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Energy potential of native shrub species in northern Spain

Pérez, S.; Renedo, C.J.; Ortiz, A.; Delgado, F.; … - In: Renewable Energy 62 (2014) C, pp. 79-83

This paper we present an energy review of the waste generated by shrub species in soils of low fertility for use as fuel in a power plant. The residues analysed belong to the species: Rhamus alaternus, Ulex europaeus, Prunus spinosa, Smilax aspera, Erica sp., Rubus ulmifolius, and Pteridium...

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Vision 2023: Feasibility analysis of Turkey's renewable energy projection

Melikoglu, Mehmet - In: Renewable Energy 50 (2013) C, pp. 570-575

Electricity consumption of Turkey at the year 2023 is estimated to be around 530,000 GWh. Turkey plans to supply 30% or 160,000 GWh of this demand from renewable energy sources according to the recently avowed government agenda Vision 2023. However, the current installed renewable energy...

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Energy balances and greenhouse gas-mitigation potentials of bioenergy cropping systems (Miscanthus, rapeseed, and maize) based on farming conditions in Western Germany

Felten, Daniel; Fröba, Norbert; Fries, Jérôme; … - In: Renewable Energy 55 (2013) C, pp. 160-174

Biomass for bioenergy is an important option within global change mitigation policies. The present research focused on energy net production, net reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) (considered as CO2-equivalents), and energy output:input ratio of the energy cropping systems ‘rapeseed’,...

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Renewable energy market competence index part 2: Application to CSP technology

Elrefaei, Hatem; Bida, Amel; Elsobky, Mohamed; … - In: Renewable Energy 53 (2013) C, pp. 413-422

The Renewable Energy Market Competence Index that was developed in a previous work is applied to concentrated solar power technology for 18 countries. The index score and rank show very high stability versus variation of the weighting parameter (α) used in the index. Except for only 3 countries...

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From a scholar city to a solar city

Couret, Dania González; Santos, Amy Hevia; Calheiros, … - In: Renewable Energy 15 (1998) 1, pp. 457-460

Located on “Bartolomé Masó” municipality on the north part of “Sierra Maestra” in “Granma” province, the Scholar City “Camilo Cienfuegos”, represents a paradigm of the real ideals of the Cuban Revolution related to education. The paper presents the results of a work developed...

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Fractal community tissue: Differentiating the energy harvest through self-similar urban form

Koester, Robert J. - In: Renewable Energy 8 (1996) 1, pp. 160-164

This paper describes the application of fractal dimensioning and self-similar geometric patterning properties to the strategic harvest of solar energy. Specifically, the paper examines application of fractal principles at the scales of community, building, component, and material surface. Using...

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Strengthening the palm oil biomass Renewable Energy industry in Malaysia

Umar, Mohd Shaharin; Jennings, Philip; Urmee, Tania - In: Renewable Energy 60 (2013) C, pp. 107-115

is to evaluate the sustainability of components that constitute the value chain, including the availability of palm oil …

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Life cycle assessment of an onshore wind farm located at the northeastern coast of Brazil

Oebels, Kerstin B.; Pacca, Sergio - In: Renewable Energy 53 (2013) C, pp. 60-70

This article assesses the life cycle emissions of a fictive onshore wind power station consisting of 141.5-MW wind turbines situated on the northeastern coast of Brazil. The objective is to identify the main sources of CO2(eq)-emissions during the life cycle of the wind farm. The novelty of this...

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Sustainability transitions: An emerging field of research and its prospects

Markard, Jochen; Raven, Rob; Truffer, Bernhard - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 6, pp. 955-967

Sustainability oriented innovation and technology studies have received increasing attention over the past 10–15 years …. In particular, a new field dealing with “sustainability transitions” has gained ground and reached an output of 60 … the way for new conceptual developments and serve as stepping-stones in the maturation of sustainability transition …

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A framework for structuring interdisciplinary research management

König, Bettina; Diehl, Katharina; Tscherning, Karen; … - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 1, pp. 261-272

With project-based research becoming a major form of research organisation, coordination and management has become an important task in interdisciplinary research collaborations and a key determinant of their success. Yet little theory-based information is available regarding the decisive...

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