Business and government leaders from around the world are increasingly sounding the alarm about the need for effective management of business dependencies and impacts on ecosystems. As a consequence, financial institutions have recently made a formal commitment to work towards integrating...

In this paper the GHG mitigation potential of a power system with prevailing use of lignite is assessed through the example of the Macedonian power system. The analysis is conducted using the WASP model in order to develop three different scenarios (business as usual – BAU and two mitigation...

This report is a part of a series of reports from the Climate Bonus project. The report illustrates the basic structure of a system that could produce strict and reliable data needed for generating product-oriented carbon footprints in Finland. It also represents a road map for developing the...

This paper investigates, from techno-economical and environmental points of view, the feasible sites in Egypt to build a 10MW PV-grid connected power plant. Available PV-modules are assessed and a module is selected for this study. The long-term meteorological parameters for each of the 29...

Activities in the energy sector provide the greatest contribution to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG), which are assigned primary responsibility for producing climate change. The European Union puts great emphasis on the mitigation of the environmental impact of the energy sector, in...

For wind power generation offshore sites offer significantly better wind conditions compared to onshore. At the same time, the demand for raw materials and therefore the related environmental impacts increase due to technically more demanding wind energy converters and additional components...

The knowledge of the potentially achievable reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by biomass co-firing is a powerful tool in supporting decision makers when it comes to undertaking energy planning. The main goal of this work was to develop a methodology by which significant biomass...

Sanitation and wastewater treatment are essential for protecting human health and environmental sustainability. Treatment processes are not free of environmental impacts; consequently assessment of the environmental performance of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has gained interest in recent...

The following paper aims at analyzing the financing by the European Union of the climate change limitation and mitigation activities. The general objectives of the activities directed towards reducing and combating climate change, analyzed on the two directions of action, namely the mitigation...