Energy is essential to life and human society cannot surviva without a continuous supply of energy. However, although energy has brought about significant changes in standards and life-styles, its generation, processing and consumption is also a source of both localized pollution and a major...

The article describes sustainable development of Lithuanian economy and transition of fuel and energy after the integration of Lithuania into the European Union (EU), covering the period 2004–2012. In 2004–2008 Lithuanian gross domestic product (GDP) increased approximately 1.8 times and...

The interaction between economic and ecologic dynamic systems is analyzed with a multi-player dynamic game, in which each player invests and allocates available capital to the production or consumption of natural resources and goods, and evaluates the outcome of all players’ actions as well as...

Since the late 1970s, developed countries have realized that their material prosperity, based on intensive use of natural resources was threatened by the energy crises (oil shocks of 1973 and 1979). This awareness was the trigger of many empirical researches that studied the relationship...

The sustainable development paradigm demands that we leave to future generations at least the same or better possibilities for development as they exist today. This requires a balanced development of economy, society and environment, and the absence of wars and terrorism. Wars and terror attacks...

Energy is an essential factor in overall efforts to achieve sustainable development. Countries striving to this end are seeking to reassess their energy systems with a view toward planning energy programmes and strategies in line with sustainable development goals and objectives. This paper...

The emergence of the “sustainable development” concept as a response to the mining of natural resources for the benefit of multinational corporations has advanced the cause of long-term environmental management. A sustainable development model (SDM) framework that is inclusive of the...

Due to the rapid growth in the global energy demand and to the growing concerns regarding energy supply, more attention has been paid to the development of bioenergy, especially the one derived from anaerobic digestion. In our study we used solar energy to improve the efficiency of anaerobic...