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In this study, the annual generation of Landfill Gas (LFG) and methane using the Scholl-Canyon model have been …<SUB align="right">2</SUB> emissions intensities from flaring of methane have been estimated for 2008-2030. The total LFG … generation has amounted to 319.8-2371.2 Mm³ for 1998-2030. At 50% (v/v), methane content and 60% recovery, the maximum LFG …
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Malaysia with five of them recovering methane. With a biodegradable component of more than 60%, MSW landfills are potential … sources of cheaper and cleaner landfill gas (LFG). 310,225t of methane were emitted from the MSW landfills in 2010 with carbon …
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Landfill gas (LFG) is a flammable and potentially harmful mixture of methane, carbon dioxide and a large number of …
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Methane gas is a by-product of landfilling municipal solid wastes (MSW). Most of the global MSW is dumped in non …-regulated landfills and the generated methane is emitted to the atmosphere. Some of the modern regulated landfills attempt to capture and … methane annually, 70% of which is used to generate heat and/or electricity. The landfill gas situation in the US was used to …
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Biogas is typically burned to produce electricity or used as vehicle fuel. This case study analyses possibilities to utilise biogas directly in industrial applications to replace current fossil raw materials. True industrial cases are analysed by considering economic impacts of using either...
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IDB is developing a Climate Change Strategy with a focus on sectors that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, for which the Bank will promulgate good practices that encourage the use of appropriate greenhouse gas emissions reduction technologies. One selected subsector in the IDB climate...
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Abstract. The credit market collapse and housing-led economic recession beginning in 2007-2008 have resulted in several million distressed homes in the U.S. that are in various stages of delinquency, default, and foreclosure. Over the past three to four years, a number of private equity...
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This paper examines on the role of renewable energy polices on wind development across the United States. My findings, using a fixed effects Tobit model with a 23-state sample, from 1994-2008, indicate that the implementation of the Federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) increases wind development,...
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Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) are the most popular U.S. state-level policies for promoting deployment of renewable electricity (RES-E). While several econometric studies have estimated the effect of RPS on in-state RES-E deployment, results are contradictory. We reconcile these studies and...
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