In recent years, microwave (MW) irradiation has gained widespread popularity as an effective thermal method for sludge treatment, mainly due to its rapid and selective heating, energy efficiency, capacity to enhance the yield and quality of product and diminished hazardous product formation and...

Global energy sources are gradually becoming scarce and prices are continually rising. Governments and businesses in various countries are actively developing technologies for energy management and developing new sources of energy. On 15 June 2011, the International Organization for...

This study demonstrates a challenging production-based and market-driven approach for the development of renewable energy (RE) market. The organized data in our research show that the countries that adopt more RE policies appear to generate more RE products. Among those instruments,...

Indicators can examine these changes, and monitor the use of economic and social resources, as well as the changes occurring in the efficiency of energy use and the environmental problems caused by energy use (such as greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions). Environmental indicators can also be used...

Despite numerous researchers having investigating the development of wind power, the correlation between the elements influencing wind power development has often been ignored. Hence, this research hopes to incorporate both structural equation model (SEM) and fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) to...

The development of wind energy in developing countries has its limitations. This study adapted quantitative approaches to explore the causality relationships among these barriers. It was found that different areas of obstacles did affect one another; by barrier inference we learned that a lack...

Utilization of waste sludge as a renewable resource for energy recovery is the appropriate solution of how to manage the continuously increasing waste sludge generation effectively in order to meet stringent environmental quality standards, and at the same time, how to sustain the supply of...

This study seeks for equity/debt values and the relevant potential firm value with financing or not when the real options approach is assessed. The paper deals with the following relative problems: (1) the assessment rule of decision whether to stop production or not; (2) whether the (dis)...

Convertible bond (CB) issuers have been required to include financial forecasts in prospectuses filed with the Taiwan Securities and Futures Commission (TSFC) since 1991. This study examines the association between CB issuance terms and the extent of optimistic initial earnings forecasts and...