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Hybrid power systems based on renewable energy sources, especially photovoltaic and wind energy are an effective option to solve the power-supply problem for remote and isolated areas far from the grids. This paper presents a study and design of a complete hybrid system for providing the...
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Battery charging and water pumping has been the only applications for wind energy in South Africa till now. A conservative estimate of the wind resource indicates that approximately 5% to 6% of the South African energy demands can be supplied from wind. However the low cost of electricity due to...
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Kenya's tea sector provides livelihoods for more than 500,000 farmers but energy access in the region remains limited. Clean, affordable distributed energy systems could transform the tea-growing regions by lowering tea production costs and increasing farmer profits. On-site generation could...
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Ireland has a target of meeting 40% of its electricity requirement with renewable energy by 2020. It is estimated that Ireland has a practical wind energy resource of 613 TWh, which is about 21 times the total electricity requirement in Ireland at the end of 2008. Therefore wind energy is worth...
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recently that the term sustainability economics was used explicitly in the ecological, environmental, and resource economics … community. Yet, the contributions that use the term sustainability economics do not refer to any explicit definition of the term … background. The question thus arises: What is sustainability economics? In this essay, we make an attempt at systematically …
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