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Australian power: Can renewable technologies change the dominant industry view?
Molyneaux, Lynette; Froome, Craig; Wagner, Liam; … - In: Renewable Energy 60 (2013) C, pp. 215-221
With carbon dioxide the major contributor to anthropogenic climate change, being required to reduce the carbon emissions from burning coal for electricity presents a systemic shock to Australian power. The Australian government is committed to the development of its coal seam gas resources for...
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Is bioethanol a sustainable energy source? An energy-, exergy-, and emergy-based thermodynamic system analysis
Liao, Wenjie; Heijungs, Reinout; Huppes, Gjalt - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 12, pp. 3479-3487
Biofuels are widely seen as substitutes for fossil fuels to offset the imminent decline of oil production and to mitigate the emergent increase in GHG emissions. This view is, however, based on too simple an analysis, focusing on only one piece in the whole mosaic of the complex biofuel...
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Variations in fuel characteristics of corn (Zea mays) stovers: General spatial patterns and relationships to soil properties
Xiong, Shaojun; Zhang, Yufen; Zhuo, Yue; Lestander, … - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 6, pp. 1185-1191
The geographic variations in corn stover fuel and soil characteristics from 22 sites in the Kerchin region (43.8–45.0°N, 122.7–125.1°E), north-east China, were examined in both 2006 and 2007. The correlations between fuel characteristics and soil parameters were analysed using principal...
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An assessment model for collecting and transporting cellulosic biomass
Fan, Kang-Qi; Zhang, Peng-Fei; Pei, Z.J. - In: Renewable Energy 50 (2013) C, pp. 786-794
transporting cellulosic biomass from farm to storage sites. To illustrate the utility of the proposed model, four logistics options …
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Exploring impacts of process technology development and regional factors on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn stover ethanol
McKechnie, Jon; Pourbafrani, Mohammad; Saville, Bradley A. - In: Renewable Energy 76 (2015) C, pp. 726-734
This paper examines impacts of regional factors affecting biomass and process input supply chains and ongoing …
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Renewable decentralized in developing countries: Appraisal from microgrids project in Senegal
Thiam, Djiby-Racine - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 8, pp. 1615-1623
Sahelian developing countries depend heavily on oil-import for the supply of their increasing energy demand. This setup leads to an imbalance in the balance of payment, an increase of debt and budget asphyxia, whereas renewable resources are widely and abundantly available. The objective of this...
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Improvement of enzymatic saccharification of Populus and switchgrass by combined pretreatment with steam and wet disk milling
Kumagai, Akio; Wu, Long; Iwamoto, Shinichiro; Lee, … - In: Renewable Energy 76 (2015) C, pp. 782-789
To reduce the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass for subsequent biological processing, we pretreated energy crop … different, but typical energy crop feedstocks: Populus trichocarpa and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). WDM after ST facilitated … the fibrillation of both types of biomass, resulting in an increase of specific surface area, improved enzymatic …
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Fostering the use of renewable energies in the European Union: the race between feed-in tariffs and green certificates
Ringel, Marc - In: Renewable Energy 31 (2006) 1, pp. 1-17
Fostering the use of renewable energies for power generation is at the heart of the EU's long term energy policy. Accordingly, the European Commission and literally all member states have set up ambitious installations targets for alternative energy sources. These aims can only be reached by...
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The impact of state policy on deployment and cost of solar photovoltaic technology in the U.S.: A sector-specific empirical analysis
Shrimali, Gireesh; Jenner, Steffen - In: Renewable Energy 60 (2013) C, pp. 679-690
Using a panel database for 27 programs in 16 U.S. states over 1998–2009, we assess the impact of 12 state-level policies on the cost and deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies for two sectors defined by system sizes: residential (10 kW) and commercial (10−100 kW). We first...
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The role of sources of finance on the development of wind technology
Corsatea, Teodora Diana; Giaccaria, Sergio; Arántegui, … - In: Renewable Energy 66 (2014) C, pp. 140-149
This paper contributes to the debate on the competitiveness and maturity of wind technology by carrying out an analysis on research investments and sales of a panel of 10 wind manufacturers over the period 2002–2011, examining the extent to which public and private funding affect the...
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