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A review on global renewable electricity scenario

Pazheri, F.R.; Othman, M.F.; Malik, N.H. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 31 (2014) C, pp. 835-845

Global exploitation of renewable energy technologies is increasing rapidly due to the concern in global warming and dwindling supplies of fossil fuels. Most of the countries in the world are blessed with two or more renewable energy sources (RES) and hence have formulated policies to boost the...

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Education and training in renewable energy sources in Serbia and Montenegro

Bojic, Milorad - In: Renewable Energy 29 (2004) 10, pp. 1631-1642

undergraduate level especially in solar and biomass energy. Teaching is mainly at encyclopedic level and staff is mainly trained in …

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Renewable methane from anaerobic digestion of biomass

Chynoweth, David P; Owens, John M; Legrand, Robert - In: Renewable Energy 22 (2001) 1, pp. 1-8

including global warming and acid rain. Although biomass energy is more costly than fossil fuel-derived energy, trends to limit … carbon dioxide and other emissions through emission regulations, carbon taxes, and subsidies of biomass energy would make it … cost competitive. Methane derived from anaerobic digestion is competitive in efficiencies and costs to other biomass energy …

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Regional biomass planning – Helping to realise national renewable energy goals?

Kautto, N.; Peck, P. - In: Renewable Energy 46 (2012) C, pp. 23-30

Biomass will make a vital contribution to the EU renewable energy targets, however large amounts need to be mobilised … biomass strategies and plans, and engagement of sub-national actors. This paper examines how regional level biomass planning … production. It assesses a set of regional biomass action plans and their linkages to national level plans. The study indicates …

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Towards sustainable production of clean energy carriers from biomass resources

Srirangan, Kajan; Akawi, Lamees; Moo-Young, Murray; … - In: Applied Energy 100 (2012) C, pp. 172-186

biorefinery schemes and conversion technologies exist for the transformation of biomass into usable energy forms, they are not … future biomass energy programs. This article reviews the state of the art and future challenges in the recent development of … biomass and associated transformation technologies for clean production of biofuels. …

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Renewable energy use in Lebanon: Barriers and solutions

Kinab, E.; Elkhoury, M. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 7, pp. 4422-4431

The ability to discover and utilize a reliable source of renewable energy is vital in order to reduce the effects of global warming and to decrease and/or eliminate reliance on fossil fuel. Recently, countries around the world have been recognizing the immediate need to tackle the current energy...

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Investigation of the fuel value and the environmental impact of selected wood samples gathered from Brunei Darussalam

Yazdani, M.G.; Hamizan, M.; Shukur, M.N. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 7, pp. 4965-4969

Brunei Darussalam is located near the equator in the Borneo Island. Abundant rain, humidity and sunshine have created one of the largest rain forests in the world. Seven samples of sawdust taken from this rainforest and were analyzed for their fuel value and environmental impact. Among the seven...

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Investing in biogas: Timing, technological choice and the value of flexibility from input mix

Di Corato, Luca; Moretto, Michele - In: Energy Economics 33 (2011) 6, pp. 1186-1193

In a stochastic dynamic frame, we study the technology choice problem of a continuous co-digestion biogas plant where input factors are substitutes but need to be mixed together to provide output. Given any initial rule for the composition of the feedstock, we consider the possibility of...

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A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Indonesia

Hasan, M.H.; Mahlia, T.M.I.; Nur, Hadi - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 4, pp. 2316-2328

, wind energy, micro hydro and biomass energy. Noting the potential of renewable and sustainable energy resources in the …

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Present status of renewable energy resources in Jammu and Kashmir State of India

Lohan, Shiv Kumar; Sharma, Sushil - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 5, pp. 3251-3258

utilization of renewable energy. The natural energy sources like sunshine, wind, vegetation, water flow, biomass and other …

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