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Techno-Economic Feasibility Assessment of Grid-Connected PV Systems for Residential Buildings in Saudi Arabia—A Case Study Open
This paper presents a techno-economic feasibility evaluation for a grid-connected photovoltaic energy conversion system on the rooftop of a typical residential building in Jeddah, one of the major cities in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, e…
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The Economic Impact of Eradicating Peste des Petits Ruminants: A Benefit-Cost Analysis Open
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an important cause of mortality and production loss among sheep and goats in the developing world. Despite control efforts in a number of countries, it has continued to spread across Africa and Asia, pla…
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Cost of Equity of Coal-Fired Power Generation Projects in Poland: Its Importance for the Management of Decision-Making Process Open
Our knowledge of discount rates plays an important role both in the discounted cash flow decision-making process and in the later phases of a project’s lifetime. It is useful than both for management and cash-flow monitoring purposes at op…
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Environmental and Economic Viability of Chitosan Production in Guayas-Ecuador: A Robust Investment and Life Cycle Analysis Open
Ecuador is a country where shrimp production is one of its primary industries. It generates annually about 72,000 tons of wastes in the form of shrimp shells. Therefore, using this waste as a raw material resource to produce chitosan, a bi…
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Technical and economic analysis of energy generation from waste incineration in Mexico Open
In this paper we evaluated the feasibility of energy generation by incineration of waste in Mexico. The population of Mexico was split into six population-size classes, each one associated to a waste generation index. The total amount of w…
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Design, Cost Estimation and Sensitivity Analysis for a Production Process of Activated Carbon from Waste Nutshells by Physical Activation Open
A conceptual design of an industrial production plant for activated carbon was developed to process 31.25 tons/day of industrial waste nutshells as the raw material and produce 6.6 ton/day of activated carbon using steam as an activation a…
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Cooling Effect on the Floating Solar PV: Performance and Economic Analysis on the Case of West Java Province in Indonesia Open
Solar photovoltaic technology is one of the most well established new and renewable energy technologies. Many researchers have undertaken wide research and development in this sector, including material and system design. To protect the ex…
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Photovoltaic self-consumption is now profitable in Spain: Effects of the new regulation on prosumers’ internal rate of return Open
Whereas Spain used to have one of the most restrictive photovoltaic self-consumption (PVSC) regulations in the world, the new regulation (RD-L 15/2018 & RD 244/2019) improves the economic conditions of PVSC systems, simplifies administrati…
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An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Two Rainwater Harvesting Systems Located in Central Eastern Europe Open
Decentralized water systems are perceived as solutions that not only save water, but also as a way to partially or completely become independent from centralized suppliers. Taking this into account, an analysis of the effectiveness of rain…
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Feasibility of investment in Blue Growth multiple-use of space and multi-use platform projects; results of a novel assessment approach and case studies Open
Blue Growth is the creation of economic activity and jobs at sea, while multiple use of space makes efficient use of the available sea area by combining industries. Clearly there are many combinations and many value propositions. However, …
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Design and assessment of solar PV plant for girls hostel (GARGI) of MNIT University, Jaipur city: A case study Open
In this paper designing and assessment of a solar PV plant for meeting the energy demand of girl's hostel at MNIT University Jaipur city was analyzed. A solar PV plant was designed with its financial and environmental assessment considerin…
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Municipal Solid Waste as a Source of Electric Power Generation in Colombia: A Techno-Economic Evaluation under Different Scenarios Open
This work evaluates the techno-economic prefeasibility of waste to energy projects in Colombia using four different conversion technologies of incineration, gasification, anaerobic digestion and landfill gas. Three study cases were selecte…
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Tangible and intangible benefits of local goats rearing in smallholder farms in Malawi Open
A study was conducted to determine tangible and intangible benefits of local goats to smallholders in low input crop-livestock production system where community-based goat breeding program (goat CBBP) is being implemented. Data was collect…
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Integrated Economic Adoption Model for residential grid-connected photovoltaic systems: An Australian case study Open
Photovoltaic (PV) systems, like most renewable energy resources, are characterized by large initial capital investments by the energy user. The high upfront cost (for which many residential customers are unwilling to take risks) is and wil…
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Economic Feasibility of Wave Energy Farms in Portugal Open
This paper develops a methodology to determine the economic feasibility of implementing offshore wave energy farms on the Portuguese continental coast. This methodology follows several phases: the geographic phase, the energy phase, the ec…
