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New program offers blueprint and ‘Golden Rules’ for increasing sustainable electricity in developing countries
November 21, 2013 Editor 0
Global outreach effort by electricity giants fosters bottom-up approach to strong Public-Private Partnerships; ‘Golden Rules’ draw on lessons worldwide The first hybrid wind-diesel electricity park in Ecuador’s famed Galápagos World Heritage Site, built by the private sector in partnership with the national and local governments, has for the past five years successfully reduced costly diesel […]
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The Role of the Complementary Sector and its Relationship with Network Formation and Government Policies in Emerging Sectors: The Case of Solar Photovoltaics Between 2001 and 2009
October 29, 2013 Editor 0
Understanding the role of government policies in promoting the introduction of renewable technologies can help to catalyze the transition toward a more sustainable energy system. The literature on technological transitions using a multi-level perspective suggests that the co-evolution of the niche market (the new technology) and the complementary regime may have an important role to […]
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Free trials and payment plans: Innovative ways to market clean energy products in rural Uganda
October 18, 2013 Editor 0
Guest post by Alba Topulli. Families in rural northern Uganda who cook over open fires and use kerosene as their primary light source face numerous health and safety issues – they should be rushing to buy fuel efficient cookstoves and solar units. Why aren’t they? Evelyn is a shop owner in Kitgum, a municipality […]
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Energy efficiency and waste reuse: A solution for sustainability in poor West African countries? Case study of the shea butter supply chain in Burkina Faso
October 8, 2013 Editor 0
Eric Serges Noumi, Marie-Helene Dabat, and Joel Blin<br/> In West African countries, the objective of producer insertion in competitive markets is often associated with the need to modernize and mechanize production processes, i.e., replace labour by machines. This excludes traditional producers who can barely comply with the economic criteria but who must … [J. Renewable […]
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Optimization models for biorefinery supply chain network design under uncertainty
October 1, 2013 Editor 0
Narges Kazemzadeh and Guiping Hu<br/> Biofuel industry has attracted much attention due to its potential to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and contribute to the renewable energy. The high levels of uncertainty in feedstock yield, market prices, production costs, and many other parameters are among the major challenges in this industr … [J. Renewable Sustainable […]
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Use of solar thermal energy in the hydrodistillation of essential oil
November 23, 2012 Editor 0
Subarna Maiti, Chitrangi Bhatt, Pankaj Patel, and Pushpito K. Ghosh<br/> There has been rising demand in recent years for environment friendly technologies which has spurred interest in sustainable energy solutions. The use of solar radiation in place of fossil fuel-derived thermal energy to extract essential oils in decentralized manner is one such potentially attractiv … […]
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