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The spiral of higher oil prices that is occurring currently is mostly caused not by the lack of reserves, but by increasing demand on the existing supply. However, increase of supply would only temporarily attenuate the issue, as demand is expected to continue to soar and eventually outstrip the...
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The shift toward renewable forms of energy for electricity generation in the electricity generation industry has clear implications for the spatial distribution of generating plant. Traditional forms of generation are typically located close to the load or population centers, while wind and...
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The shift toward renewable forms of energy for electricity generation in the electricity generation industry has clear implications for the spatial distribution of generating plant. Traditional forms of generation are typically located close to the load or population centers, while wind and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015244861
This report presents an economic profile of Maine’s environmental and energy technology sector. The analysis is based on primary data collected through a survey of 135 Maine businesses and organizations conducted during the summer of 2006. In addition, the study uses secondary industry...
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As global energy demand increases, the rapid expansion of the unconventional fossil fuel sector has triggered an urgent need for social, economic and policy research to understand and predict how this sector affects host communities and how governance systems can respond to changes presented by...
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This research presents an overview of different sustainable energy development scenarios in Central Europe and East … analysis (MCDA) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) models, divergences among energy options in Central Europe and East Asia … are emphasised due to their preferences in hierarchy. Our evaluation results indicate that Central Europe and East Asia …
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sustainability. This is followed by description of energy situation in Central Europe and East Asia with a focus on sustainable …
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This paper provides overview of all sustainable energy resources in two geographic areas- Central Europe and East Asia …
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This paper provides an overview of biofuel’s markets and policies in Belarus. Belarus remains the country with a critical level of energy dependence on Russia. Availability of cheap Russian sources and lack of diversification within energy sector hinder Belarus from expanding the potential of...
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This paper provides an overview of biofuel’s markets in Russian Federation, Belarus and Ukraine and it estimates prospects of their future development in the context of global biofuels development. We first provide a general characterisation of biofuels, followed by description of development...
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