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View article: On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions
On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions Open
Human beings’ domination of the planet has not been kind to many species. This is to be expected. Humans have radically altered natural landscapes, harvested heavily from the ocean, and altered the climate in an unprecedented way. Recent c…
View article: A Review of Additive Manufacturing in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
A Review of Additive Manufacturing in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Open
As layer upon layer manufacturing approaches continue to advance the development of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine scaffolds, more products that leverage additive manufacturing methods such as 3D printing and electrospinning …
View article: On the Economics of Extinction and Mass Extinctions
On the Economics of Extinction and Mass Extinctions Open
Human beings' domination of the planet has not been kind to many species worldwide.This is to be expected.Humans have radically altered natural landscapes, harvested heavily from the ocean, and altered the climate in an unprecedented way.R…
View article: A Composite Lactide-Mineral 3D-Printed Scaffold for Bone Repair and Regeneration
A Composite Lactide-Mineral 3D-Printed Scaffold for Bone Repair and Regeneration Open
Orthopedic tumor resection, trauma, or degenerative disease surgeries can result in large bone defects and often require bone grafting. However, standard autologous bone grafting has been associated with donor site morbidity and/or limited…
View article: Wet Waste Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Biocrude Upgrading to Hydrocarbon Fuels: 2020 State of Technology
Wet Waste Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Biocrude Upgrading to Hydrocarbon Fuels: 2020 State of Technology Open
Data from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s conversion hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) program for wet waste was used to update the pathway techno-economic analysis (TEA) for the fiscal year 2020 State of Technology (2020 SOT). The m…
View article: Wind turbine cost reduction: A detailed bottom-up analysis of innovation drivers
Wind turbine cost reduction: A detailed bottom-up analysis of innovation drivers Open
Wind energy technologies have seen a rapid decline in costs in the last two decades, but the drivers for these cost reductions are poorly understood. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by quantitatively investigating the drivers behin…
View article: Food, Fuel and the Domesday Economy
Food, Fuel and the Domesday Economy Open
This paper develops a theory where access to food and fuel energy is critical to the location, number and size of human settlements. By combining our theory with a simple Malthusian mechanism, we generate predictions for the distribution o…
View article: Food, Fuel and the Domesday Economy
Food, Fuel and the Domesday Economy Open
This paper develops a theory where access to food and fuel energy is critical to the location, number, and size of human settlements. By combining our theory with a simple Malthusian mechanism, we generate predictions for the distribution …
View article: LCOE reduction potential of parabolic trough and solar tower technology in G20 countries until 2030
LCOE reduction potential of parabolic trough and solar tower technology in G20 countries until 2030 Open
This paper summarizes the methodology and results of a study performed in 2018. The aim was to calculate and compare current (2018) and future (2030) LCOE for CSP plants in all G20 countries. Individual DNI resources for the best region in…
View article: Emptying the Tank: Getting the Most Out of Limited Data
Emptying the Tank: Getting the Most Out of Limited Data Open
All empirical researchers know that having more sources of variation in a dataset is valuable. What is not known is how valuable, and if the marginal value of adding another source of variation diminishes or increases. This note provides e…
View article: Emptying the Tank: Getting the most out of Limited Data
Emptying the Tank: Getting the most out of Limited Data Open
All empirical researchers know that having more sources of variation in a dataset is valuable.What is not known is how valuable, and if the marginal value of adding another source of variation diminishes or increases.This note provides exp…
View article: Policies for Enabling Corporate Sourcing of Renewable Energy Internationally: A 21st Century Power Partnership Report
Policies for Enabling Corporate Sourcing of Renewable Energy Internationally: A 21st Century Power Partnership Report Open
This paper explores the policy and regulatory enabling environment for corporate sourcing of renewables. The paper has been developed in support of the Corporate Sourcing of Renewables Campaign, which was launched at the Clean Energy Minis…
View article: LCOE reduction potential of parabolic trough and solar tower CSP technology until 2025
LCOE reduction potential of parabolic trough and solar tower CSP technology until 2025 Open
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP), with an installed capacity of 4.9 GW by 2015, is a young technology compared to other renewable power generation technologies. A limited number of plants and installed capacity in a small challenging market…
View article: An Energy-centric Theory of Agglomeration
An Energy-centric Theory of Agglomeration Open
This paper sets out a simple spatial model of energy exploitation to ask how the lo-cation and productivity of energy resources affects the distribution of economic activityacross geographic space. By combining elements from energy economi…
View article: An Energy-centric Theory of Agglomeration
An Energy-centric Theory of Agglomeration Open
This paper sets out a simple spatial model of energy exploitation to ask how the location and productivity of energy resources affects the distribution of economic activity across geographic space.By combining elements from energy economic…
View article: Trade and the Environment: New Methods, Measurements, and Results
Trade and the Environment: New Methods, Measurements, and Results Open
We review recent research linking international trade to the environment, with a focus on new results and methods.The review is given structure by a novel decomposition linking changes in emissions to changes in productive activity at the …