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Economic Viability and Socio-Environmental Impacts of Solar Home Systems for Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Bangladesh Open
This study conducted a questionnaire-led survey to explore the financial feasibility and socio-environmental impacts of stand-alone solar home systems (SHS) through stratified random sampling. Based on the above consideration, fifteen case…
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Feasibility of biomass heating system in Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus Open
Global interest in using biomass feedstock to produce heat and power is increasing. In this study, RETScreen modelling software was used to investigate the feasibility of biomass heating system in Middle East Technical University, Northern…
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Life Cycle Assessment and Economic Analysis of Biomass Energy Technology in China: A Brief Review Open
This study describes the technological processes and characteristics of biomass direct combustion power generation, biomass gasification power generation, biomass mixed combustion power generation, and biomass biogas power generation in te…
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Ex Ante Assessment of Returns on Research Investments to Address the Impact of Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4 on Global Banana Production Open
The spread of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), causal agent of Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), has been projected to reach 17% of the global banana-growing area by 2040 equaling 36 million tons of production wort…
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Economic Performance of Forest Plantations in Vietnam: Eucalyptus, Acacia mangium, and Manglietia conifera Open
Forest plantations have expanded rapidly in response to financial support from the state and local governments and have had significant positive impacts on rural livelihoods and development in Vietnam, since the late 1980s. This study used…
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Feasibility study for biogas integration into waste treatment plants in Ghana Open
Biogas (anaerobic digestion) technology is one of the most viable renewable energy technologies today. However, its economic efficiency depends on the investment costs, costs of operating the biogas plant and optimum methane production. Li…
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Economic Feasibility of Floating Offshore Wind Farms in the North of Spain Open
This paper assesses the economic feasibility of offshore wind farms installed in deep waters considering their internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), and levelized cost of energy (LCOE). The method proposed has three phase…
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Design and cost analysis of 1kW photovoltaic system based on actual performance in Indian scenario Open
The exhaustion of conventional resources and its effect on climate requires an urgent call for the substitute power resources to convene up the current power requirement. Solar energy is an endless, unsoiled and prospective energy source a…
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Cost–Benefit Analysis of a Virtual Power Plant Including Solar PV, Flow Battery, Heat Pump, and Demand Management: A Western Australian Case Study Open
Achieving the renewable energy integration target will require the extensive engagement of consumers and the private sector in investment and operation of renewable-based energy systems. Virtual power plants are an efficient way to impleme…
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Assessment of Government Incentives for Energy from Waste in Colombia Open
This work evaluates the prefeasibility of energy from waste projects in Colombia under the guidelines of Law 1715. That piece of legislation proposes tax incentives for non-conventional energy initiatives, such as deductions of up to 50% o…
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Microbial Fuel Cell for Wastewater Treatment as Power Plant in Smart Grids: Utopia or Reality? Open
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have undergone great technological development in the last 20 years, but very little has been done to commercialize them. The simultaneous power production and wastewater treatment are features those greatly inc…
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Techno-Economic Analysis of CO2 Capture Technologies in Offshore Natural Gas Field: Implications to Carbon Capture and Storage in Malaysia Open
Growing concern on global warming directly related to CO2 emissions is steering the implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS). With Malaysia having an estimated 37 Tscfd (Trillion standard cubic feet) of natural gas remains undeve…
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Techno-economic, environmental, and heat integration of palm empty fruit bunch upgrading for power generation Open
The palm empty fruit bunch (PEFB) is a residue from oil pressing. As a renewable energy source, it is expected to achieve high-yield bio-oils, low gas content, and low char content. In this work, a comprehensive pyrolysis process model, bi…
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Economics of Distributed Power Generation via Gasification of Biomass and Municipal Solid Waste Open
More than one billion people worldwide still lack access to electricity. Rural electrification via gasification has the potential to satisfy electricity access and demand. This study conducts an economic evaluation of rural electrification…
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Methods for Financial Assessment of Renewable Energy Projects: A Review Open
The financial evaluation of renewable energy sources (RES) projects is well explored in the literature, but many different methods have been followed by different authors. Then, it is important to understand if and how these methods have b…