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The global institutional frameworks and the diffusion of renewable energy technologies in the BRICS countries

Bodas-Freitas, Isabel Maria; Dantas, Eva; Iizuka, Michiko - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

This paper examines the role of the global institutional frameworks on the national processes of innovation diffusion. we focus on the influence of the Kyoto mechanisms on the diffusion of renewable energy technologies in the BRICS countries i.e. Brazil, China India, Russia and South Africa. Our...

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Hot Issue and Burning Options in Waste Management: A Social Cost Benefit Analysis of Waste-to-Energy in the UK.

Jamasb, T.; Kiamil, H.; Nepal, R. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2008

The growing stream of municipal solid waste requires a sustainable waste management strategy. Meanwhile, addressing climate change and security of energy supply concerns require increased use of low-carbon and domestic sources of energy. This paper assesses the economic and policy aspects of...

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Large Scale Deployment of Renewables for Electricity Generation

Neuhoff, K. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2004

Comparisons of resource assessments suggest resource constraints are not an obstacle to the large-scale deployment of renewable energy technologies. Economic analysis identifies barriers to the adoption of renewable energy sources resulting from market structure, competition in an uneven playing...

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Competitive advantage of German renewable energy firms in India and China

Dögl, Corinna; Holtbrügge, Dirk; Schuster, Tassilo - In: International Journal of Emerging Markets 7 (2012) 2, pp. 191-214

and China is significant, the study reveals remarkable differences in the fields of biomass, solar and wind energy. The …

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Entrepreneurial energy

Cato, Molly Scott; Arthur, Len; Keenoy, Tom; Smith, Russell - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 14 (2008) 5, pp. 313-329

Purpose – The central suggestion of this paper is that innovation in the concept of entrepreneurship is overdue and that the concept of entrepreneurship needs to be extended to accommodate its often neglected collective or pluralistic dimension, a concept termed “associative...

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Energy and climate policies to 2020: the impacts of the European “20/20/20” approach

Stankeviciute, Loreta; Criqui, Patrick - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 2 (2008) 2, pp. 252-273

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantify the possible interactions among the three European objectives in the horizon of 2020: the reduction of 20 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG); the saving of 20 per cent of the European energy consumption; and a share of 20 per cent of...

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GIS‐based modeling approach for energy systems

Biberacher, Markus - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 2 (2008) 3, pp. 368-384

Purpose – The purpose of the work is to elaborate a model framework that includes location related temporal characteristics in energy supply and demand. These characteristics in mind an imaginable energy system setup can be explored with the framework. In a case study the possible coverage of...

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China's renewable energy development

Wang, Zhongying; Li, Junfeng - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 3 (2009) 1, pp. 50-61

equipment design and manufacturing, cultivation and collection of biomass resources and technology development capabilities, and …

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Renewable energy RD&D expenditure and CO 2 emissions in 15 European countries

Mourshed, Monjur; Quddus, Mohammed A. - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 3 (2009) 2, pp. 187-202

Purpose – Renewable energy (RE) is an important component to the complex portfolio of technologies that have the potential to reduce CO 2 emissions and to enhance the security of energy supplies. Despite RE's potential to reduce CO 2 emissions, the expenditure on renewable energy research,...

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Evaluation of sustainability schemes for international bioenergy flows

Mikkilä, Mirja; Heinimö, Jussi; Panapanaan, Virgilio; … - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 3 (2009) 4, pp. 359-382

schemes and sustainability principles relating to the entire value‐added chain of biomass and bioenergy and comparing them … accordingly. Design/methodology/approach – A tri‐dimensional approach (sustainability issues; technical biomass conversion routes … development of new ones have placed a major emphasis on the primary production of biomass. Economic and social dimensions related …

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