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allocation between food and energy and shows how the model can be calibrated using standard optimization techniques. Some … possible implications of the trade-offs between food and energy are discussed. Specifically, we show that the effect of …
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In this paper we examine price transmission for major agriculture (food) and energy products in China for the years … dynamics in the food-energy sector in China. The advantage of this approach is that it can offer data-determined (as opposed to … innovation accounting analysis of the ECM shocks. 2) We uncover a recent price transmission among major food-energy markets in …
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are perfect substitutes because they are both sources of energy in transportation fuels. These studies, however, have been …
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In India, biofuel has gained in popularity in recent years because of its potential as a clean energy source and a … to better understand whether biofuel can be an alternate energy source, a SANDEE study assessed the factors that …
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<i>Ex-post</i> evaluations of energy policies in Malaysia between 1970 and 2010 were conducted. The developments of … energy policies in Malaysia were traced from the early 1970s with the introduction of the country’s first energy …-related policy all the way to 2010 with the country’s first endeavour towards a biobased energy system. Analyses revealed that many …
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The present work addresses energy consumption in raceway ponds (RWPs). This kind of systems are today the most utilized …. To validate the new design, head losses and therefore energy consumption in the different systems were evaluated, during … weight at different pond scales, suggesting possible improvements of the RWP energy performance – as achieved in the IRP II …
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The massive need for sustainable energy has led to an increased interest in new energy resources, such as production of … algae community structure was characterized throughout the production cycle. Furthermore, the potential for energy supply …
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cropland. As farmers worldwide respond to higher crop prices in order to maintain the global food supply and demand balance …, pristine lands are cleared and converted to new cropland to replace the crops for feed and food that were diverted elsewhere to …
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This paper derives a method to quantify the impact of biofuel on fuel markets, assuming that these markets are dominated by cartel of oil-rich countries, and that prices in these countries are set to maximize the sum of domestic consumer and producer surplus, leading to a wedge between domestic...
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exploration of cost effective sustainable energy sources focussing on biofuels through algae. Abundant wastewaters generated in …
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