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The importance of energy availability in the economic growth, social and political development of every nation cannot be overemphasized. Affordable and reliable energy availability is the precondition for sustainable development. Sustainable development calls for an efficient, reliable and...
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, the study analyses the overall performance of the Nigeria power (electricity) sector and presents some policy guidelines … underperforming and there is an urgent need for proper policy towards achieving a quality and continuous well-functioning electricity …
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Household energy conservation has emerged as a major challenge and opportunity for researchers, practitioners and … shift consumers’ cost–benefit calculus in favour of sustainable behaviours. Why is this so? Why is household energy … efficiency and conservation. There is often a sizeable discrepancy between peoples’ self-reported knowledge, values, attitudes …
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investigates direct rebound effect of urban residential electricity use in China. Using China's 30 provincial government panel data … effect. The results indicate that an obvious rebound effect in the Chinese urban residential electricity consumption does …
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Accurate forecasting of energy consumption in a building is an important strategy in achieving the goal of reducing energy demand, as well as to improve energy efficiency. To implement this strategy, many methods and indicators have been proposed to monitor and measure energy performance in...
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55% of water demand). Powering the plants consumes nearly 12% of total electricity demand at a cost of over 200 million …
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as the average utilization hours of different power generation equipment. Then, the development of energy conservation … and emissions reduction of China’s electric power industry is studied. The indicators of energy conservation include coal …, suggestions in five aspects to promote energy conservation and emissions reduction of China’s electric power industry are …
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Renewable energy is a promising alternative to fossil fuel-based energy, but its development can require a complex set of environmental tradeoffs. A recent increase in solar energy systems, especially large, centralized installations, underscores the urgency of understanding their environmental...
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Renewable energy technologies are expected to take the leading role in the forthcoming energy generation portfolio in order to achieve sustainable energy generation. The major constraints for increasing penetration of renewable energy sources is their availability and intermittency, which can be...
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Estimates of the amount of land used for a defined amount of utility-scale electricity generation in the solar power … share in the overall variability of solar LUEI. Only land use at the site of solar electricity generation facilities is …
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