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Determinants of success for promoting solar energy in Rajasthan, India

Pandey, Shreemat; Singh, Vijai Shanker; Gangwar, Naresh Pal - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 6, pp. 3593-3598

Out of a total 1100MW new project allocations, Rajasthan received the maximum share of 873MW (i.e., 79.36% of all India … India. Accordingly, we present a practitioner perspective and review the initiatives responsible for accelerated development … India. Understanding early ground-level efforts for solar energy development in Thar desert of Rajasthan may prove valuable …

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Economic Effects of Renewable Energy Expansion: A Model-Based Analysis for Germany

Blazejczak, Jürgen; Braun, Frauke G.; Edler, Dietmar; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 40 (2014), pp. 1070-1080

The increasing utilization of renewable energy sources (RES) is a major energy policy strategy in many countries worldwide. Germany is a forerunner in the deployment of RES and has ambitious goals for the future. The support and use of renewables affects the economy: It creates business...

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Importance of islands in renewable energy production and storage: The situation of the French islands

Notton, Gilles - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 260-269

The islands are often not or only partially connected to continental electrical networks and have to manage their energy supplies in reaching themselves the production/demand balance while ensuring the quality of the delivered electricity. The low consumption and the lack of interconnections...

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Analyzing the impact of cost-containment mechanisms on the profitability of solar PV plants in Spain

Mir-Artigues, Pere; Cerdá, Emilio; del Río, Pablo - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 46 (2015) C, pp. 166-177

From mid-2007 to September 2008, the Spanish PV sector experienced an investment boom, which led to a ten-fold increase in solar PV deployment. The concern of the government about the large increase in the associated support costs through a feed-in tariff led to the implementation of several...

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A study to incorporate renewable energy technologies into the power portfolio of Karachi, Pakistan

Ali, S.M. Hassan; Zuberi, M. Jibran S.; Tariq, M. Arsalan; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 14-22

Karachi is facing severe power outage problems, with 3 to 8 hours of power outages every day, accounting for large economic losses. The city has a total electricity generation capacity of 2848MW and a peak load of 2500MW. This study estimates the potential of Solar, Wind and Biomass renewable...

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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

Demand side management (DSM) can be defined as modifications in the demand side energy consumption pattern to foster better efficiency and operations in electrical energy systems. DSM activities, which are classified into “energy efficiency (EE)” and “demand response (DR)” are becoming...

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Measuring the efficiency of the investment for renewable energy in Korea using data envelopment analysis

Kim, Kyung-Taek; Lee, Deok Joo; Park, Sung-Joon; Zhang, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 694-702

New and renewable energy (NRE) has been paid much attention as a core alternative energy that can respond to the depletion of fossil fuel, the global movement to address climate change, and recent high oil prices because it is more environment-friendly and sustainable than fossil fuel. As the...

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The static and dynamic environmental efficiency of renewable energy: A Malmquist index analysis of OECD countries

Woo, Chungwon; Chung, Yanghon; Chun, Dongphil; Seo, Hangyeol - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 367-376

In recent years, renewable energy and environmental efficiency have been interesting issues for both academics and industry actors when discussing sustainable development. Against this background, the present study examines the environmental efficiency of renewable energy from the static and the...

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Assessment of transformation strategies for the German power sector under the uncertainty of demand development and technology availability

Ludig, Sylvie; Schmid, Eva; Haller, Markus; Bauer, Nico - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 46 (2015) C, pp. 143-156

The long-term energy strategy issued by the German government in 2010 and 2011 embraces a substantial reduction of CO2 emissions and high shares of renewable energy in electricity production, along with energy efficiency improvements and an accelerated nuclear phase-out. While several studies...

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Lessons learned in France and Quebec regarding financial and legal mechanisms to develop renewable energy: A hybrid model as an acceptable solution for onshore wind?

Feurtey, Evariste; Ilinca, Adrian; Sakout, Anas; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 34-45

This article shows that the unfavorable context of emergence, as well as neo-corporatism, limited the weight of wind energy in France and Quebec and delayed the project development and the wind industry as a whole. Indeed, the level of political will to wind energy development in both...

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