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Envisioning and Enabling Sustainable Smart Markets
Ketter, Ketter, W. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2014
__Abstract__ Many of the world’s most urgent problems such as climate change, population growth, poverty, malnutrition and environmental degradation not only demand solutions but also require us to find more sustainable ways of living. Market mechanisms can be effective in solving large-scale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149196
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Relying on storage or ICT? How to maintain low voltage grids' stability with an increasing feed-in of fluctuating renewable energy sources
Römer, Benedikt; Reichhart, Philipp; Kranz, Johann; … - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2011
Since the beginning of the new century our electricity system is changing rapidly. Distributed energy resources, such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372227
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Business Models for Solar Powered Charging Stations to Develop Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles
Robinson, Jessica; Brase, Gary; Griswold, Wendy; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 7358-7387
Electric power must become less dependent on fossil fuels and transportation must become more electric to decrease carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. Increasing availability and accessibility of charging stations is predicted to increase purchases of electric vehicles. In order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945651
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Relying on storage or ICT? How to maintain low voltage grids' stability with an increasing feed-in of fluctuating renewable energy sources
Römer, Benedikt; Reichhart, Philipp; Kranz, Johann; … - 2011
Since the beginning of the new century our electricity system is changing rapidly. Distributed energy resources, such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307312
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Thermodynamic Analysis of a Power Plant Integrated with Fogging Inlet Cooling and a Biomass Gasification
Athari, Hassan; Soltani, Saeed; Rosen, Marc A.; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1292-1307
Biomass energy and especially biofuels produced by biomass gasification are clean and renewable options for power … cooling. In the present paper, a biomass-integrated fogging steam injected gas turbine cycle is analyzed with energy and …) increasing the compressor pressure ratio raises the energy and exergy efficiencies, especially at lower pressure ratios; (4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147110
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Innovation in natural resources : New opportunities and new challenges. The case of the Argentinean seed industry
Marin A.; Stubrin L.I. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2015
In this paper, using the case of seeds, we explore the existence of both new opportunities and new challenges for innovation in Natural Resource Based Industries NRBIs in developing countries. Conventional views construe NRBIs as low tech, with low technological dynamism, little innovation, and...
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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
by implementing green development strategies based on low energy –intensity, low-carbon emissions and clean technologies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259199
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Environmental Security and its Implications for China’s Foreign Relations
Mochizuki, Junko; Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
responsibilities. At the same time, environmental stresses caused by China’s energy and resources demands have become increasingly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002690
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Water and Energy in South Africa – Managing Scarcity
POTGIETER, Petrus H. - In: Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism I (2010) 2, pp. 167-167
In this paper we examine the nexus of water an energy scarcity in South Africa. The fresh water resources of the … use – with a special emphasis on the energy requirements for delivering water as well as the water required in generating … energy and water. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144243
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Brazilian Economy : Recent Evolution and New Perspectives for South-South Cooperation
Maria Lúcia L.M. Pádua Lima - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
production of food, bioproducts and energy generated by renewable sources taking sugarcan as a specific instance. The Brazilian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363949