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This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced … reductions in net carbon emissions; technological innovation, and increased energy security. The latter part of the paper centers … justified, relative to other means to increase energy security and reduce carbon emissions. We also find an excessive emphasis …
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rapidly increase its energy supply, even if major improvements in energy efficiency are attained. The region is characterized … by a low-carbon power matrix and a potential to produce over 78 PWh from non-traditional renewable energy technologies … energy. Additional (societal) benefits of employing renewables are considerable but typically left out of cost comparisons. A …
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This paper analyzes the influence of energy subsidies, Department of Energy (DOE) budget, U.S. government R&D spending … on energy, and energy tax expenditures, on CO2 emissions from fossil fuels in the electricity market. The findings …
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The energy security concern has been established as an alarming issue in context of petro diplomacy now-a-days. Global …
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adequate energy. Access to energy is a crucial enabling condition for achieving sustainable development. Prudent energy … energy development paths. Specifically, they can strengthen the three pillars of sustainable development: the economy, by … appropriately addressed in moving towards energy sustainability in Nigeria are examined in this article. These include full …
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causes an increase in the amount of energy needed. This emerging situation resulted in ever increasing importance of … renewable energy sources, and various systems are being developed to utilize these renewable energy sources effectively. …
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There exist specific factor scarcities if, and only if, the inputs of the production process are not perfect substitutes. Under the extreme assumption of strict factor complementarity between labour and resources in the production of some aggregate consumption good, and assuming that the...
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This report discusses the opportunities and challenges for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in Latin America. CDM is an important tool to improve the viability of many clean technology investments as it offers a number of important opportunities including increasing a project's...
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) introduced the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (RESOP), offering owners of solar PV systems with a generation capacity …
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Many factors to be appropriately addressed in moving towards energy sustainability are examined. These include … harnessing sustainable energy sources, utilizing sustainable energy carriers, increasing efficiency, reducing environmental … with the approach put forward, and options for energy sustainability and the broader objective of sustainability. Energy …
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