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livelihoods, including energy needs. Using data originally collected for Namibia's forest resource accounts and insights from a … collecting fuelwood, by increasing labour input to collection more than by reducing energy consumption. There is limited evidence … for substitution from fuelwood to other energy sources, particularly with the declining availability of forest stocks. All …
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and strategies. In the last years, the European Union energy strategy has been in the process of a profound objectives … transformation. The paper deals with the problem of the energy security in the European Union and the role of renewable energies to … the dependence of European countries on the Russian energetic resources. European energy demand and import dependence …
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Hydro resources are provided by nature. The exploitation of such resources can generate significant economic rent to the owners. In the past, governments have usually claimed ownership of hydroelectric resources and passed on the rents to their state-owned utilities, which have used them to...
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Concerns about global warming and the availability of clean renewable sources of energy are increasing. However, as …
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Much of the short-run movement in energy demand in the UK appears to be seasonal, and the contribution of long …
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Energy development is an integral part of enhanced economic development. The fact that expanded provision and use of … energy services is strongly associated with economic development leaves open how important energy is as a causal factor in … economic development, however; and energy development competes with other opportunities for scarce capital and opportunities …
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Air pollution has become a serious issue in many Asian cities. A major cause is the expanding motor vehicle population--with growth rates as high as 23 percent in rapidly growing economies such as China. Experience worldwide has shown that the use of clean fuels (low-lead or unleaded gasoline...
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seen on the demand-side and the supply-side. Main demand-side policies could be the following: energy saving and efficiency … factors that could affect described policies could be the liberalization of international trade even in the energy sector and …
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This paper describes the compilation of a preliminary input-output able for 2005/06 for use in the ESSAM (Energy …
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Many are interested in China’s energy situation, however, numerous energy related issues in China still remain … unanswered, for example, what are the potential forces driving energy demand and supply? Previous reviews focused only on fossil … fuel based energy and ignored other important elements including renewable and ‘clean’ energy sources. The work presented …
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