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Innovative reservoir sediments reuse and design for sustainability of the hydroelectric power plants
Cheng, Yung-Lung; Wee, Hui-Ming; Chen, Ping-Shun; Kuo, Yu-Yu - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 36 (2014) C, pp. 212-219
way to resolve this problem through reuse and recycling. …
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End-of-Life of used photovoltaic modules: A financial analysis
Cucchiella, Federica; D׳Adamo, Idiano; Rosa, Paolo - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 552-561
The photovoltaic (PV) industry has a relevant role in terms of energy systems sustainability. The economic and …
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A review of demand side management business models in the electricity market
Behrangrad, Mahdi - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 270-283
market deregulation. However, it can be argued that ensuring DSM sustainability requires creating suitable business models …
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Assessing the sustainability of renewable energy technologies using multi-criteria analysis: Suitability of approach for national-scale assessments and associated uncertainties
Troldborg, Mads; Heslop, Simon; Hough, Rupert L. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 1173-1184
Multi-criteria analyses (MCAs) are often applied to assess and compare the sustainability of different renewable energy … sustainability assessments, which typically involve a range of conflicting criteria featuring different forms of data and information … develop and apply a MCA for a national-scale sustainability assessment and ranking of eleven renewable energy technologies in …
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Current energy scenario and future prospect of renewable energy in Bangladesh
Islam, Md. Tasbirul; Shahir, S.A.; Uddin, T.M. Iftakhar; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 1074-1088
Energy is the building block of modern civilization and a prerequisite for sustainable development. Global energy consumption will increase by 36% with an annual growth of 1.6% from year 2011 to 2030, comprising 88% fossil fuel share. Bangladesh is a developing country in the Southeast Asia,...
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A review of life cycle assessment method for building industry
Rashid, Abd; Faiz, Ahmad; Yusoff, Sumiani - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 45 (2015) C, pp. 244-248
sustainability in building industry. …
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Power to liquid and power to gas: An option for the German Energiewende
Varone, Alberto; Ferrari, Michele - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 45 (2015) C, pp. 207-218
The large-scale deployment of renewable energy sources (RES) is an important aspect of decarbonising the energy supply, and represents a key part of the German Energiewende. However, significantly increasing the share of renewable power in the energy mix implies coping with the natural...
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Introducing “ecoputation”: A universal systems design process
Sinclair, Philip; Peters, Michael; Fudge, Shane - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 46 (2015) C, pp. 311-330
A universal systems design process is specified, tested in a case study and evaluated. It links English narratives to numbers using a categorical language framework with mathematical mappings taking the place of conjunctions and numbers. The framework is a ring of English narrative words between...
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Green real estate development in China: State of art and prospect agenda—A review
Zhang, Xiaoling - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 1-13
studies mainly focus on the environmental aspect of green building, other dimensions of sustainability of green building …, especially the social sustainability is largely overlooked. Future research opportunities were identified such as the innovation …
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Trends and challenges of sustainable energy and water research in North Africa: Sahara solar breeder concerns at the intersection of energy/water
Boudghene Stambouli, A.; Khiat, Z.; Flazi, S.; Tanemoto, H. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 30 (2014) C, pp. 912-922
In this contribution a particular attention is being given to the strategic objective for the establishment of a North Africa (NA) countries cooperation on water and clean energy superhighway as the solution to regional energy challenges, water shortages, climate change and other environmental...
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