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projects are being implemented, making wind potentially the fastest growing renewable energy technology in the region over the …The Caribbean has the potential for a significant increase in windpowered electricity production. A number of wind farm … next two decades. Wind promises to provide more than 10 per cent of the electricity in many Caribbean countries by the year …
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&Gas industry and its links with the energy sector and the environment. In the next decade oil companies will have to deal with …
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Based on the increasing popularity and dispersal of the concept of the 2000 watt society the paper analyses what defines the concept and what kind of implications it has including the challenges in regards to urban planning and economics. The literature analysis has shown that a sufficient...
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In the current new competitive environment, smart specialization has emerged strongly as a territorial development model to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of economic systems. An aspect from which it differs from previous models is the special emphasis on governance. In this...
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East Asia is a region of great global significance, currently accounting for around 30% of the global economy by most measures, e.g. production, trade, investment and finance. It has also become increasingly integrated in various ways. Integration at the micro-level has steadily progressed since...
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' approach between them. As an illustrative application, this study is interested in empirical assessment on energy usage and … social sustainability of 21 Asian nations from 2008 to 2014. The energy usage, usually classified into primal (e.g., oil and … of the size of population. The empirical findings are useful in developing the energy and industrial policies of Asian …
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, comprises 8 research subprojects in fields such as health, environment, energy and ICT with one additional subproject dedicated …
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Climate change policy is likely on the horizon in the United States. A cap and trade program for CO2 will result in increased expenses for major emitting firms throughout the economy. Since the electric power sector emits 41% of the nations CO2 emissions, such a policy will have a significant...
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In order to ensure transparency and to keep abreast of trade policies in support of sustainability, the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures notified to WTO. The database also includes...
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