time (EPT), is calculated for each...

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Feasibility studies for biomass-to-ethanol production facilities in Florida and Hawaii

Mielenz, Jonathan R. - In: Renewable Energy 10 (1997) 2, pp. 279-284

technology to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fuel ethanol. Following this type of testing, a pre-commercial scale engineering … the big island of Hawaii, and in central Florida provide valuable insight for future potential biomass-to-ethanol …

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Evaluating agricultural management practices to improve the environmental footprint of corn-derived ethanol

Xue, Xiaobo; Pang, YuLei; Landis, Amy E. - In: Renewable Energy 66 (2014) C, pp. 454-460

and global warming, thus affecting the environmental impact of corn-derived ethanol. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used … installing buffer strips can improve environmental performances of corn derived ethanol. …

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Quantifying the environmental performance of integrated bioethanol and biogas production

Martin, Michael; Svensson, Niclas; Fonseca, Jorge; … - In: Renewable Energy 61 (2014) C, pp. 109-116

integration of biogas and ethanol processes using a life cycle approach. Results show that although increasing integration is …

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Optimizing peracetic acid pretreatment conditions for improved simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SSCF) of sugar cane bagasse to ethanol fuel

Teixeira, Lincoln C.; Linden, James C.; Schroeder, … - In: Renewable Energy 16 (1999) 1, pp. 1070-1073

The use of several lignocellulosic materials for ethanol fuel production has been studied exhaustively in the U ….S.A.. Strong environmental legislation has been driving efforts by enterprises, state agencies, and universities to make ethanol … from biomass economically viable. Production costs for ethanol from biomass have been decreasing year by year as a …

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Optimization of ethanol production from hot-water extracts of sugar maple chips

Xu, Jian; Liu, Shijie - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 11, pp. 2353-2356

Hot-water extracts from sugar maple chips prior to papermaking was employed in this study to produce ethanol by Pichia … extract, concentration of inorganic nitrogen source (NH4)2SO4 and pH value, on ethanol production were investigated by … optimal condition was verified at 800-mL level in a 1.3L fermentor. The ethanol yield reached 82.27% of the theoretical (20 …

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