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Factors determinant of biogas adoption in Bangladesh

Kabir, Humayun; Yegbemey, Rosaine N.; Bauer, Siegfried - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 28 (2013) C, pp. 881-889

The major attempt of this paper is to examine the factors affecting the biogas technology adoption in rural areas in … influencing the biogas adoption. As a result, socio-economic factors play an important role in the respondents' behaviors toward … biogas adoption. The empirical results indeed highlighted that year of education, income level, number of cattle, and women …

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Potential production of bioenergy from biomass in an Indian perspective

Singh, N.B.; Kumar, Ashwani; Rai, Sarita - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 65-78

Concerns over climate change, fossil fuel depletion, and increase in natural gas prices have sparked a great interest in various forms of renewable energy and its imposition, particularly in developing countries. Biomass is utilized as number one energy resource for developing countries,...

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A review on potential enzymatic reaction for biofuel production from algae

Noraini, M.Y.; Ong, Hwai Chyuan; Badrul, Mohamed Jan; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 24-34

Increasing number of population, advanced technology and economics growth somehow has caused energy depletion. The development of biofuel such as biodiesel, bioethanol and biogas is extremely needed to overcome these crises. Biofuel is derived from biological sources or biomass which are more...

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A synthesis of the ecosystem services impact of second generation bioenergy crop production

Holland, R.A.; Eigenbrod, F.; Muggeridge, A.; Brown, G.; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 46 (2015) C, pp. 30-40

The production of bioenergy from second generation (2G) feedstocks is being encouraged by legislation targeted at addressing a number of controversial issues including carbon emissions driven by land-use change and competition for crops used in food production. Here, we synthesise the...

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Emulsification of animal fats and vegetable oils for their use as a diesel engine fuel: An overview

Melo-Espinosa, Eliezer Ahmed; Piloto-Rodríguez, Ramón; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 623-633

Vegetable oils and animal fats represent promising alternatives to diesel engine fuel because they can be obtained from different feedstocks and renewable sources; also their properties are close to diesel fuel. The direct use of these biofuels as a diesel engine fuel can cause several problems...

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Evaluation of infrared techniques for the assessment of biomass and biofuel quality parameters and conversion technology processes: A review

Chadwick, Dara T.; McDonnell, Kevin P.; Brennan, Liam P.; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 30 (2014) C, pp. 672-681

Rapid methods to characterise biomass for energy are needed due to the increasing use of biomass in the energy system and the expanding varieties of biomasses available. Chemical information on biomasses can be utilised in integrated management systems, allowing for the appropriate selection and...

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Biofuel and food security in China and Japan

Koizumi, Tatsuji - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 21 (2013) C, pp. 102-109

The Chinese government is promoting the national biofuel program to deal with energy security and excessive grain stocks. The Japanese government is promoting a biofuel program to deal with climate change and energy security, and to promote rural development. This study is an economic analysis...

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Algal biofuel from urban wastewater in India: Scope and challenges

Ramachandra, T.V.; Durga Madhab, Mahapatra; Shilpi, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 21 (2013) C, pp. 767-777

Rapidly depleting stocks of fossil fuels and increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have necessitated the exploration of cost effective sustainable energy sources focussing on biofuels through algae. Abundant wastewaters generated in urban localities every day provide the nourishment to...

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Environment-enhancing algal biofuel production using wastewaters

Zhou, Wenguang; Chen, Paul; Min, Min; Ma, Xiaochen; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 36 (2014) C, pp. 256-269

The potential of algae-based biofuels to replace petroleum fuels and mitigate greenhouse gas production through microalgal photosynthesis has long been recognized. However, currently there are no commercial algae-to-fuels technologies that can overcome techno-economic barriers and address...

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Negative carbon intensity of renewable energy technologies involving biomass or carbon dioxide as inputs

Budzianowski, Wojciech M. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 9, pp. 6507-6521

Conventional fossil fuel-based energy technologies can achieve efficiency in energy conversion but they are usually completely inefficient in carbon conversion because they generate significant CO2 emissions to the atmosphere per unit energy converted. In contrast, some renewable energy...

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