ARTICLE IN PRESS Energy 33 (2008) 1591–1596 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/energy Energy efficiency, security of supply and the environment in South Africa: Moving beyond the strategy documents A.B. Sebitosi à Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa a r t i c l e in fo abstract Article history: Received 18 April 2008 Energy efficiency is one of the most potent
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Name: Number: Course: Lecturer: RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN SOLAR PANEL INDUSTRY REVISED PART OF OVERVIEW We have seen from part 1 of research how damages to the earth, pollution and global warming have caused a lot of environmental degradation in the recent years. This is mostly brought about by the excessive use of non renewable sources of energy such as coal and other fossil fuels. These non renewable sources of energy are characterized by excess carbon emission to the atmosphere which causes
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SYLLABUS Course Information and Policies: Textbook: No textbook is required for the course. Prof. Antonoff’s, & some my own, written introductions to the course sessions will be provided, along with links to online articles & material that you are expected you to read. Academic Integrity: It goes, I hope, without saying that all the principles and standards that sustain academic integrity are just as applicable in the online environment as they are in the classroom. Our interactions
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First Solar Case First Solar Case Analysis Due to consideration of rising energy demand, global warming and nature of solar power, the solar industry has experienced a rapid development these years. First Solar, as one of the dominant companies in the industry, is suspected and scrutinized by CFRA for aggressive accounting practices. CFRA’s investigation aims at identifying potential risks in several areas, including revenue quality and recognition, inventory levels, customer and geographic diversification
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Book Report By: Matthew R. King International Management 04/11/16 After carefully reading Hot, Flat, and Crowded; I was able to form a relationship with the author Thomas Friedman. Hot, Flat, and Crowded speaks directly with the reader about issues going on in our world. Global warming is a major issues that Freidman presents, and he presents actions on what we should do as a civilization to counter the affects of global warming. Hot, Flat, and Crowded is all about
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UNIVERSITY NAME Assignment Title Marketing STUDENT NAME 3/8/2012 Executive summary Hidden Valley Cabins and Tours is an award winning solar power user which runs their resort fully by solar power. They have a solar power plant of their own and this plant provides them with their essential electricity. This electricity and power is cheaper to them than the fossil energies. The price of fossil energy is increasing day by day. But expense for solar energy is not increasing
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The Oil, Gas, and Consumable Fuels Industry is one of the world’s leading profit making industries. The industry is very vertically integrated with many multinational companies present in the industry. The oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry is not very tough to enter as it is fragmented with many distributors around the globe, although there are a few top distributors including Exxon Mobile, Shell, and BP. Most of the distributor’s fuels are supplied by very large top competitors who make up
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: AGRICULTURAL AND ANIMAL WASTE TO ENERGY Kathleen Cimino, Kimberly Andros, Teresa Bartley NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT University of Maryland University College Spring 2009 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Waste to energy definition/history/uses 1.2 Agricultural / Animal waste production 1.3 Graph, chart, quantities produced in United States, etc.. 2.0 Conversion of w2e 2.1 Conversion Pathways 2.1.1 Thermochemical 2.1.2 Biochemical
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: AGRICULTURAL AND ANIMAL WASTE TO ENERGY NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT University of Maryland University College Spring 2009 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Waste to energy definition/history/uses 1.2 Agricultural / Animal waste production 1.3 Graph, chart, quantities produced in United States, etc.. 2.0 Conversion of w2e 2.1 Conversion Pathways 2.1.1 Thermochemical 2.1.2 Biochemical 2.1.3 Physico-chemical 2.2 Factors affecting
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accounts for a sizable share of Bulgaria’s final energy consumption, approximately 3.7 percent or 409,000 toe of the calculated 10,918,000 toe total consumption (Sofia Energy Center data report). Due to the lack of reliable nationwide assessments and data, it is estimated that in practice this number is much larger. The majority of the biomass energy consumption exists mainly in the rural areas, where fuelwood, followed by the residential consumption of wood briquettes produced from forestry wastes and
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