This presentation provides information on the following aspects of wind power: the resource; wind technology; global status and costs; wind technology manufacturing; policies promoting wind development; project development issues; benefits of wind power; challenges to wind power development and best practices. Policies described include feed-in tariffs; mandatory renewable energy targets (portfolio standards); government auction or resource concessions; financial incentives (loans, wire charges); developer tax incentives and green power markets.
Small-scale Combined Heat and Power
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This report sets out to assess the scientific validity of what it calls the WWF's 'doomsday prophecy', as outlined in the NGO's Living Planet Report 2002. The Danish authors argue that WWF has produced one in a long line of articles, stretching back to Malthus' essay on the principle of population, that predict disaster as a result of human demand on natural resources outstripping supply.The paper outlines the concept of the ecological footprint, one which has developed out of the commonly used carrying capacity measure of sustainable use of natural resources.
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Carbon tetrachloride (CTC) is a solvent and cleaning agent used widely across many industry segments. Its high solvency power, low cost and the fact that it is non-flammable made it popular in many cleaning applications.
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The aim of this paper is to find the best hybrid combination from the available resources in a given village location that can meet the electricity demand in a sustainable manner and to see whether this is a cost effective solution or
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This presentation introduces the value of the integrated grid.