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Energia eoliana – sursa de dezvoltare durabila pentru România
BARBU, Mircea; BARBU, Liliana - Facultatea de Finante şi Banci, Universitatea Spiru Haret - 2009
Sustainable development means maintaining a material possibilities and living conditions for future generations, particularly renewable natural resources at least to the ones existing for the current generation and recovery of environmental factors affected by pollution. The spiritual level,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008473538
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany
Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605334
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Wind-driven seawater desalination plant for agricultural development on the islands of the County of Split and Dalmatia
Vujčić, R; Krneta, M - In: Renewable Energy 19 (2000) 1, pp. 173-183
The vital economic activities of the islands of the County of Split and Dalmatia are in the area of agriculture and … energy sources at Croatian islands is looked on as a necessity and represents a fundamental condition for their sustainable … development. The paper presents the main features of the existing, built and planned, water supply systems on the islands of the …
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Is Kazakhstan vulnerable to natural resource curse?
Oskenbayev, Yessengali; Karimov, Aziz - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
This study utilizes panel data from 14 provinces of Kazakhstan and investigates the link between the point-source resources (oil and gas) and economic growth via institutional quality. Labour force migration from manufacturing to non-traded sector occurs
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Cogeneration versus natural gas steam boiler: A techno-economic model
Shnaiderman, Matan; Keren, Nir - In: Applied Energy 131 (2014) C, pp. 128-138
Energy usage can constitute a substantial operational expense for corporations. To reduce expenses, corporations may seek out decentralized solutions for generating electricity, based on sustainable energy or on conventional energy resources. The main goal of this research is to resolve an...
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The Problem of Determining the Energy Mix: from the Portfolio Theory to the Reality of Energy Planning in the Spanish Case
Paz, Fernando de Llano; Silvosa, Anxo Calvo; García, … - In: European Research Studies Journal XV (2012) 4, pp. 3-30
This paper deals with the problem of defining efficient portfolios of electricity production assets using the Portfolio Theory, that is to say, by applying the return-risk analysis not to a single asset (e.g. a power station, a wind farm, a combined cycle gas plant), but to the set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934429
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Social acceptance of renewable energy: Some examples from Europe and Developing Africa
Pollmann, Olaf; Podruzsik, Szilárd; Fehér, Orsolya - Közgazdaságtudományi Kar, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem - 2014
Current energy systems are in most instances not fully working sustainably. The provision and use of energy only consider limited resources, risk potential or financial constraints on a limited scale. Furthermore, the knowledge and benefits are only available for a minor group of the population...
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2012-02 Marginal abatement cost curves and carbon capture and storage options in Australia
West, Jason - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, …
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ESTIMATION OF EXTERNAL COSTS OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION USING EXTERNE MODEL
Molnar, Sandor; Debrecin, N.; Kovacevic, T.; Molnar, Melinda - Gazdaság- és Társadalomtudományi Kar, Szent István … - 2008
The external costs of electricity generation can be characterised by the resulting social and environmental impacts. The most significant impacts are the air pollutions impact on health, built in environment, crops, forests, agricultural areas and on global warming. The primary impact considered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398357
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Who's Going Green and Why? Trends and Determinants of Green Investment
Eyraud, Luc; Zhang, Changchang; Wane, Abdoul Aziz; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for 35 advanced and emerging countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401202