domestic energy Articles
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Interaction relationship between urban domestic energy consumption and water use – a case study of Beijing and Shanghai
Energy consumption and water use are inextricably linked. Combining research on energy consumption and water use in an urban context provides a scientific basis for the integrated planning of energy and water supply systems. Domestic energy and water are among the most consumed resources in urban environments. Furthermore, domestic resources represent an increasing proportion of the total ...
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Domestic energy sustainability of different urban residential patterns: a New Zealand approach
A quantitative study was undertaken to calculate the potential sustainability of five residential blocks in Auckland, New Zealand (NZ) of differing physical densities. The main study considered five attributes of sustainability: domestic energy, transportation, carbon sequestration, food, and waste. This paper presents the results and mathematical methodology developed for one key aspect, ...
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Sustainable charcoal policy note case study
This sustainable charcoal policy study, under the World Bank, focused on consolidating existing information relative to charcoal utilisation. Our experts analysed models for realising a more sustainable use of domestic energy resources, including recommending a limited number of initiatives to take forward and proving a plan for implementing the suggested options. The study put forward the ...
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Iran's strong case for nuclear power is obscured by UN sanctions and geopolitics
Rapid growth in Iran's domestic energy demand and its dependence on oil exports for revenue has forced it to consider alternative future energy solutions. Years of inadequate investment in new infrastructure to develop oil and gas reserves may lead to a rapid decline in oil production and delays to key projects that have the potential to expand oil and gas exports over the next decade. Broad ...
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NSR Reform - Where We Stand Today
The recent change in White House leadership, along with last summer's California energy crisis and fluctuating costs at the gasoline pump, put U.S. energy policies under a microscope in a manner not seen since the oil crisis of the early 1970s. Soon after taking office, President Bush tasked Vice President Cheney with developing a comprehensive national energy policy to assure abundant, reliable ...
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Barriers towards reducing domestic energy consumption – findings of a study among social housing tenants
The aim of this study was to take a broad approach to understanding domestic energy consumption and identify difficulties in energy reduction. The study focused on a variety of factors, including barriers and motivators for behaviour change, comfort and comfort actions and knowledge about the heating system. Data collection was carried out with 55 social housing tenants in England using ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 5 2004: Peat - a domestic fuel with advantages
Total peat volume in Sweden is estimated to 100 billion m2. However, a large part of these assets are situated in wetlands that are important for biodiversity. The total climate impact of peat depends on emissions at combustion, but also on whether the extraction causes considerable natural flows of greenhouse gases from the peat land to cease. Often the total climate im-pact is well below that ...
By Elmia AB
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Evaluation of the national nuclear energy R&D projects in Korea: multi-attribute utility analysis
The Korean government has selected nuclear energy as the major source of electricity generation in Korea because of the lack of domestic energy resources. Thus, nuclear energy has become an increasingly vital part of resources for national development. The national nuclear energy R&D projects have been implemented for ensuring a safe and stable supply of nuclear energy in Korea since 1992. ...
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The viessmann domestic fuel cell energy centre in its trial phase
As far as mass production is concerned, the domestic fuel cell energy centre represents an equipment without much history. The reversible and irreversible influences on its function and the service life of the equipment are not yet not fully understood; in particular the decrease in the effectiveness of the catalysts poses a real challenge. The service life required for detached and two-family ...
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India's nuclear energy architecture - global actions and local responses
Post–Fukushima, while some countries decided to shift away from nuclear energy, others like India that continue to pursue their nuclear ambitions have been facing challenges domestically - especially, local–level protests against expansion of nuclear energy. In parallel, India has made significant progress at the global front in civilian nuclear energy ties. While India has attained prominence ...
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New energy vehicle development in China
As one of the important step to solve the environment pollution problems, Chinese Government pays much attention to the development of new energy vehicle industries. However, the situation is not satisfied. The paper studied the current situation and efficiency of new energy vehicle in Chinese market. We find that Chinese consumers are not ready to accept the new energy vehicles because of their ...
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Thermodynamic and life cycle assessment of flat–plate collector, photovoltaic system and photovoltaic thermal collector
In this study, an energy, exergy and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis of a Flat–Plate (FP) collector, a Photovoltaic (PV) system and a Photovoltaic–Thermal (PV–T) collector is carried out for better evaluation. It is observed that instantaneous energy, daily energy and exergy efficiency of the FP collector, the PV system and the PV/T collector vary between 53–61%, 19–30%, 23–37% and 56–74%, ...
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Ene.Field Project - Case Study
The ene.field project is the largest European demonstration of the latest smart energy solution for private homes, Fuel Cell micro-Cogeneration. The EU co-funded project ene.field has deployed more than 1,000 residential fuel cell Combined Heat and Power (micro-CHP) installations, across 11 key European countries. It represents a step change in the volume of fuel cell micro-CHP (micro FC-CHP) ...
By COGEN Europe
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China must be encouraged to develop hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology using domestic resources
This paper describes the current situation in China and the reasons for the rapidly increasing consumption of oil and the consequent search for new sources. Some suggestions are made for the rapid development and commercialisation of hydrogen energy systems in China using domestic resources. China could satisfy the energy demand with her domestic resources of renewable energies and depending on ...
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Delivering on the Clean Energy Economy: The role of policy in developing successful domestic solar and wind industries
The renewable energy industry is expanding to meet the needs of a large and growing global market for clean and secure energy. This growth is likely to continue, with electricity production from non-hydro renewable energy sources expected to grow more than eight-fold from 2009 to 2035, if countries implement their existing commitments, and draw nearly US$3 trillion in investment. In this ...
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The economics of oil and gas supply in the Former Soviet Union
Supply costs curves for the Former Soviet Union (FSU) are constructed for conventional petroleum, which is defined as conventional oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL). The supply figures show how petroleum quantities vary with production costs over time. Five resource quality categories, distinguishable according to production costs, are used in the estimation. The quantities are ...
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Is the fit right? Considering technological maturity in designing renewable energy policy
Recent studies suggest that the United States can greatly expand its deployment of renewable energy resources beyond current levels. This would reduce emissions of harmful pollutants and enhance energy security by diversifying the nation’s domestic energy supply. This brief describes a number of policy tools that can be employed to drive investment in renewable energy technologies and ...
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American energy security and innovation: An assessment of North America`s energy resources
Our energy choices need to factor in both opportunities and risks. This testimony gives particular attention to why we must consider the risk of climate change, both on our resources being developed and utilized today and on our choices for development into the future. It concludes with the following recommendations: Congress should request that the National Climate Assessment and Development ...
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Federal stimulus: Pork or real energy policy?
Two recent gestures by President Obama indicate that he is serious about clean energy and will pursue it differently than any of his predecessors. First, he made history in using his inaugural speech to promote renewable energy – something never done before by a US President, according to Department of Energy’s EERE News Network. Second, on February 5 Obama drilled down to the nitty-gritty of ...
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Energy intensities: an application for Canada
There is an intimate connection between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and energy supply (and energy consumption) which is a good indication of the level of economic development of a country. The GDP per capita is often used to measure the living standard of a country and measures of the total energy use are useful for addressing energy intensity issues. In order to measure the energy use, one ...
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