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seasonality in the South-East, North-East, and North of Brazil. Inter-annual variability is lower for windpower production than … expansion of hydropower in the ecologically and socially sensitive North of Brazil, windpower production could help to cover … Brazil and as inter-annual variation of hydropower production is high. We generate and validate time series of windpower …
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In the context of 100% renewable electricity systems, prolonged periods with persistently scarce supply from wind and solar resources have received increasing academic and political attention. This article explores how such scarcity periods relate to energy storage requirements. To this end, we...
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It is still difficult for biofuel producers to prove the contribution of their biofuels to reducing carbon emissions because the production of biofuel feedstocks can cause land use change (LUC), which in turn causes carbon emissions. A carbon map can serve as a basis to prove such contribution....
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clean energy and climate change policies in the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The different mechanisms … new strategies and mechanisms for boosting clean energy in Brazil and the role that the Clean Development Mechanism and …
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Brazil has to quickly expand its power generation capacities due to significant growth of demand. Government plans aim … at adding hydropower capacities in Northern Brazil, additional to wind and thermal power generation capacities. However … in Brazil can be minimized by optimizing the daily dispatch of photovoltaic, wind, thermal, and hydropower plants. Using …
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sugarcane expansion in Brazil’s state of São Paulo, on forest conversion decisions in the country’s Amazon region. Further, it …
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clean energy and climate change policies in the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The different mechanisms … new strategies and mechanisms for boosting clean energy in Brazil and the role that the Clean Development Mechanism and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458192
It is still difficult for biofuel producers to prove the contribution of their biofuels to reducing carbon emissions because the production of biofuel feedstocks can cause land use change (LUC), which in turn causes carbon emissions. A carbon map can serve as a basis to prove such contribution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416666
In this paper we present an economic evaluation of scenarios for the future Brazilian power sector. We regard different paths for the capacity expansion with alternative energy sources aiming at the economically efficient diversification of the electricity mix. The scenarios are constructed in...
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converting two land types into ethanol in Brazil satisfies our biofuel emissions test, whereas in the United States no land type …
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