cellulosic biofuel from these two feedstocks is estimated for the Le Sueur Watershed in South-Central Minnesota. The impacts of … the resulting agricultural production activities on water quality in this northern corn belt watershed are also estimated … conducted with a multi-region, endogenous supply, mathematical programming model of the agri-culture sector in the watershed. A …

explicit approach to examine fields within a watershed and explores the conditions under which the agricultural land in the … watershed can meet the demand of a biorefinery. Costs of two dedicated energy crops, switchgrass and miscanthus, are compared … production and pollution constraints in the Wildcat Creek Watershed in Indiana, USA. The process of using a genetic algorithm to …

occurs over long time scales but is consistent with historical observation. Efficiency is qualitatively similar to common …

compare the efficiency of ethanol production in China and Brazil. To estimate the extent output can be proportionally expanded …

effort to improve production efficiency. In this paper we study the impact of the reform on efficiency of fossil-fired power … efficiency of previously SPC-managed power plants is converging to that of better-performing independent power producers (IPPs …); 3) capacity utilization and unit size are significant factors affecting changes in technical efficiency and the pattern …

This study uses a stochastic production frontier to model energy efficiency trends, in 85 countries over a 37 year … and a theoretical model of energy-efficient technology choice. An improvement in a country’s energy efficiency is measured … across countries. The study shows that energy efficiency rises with increasing general total factor productivity. Energy …

and operated tube well based small scale projects in the state have relatively better utilization efficiency. However …. Emergence of the institution of ground water markets, however, is expected to improve utilisation efficiency of irrigation as it … with enhancing utilization efficiency and better management of the common pool resource of ground water, a study of ground …