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Political leaders of ambitious emerging economies of India and China, where the state has not yet reached the maturity … generation' in the near future is expected in China, Japan, South Korea and India. It would be naive to believe that the … the emerging economies of India, China, Brazil, etc., aligned themselves with the nuclear establishment without fully …
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The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) performed for the China Energy Technology Program (CETP) has established streamlined environmental inventories of coal, nuclear, natural gas, and wind energy systems for supply of electricity to Shandong province with a 20 years time horizon. This paper deals with...
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In 2009, Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 25% from 1990 levels by 2020 (“Copenhagen Pledge”). The achievement of the target depended largely on a large expansion of nuclear power. However, this ambitious plan became unfeasible after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011....
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region. India is the largest country in the region and coal is the mainstay of electricity generation in the country …. Considering the fast economic growth in India in recent years and its fuel resource position, large-scale growth of nuclear … installed capacity in India is inevitable. As a long-term option, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka could also consider setting up …
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economics of generating electricity at the first such reactor in India, the prototype fast breeder reactor. We find that such …
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In response to increasing awareness of climate change, the Howard government implemented the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) in 2001. It requires electricity wholesalers to source an additional 9500 GWh of electricity from renewable sources by 2010. Electricity wholesalers are required...
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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...
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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...
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This paper takes up the need to engage in substantial investments in the energy producing capital stock to attack the climate change problem, caused by rising carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. However, the precise magnitudes of economic impacts of global warming as well as...
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