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Gender and renewable energy: Policy, analysis, and market implications
Farhar, Barbara C. - In: Renewable Energy 15 (1998) 1, pp. 230-239
Women are the main producers of energy in developing countries and households are the main users of energy. Because gender roles and traditions have been largely ignored in energy, the global potential for renewable energy has been negatively affected. However, microcredit lending could fund...
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A linguistic TOPSIS model to evaluate the sustainability of renewable energy options
Doukas, Haris; Karakosta, Charikleia; Psarras, John - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 32 (2009) 1/2, pp. 102-118
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) could be used to reduce carbon emissions, decrease dependence on fossil fuels and meet energy policy objectives towards Sustainable Development (SD). However, appraising the RES options' contribution to SD is a complex task, considering the different aspects of SD...
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Deliberating on renewable and sustainable energy policies in China
Liu, Li-qun; Liu, Chun-xia; Wang, Jing-si - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 17 (2013) C, pp. 191-198
energy law and development strategy no matter developed countries or developing countries. It is well known that China is the … resource exhaustion, etc. Fortunately, China central government has regarded the serious question to realize the sustainable … development in future. The renewable energy law has been established in 2005. Firstly, China's energy situation and existing …
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The Water Demand of Energy: Implications for Sustainable Energy Policy Development
Hadian, Saeed; Madani, Kaveh - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 11, pp. 4674-4687
With energy security, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development as three main motives, global energy policies have evolved, now asking for higher shares of renewable energies, shale oil and gas resources in the global energy supply portfolios. Yet, concerns have recently been raised...
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Assessing the potential of renewable energy sources in Turkey
Evrendilek, F; Ertekin, C - In: Renewable Energy 28 (2003) 15, pp. 2303-2315
To meet Turkey’s growing energy demand, the installed electric power capacity of 27.8 GW in 2001 has to be doubled by 2010 and increased fourfold by 2020. The difference between Turkey’s total primary energy supply (TPES) of from its own sources and total final consumption (TFC) is projected...
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Insights into biofuel development in Burkina Faso: Potential and strategies for sustainable energy policies
Tatsidjodoung, Parfait; Dabat, Marie-Hélène; Blin, Joël - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 7, pp. 5319-5330
In many African countries, the upswing in oil prices is one factor that favours the adoption and implementation of a national biofuel policy. This trend has a major impact on state budgets and domestic trade balances, while also limiting the access of rural inhabitants to modern energy services....
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China's Energy Reform and Climate Policy: The Ideas Motivating Change
Boyd, Olivia - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
China has embarked on an ambitious and unprecedented programme of energy reform and climate change mitigation. Yet the … motivations for this important shift remain unclear. This paper surveys key central government documents and articles by China …'s leading energy academics to investigate the ideas influencing China's new energy and climate policies. Three key ideas in …
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Chinese energy chains for Shandong electricity scenarios
Dones, Roberto; Zhou, Xin; Tian, Chunxiu - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 22 (2004) 2/3/4, pp. 199-224
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) performed for the China Energy Technology Program (CETP) has established streamlined …
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Energy policy and standard for built environment in China
Yao, Runming; Li, Baizhan; Steemers, Koen - In: Renewable Energy 30 (2005) 13, pp. 1973-1988
Trends in China's energy future will have considerable consequences for both China and the global environment. Though … China's carbon emissions are low on a per capita basis, China is already ranked the world's second largest producer of … carbon, behind only America. China's buildings sector currently accounts for 23% of China's total energy use and is projected …
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Review on wind power development and relevant policies in China during the 11th Five-Year-Plan period
Kang, Junjie; Yuan, Jiahai; Hu, Zhaoguang; Xu, Yan - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 4, pp. 1907-1915
Since 2005, there has been dramatic progress in China's wind power industry. The annual growth rate of newly … 2010, which has exceeded the target of China's energy long-term planning for 2020. During the 11th Five-Year-Plan (FYP … policies of wind power industry in China. Firstly the current status including achievements and shortcomings is presented, and …
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