Practical Action Consulting (PAC) is the consulting arm of Practical Action, an international non-governmental organisation that uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries.
Biogas as fuel
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Knowledge partnerKnowledge partnerCountry of registrationUnited KingdomRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberKnowledge PartnerSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureEarly warning and Environmental assessmentRenewable energyEnergy efficiency
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Knowledge partnerKnowledge partnerCountry of registrationJapanRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberKnowledge PartnerSector(s) of expertiseRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyForestryTransportWaste management
The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.
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Presentation of this project - which overall objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emission through the use of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas oil, a none-edible drought tolerant wild plant.
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationSwitzerlandRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseTransport
Grütter Consulting (GC) develops sustainable transport projects including policies development, biofuels implementation, urban and inter-urban mobility, electric, gas-powered vehicles, freight and logistics projects.
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This study seeks to assess the future impacts of biofuel production on regional agricultural and related sectors with a specific focus on the vulnerable regions of developing nations. Using a modification of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) modelling platform to account for the global interactions of regional biofuel and food markets, the analysis shows that biofuel production levels depend on the assumption about the future price of energy and the nature of the substitutability between biofuels and petroleum-based transport fuels.
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Governments, oil companies and agribusinesses all support biofuels as a way to combat climate change. Genetic engineering plays an increasing role in biofuel production. Can replacing fossil fuels with biofuels reduce carbon emissions?Biofuels are renewable fuels produced from crops or biomass,
including crops grown specifically for converting into fuel. Political leaders
and businesses increasingly suggest biofuels as an alternative to declining
fossil fuel reserves. One attraction is that they can reduce a country’s -
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The biofuel boom has become a core issue in Zimbabwean land and development debates. Biofuels require large tracts of land for production; and the land acquisition programmes by the various state, non-state actors and individuals have been termed ‘land grabbing’. The increasing global demand for biofuels has different gender specific socio-economic and environmental effects in Zimbabwe. Males and females in the biofuel producing zone may face a differential risk matrix, comprising different issues.
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Poor communities in developing countries mainly depend on traditional biomass such as charcoal, wood and dung as other energy systems are often not accessible to them. Energy scarcity affects mainly women as they are the ones responsible for biomass collection. These time-consuming tasks often prevent women from seeking education and from engaging in income generating activities that are essential for overcoming poverty.
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Africa's renewable energy power potential is substantially larger than the current and projected power consumption of the continent. Local geothermal, solar thermal and bioenergy resources have an important role to play in covering future heat demand. Domestic biofuels and renewable energy-based electrification of urban public transport can contribute significantly to transport needs.
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Country of registrationMalaysiaRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyTransport
BATC Development Bhd. is a company experienced in the cultivation and processing of the Jatropha curcas seed, which is used for the production of biofuel, biodiesel and glycerol, for industrial, energy and transport applications.