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Economic theory posits that the removal of impediments to trade should redound to improvement in the overall well-being of all nations. Unfortunately, for many developing countries, this has not been the case; upon significantly reducing their tariffs, they are yet to see any tangible benefits....
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Some concerns relating to the demographics of the region as they impact on agricultural production were discussed. Traditional agriculture was in many instances on the decline. Competitive elements have been seizing the opportunity to supply the region through import substitution. Small and...
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Alcohol consumption is considered an important social activity but a major health risk in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC). Alcohol consumption net benefits are doubtful and the factors influencing alcohol consumption in the LAC countries are not well documented. In this study, we...
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Several Caribbean sugar producing countries are actively looking for viable alternatives to recover some of the expected lost revenues due to the WTO (World Trade Organization) ruling that sugar subsidies in the European Union (EU) are illegal. One alternative worth considering is exporting...
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Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) markets have grown at an average rate at 38% over the past ten years. While polysilicon flat panel PV modules have traditionally dominated the overall solar market, a range of different solar energy conversion technologies are starting to gain market share. One...
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attention, for both regulatory purposes, and to guide emergency response teams. Wind inputs to these models cover a spectrum of … rapidly, but at the risk of missing important local phenomena. Such a model can also only describe the wind at the time the …
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's Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS) to supply high-resolution wind data for use in its real …
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) Renewable Fuels Module (RFM) as it relates to the production of the Annual Energy Outlook 1998 (AEO98) forecasts. The report … three principal ways, introducing capital cost elasticities of supply for new renewable energy technologies, modifying …
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The impact on a utility incorporating wind turbine generation due to wind speed sampling frequency, wind turbine … performance model, and wind speed forecasting accuracy is examined. The utility analyzed in the study was the Los Angeles … Department of Water and Power and the wind turbine assumed was the MOD-2. The sensitivity of the economic value of wind turbine …
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Analysis was done to determine if small-scale wind energy could beeconomically feasible on a cotton farm with 1 …-yearanalysis. A 10 kW wind turbine on a 30m tower was installed and five differentscenarios were calculated for both locations.Wind … the investment.The economic analysis of this system showed that the wind turbine under allsituations was much less …
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