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sources of renewable energies: solar, wind, microhydro, geothermal and biomass. In view of the above, we will highlight … Romania's potential in the production of renewable energy from biomass, the materials provided by the agricultural sector and …
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Biomass offers an alternative renewable energy source to fossil fuels and can be used to produce energy directly or … through the production of liquid biofuels, e.g., ethanol, as a substitute for liquid transport fuels. Biomass also offers a … some cases, e.g., forests, there is a tension between biomass energy and biomass sequestration of carbon. This paper …
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With the pervasive use of oil-based energy in the global economy, even the slightest movement in the price of crude oil reverberates across all economies and businesses. This paper attempts to gauge the importance of the thrust on renewable energy against the backdrop of the perils of untamed...
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Mit nachwachsenden Ressourcen die Abhängigkeit von Öl vermindern - so untertitelt die Bundesregierung ihre Strategie zur Förderung der Bioökonomie in Deutschland (BMBF 2013). Zur Bioökonomie zählen alle Wirtschaftsbereiche, die nachwachsende Rohstoffe erzeugen, verarbeiten und handeln....
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energy has increased the interest in biomass as a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Thus agriculture acquires a primary … outlining the framework for the exploitation of biomass energy, the analysis carried out on the prospects of development of … technologies and infrastructure, in suggests that biomass to generate energy may be a short-term answer to climate change problem …
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A concern of many environmentalists is that the use of biomass energy will decimate the forests. Searchinger et al … supplemental dedicated fuelwood plantations to produce biomass on submarginal lands. It finds that these sources can economically … produce large levels of biomass without compromising crop production, thereby mitigating the land conversion and carbon …
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Biomass, a renewable energy source, has been viewed as “carbon neutral”—that is, its use as energy is presumed not to … were sent to the Congress by eminent scientists examining the merits—or demerits—of biomass for climate change mitigation …), questioned the treatment of all biomass energy as carbon neutral, arguing that it could undermine legislative emissions reduction …
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Mit nachwachsenden Ressourcen die Abhängigkeit von Öl vermindern - so untertitelt die Bundesregierung ihre Strategie zur Förderung der Bioökonomie in Deutschland (BMBF 2013). Zur Bioökonomie zählen alle Wirtschaftsbereiche, die nachwachsende Rohstoffe erzeugen, verarbeiten und handeln....
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In this paper we develop an applied general equilibrium framework for assessing socio-economic impacts of alternative renewable energy policies and apply it to the bioenergy sector. The policy scenarios are assessed in a comparative static analysis. The numerical simulation results allow us to...
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National energy security, parallel with the ultimate goal of emissions reductions, is of utmost priority for the Chinese government. In order to comply with the requirements set by the Kyoto Protocol, the Chinese government announced, on 25 November 2009, that 2020’s CO2 emissions would be...
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