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  1. This study investigates the role of economic well-being and economic freedom as drivers of renewable energy consumption using the share of renewables in total energy consumption in Africa. To achieve this, the...

    Authors: Anthony Amoah, Edmund Kwablah, Kofi Korle and Daniel Offei

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:32

    Content type: Original article

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  2. The 2018 European Renewables Directive sets a binding target of 32% of renewable energy generation by 2030. Free-field photovoltaic plants are characterised by significant land use and material flows. Although...

    Authors: Manuela Franz and Gerhard Piringer

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:31

    Content type: Original article

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  3. Electricity is considered a fundamental service which is highly correlated with sustainable development. Nigeria will serve as a case study that has been experiencing an energy deficit, and severely needs a st...

    Authors: Ismail Abubakar Jumare, Ramchandra Bhandari and Abdellatif Zerga

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:30

    Content type: Original article

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  4. Everywhere in the world, and in every period of human history, it has been common for energy decisions to be made in an ethically haphazard manner. With growing population pressure and increasing demand for en...

    Authors: Jacob Bethem, Giovanni Frigo, Saurabh Biswas, C. Tyler DesRoches and Martin Pasqualetti

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:29

    Content type: Short communication

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  5. Renewable energy projects (REPs) are critical to providing a clean and sustainable environmental perspective alongside the economic prosperity of any country. Unfortunately, recent trends in renewable energy p...

    Authors: Rashid Maqbool, Xiaomei Deng and Yahya Rashid

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:28

    Content type: Original article

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  6. Despite their potential as biofuel resources, large-scale production of biofuels from microalgae is still uncertain primarily due to a lack of feasibility of the process and that it proves to be capital and en...

    Authors: Deribew Tefera Zewdie and Abubeker Yimam Ali

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:27

    Content type: Original article

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  7. Rushes are prominent wetland plants that are well adapted to conditions of waterlogging. Tall rushes like soft rush (Juncus effusus L.) tend to dominate the vegetation and offer a great biomass potential. Removin...

    Authors: Jürgen Müller, Christian Jantzen and Denny Wiedow

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:26

    Content type: Original article

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  8. Local biomass potential in Southeastern European countries is relatively high. Nevertheless, biomass residues such as wood leftovers, straw and energy crops are often not properly managed or inefficiently util...

    Authors: Tihamér Tibor Sebestyén, Matija Pavičević, Hrvoje Dorotić and Goran Krajačić

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:25

    Content type: Original article

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  9. In this paper, we try to shed light on the question whether natural disasters, such as nuclear accidents, have an impact on policy makers’ activity in passing new green energy policies. Disruptive moments like...

    Authors: Sherief Emam, Thomas Grebel and Ana-Despina Tudor

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:24

    Content type: Original article

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  10. As the demand for wood pellets has increased in EU member states, so has a multi-pronged examination of the environmental effects of establishing a transatlantic trade in wood pellets between the U.S. and Euro...

    Authors: Brian Kittler, Inge Stupak and C. Tattersall Smith

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:23

    Content type: Original article

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  11. The high number of bioeconomy (BE) policies and strategies indicates the interest in the BE in many nations. The development of the BE holds opportunities but also risks for sustainability. Thus, the future de...

    Authors: David Moosmann, Stefan Majer, Sergio Ugarte, Luana Ladu, Simone Wurster and Daniela Thrän

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:22

    Content type: Original article

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  13. International awareness of the impact of global warming and climate change is increasing. Developing countries face the task of achieving sustainable economic growth while also improving the efficiency of thei...

    Authors: Teng Tong, Jaime Ortiz, Chuanhua Xu and Fangjhy Li

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:20

    Content type: Original article

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  14. Scarcity of fossil fuels and their emissions have led energy policymakers to look for alternative renewable and clean energy sources. In line with this target, biomass is a promising alternative source for the...

    Authors: Mohadeseh Bijarchiyan, Hadi Sahebi and Saeed Mirzamohammadi

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:19

    Content type: Original article

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  15. Energy cooperatives are a prominent and common form of community energy. Community energy has the potential to increase actor diversity and local acceptance of renewable energies and has therefore been highlig...

    Authors: Thomas Meister, Benjamin Schmid, Irmi Seidl and Britta Klagge

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:18

    Content type: Original article

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  18. Wind power forecasts of the expected wind feed-in for the next hours or days are necessary to integrate the generated volatile wind energy into power systems. Most forecasting models predict in some sense the ...

    Authors: Janosch Henze, Malte Siefert, Sascha Bremicker-Trübelhorn, Nazgul Asanalieva and Bernhard Sick

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:15

    Content type: Original Article

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  19. The Paris Climate Agreement requires a rapid and efficient shift to renewable energies and a decarbonization of the energy system. Combined heat and power provision from biomass is one way to efficiently provi...

    Authors: M. Steubing, M. Dotzauer, T. Zakaluk, B. Wern, F. Noll and D. Thraen

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:14

    Content type: Original article

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  20. Climate mitigation is a major consideration when choosing bioenergy systems. Anaerobic digestion of biomass is a bioenergy system, which is normally used for the treatment of manure or other residues, but cult...

    Authors: Vita Tilvikiene, Kestutis Venslauskas, Virmantas Povilaitis, Kestutis Navickas, Vidmantas Zuperka and Zydre Kadziuliene

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:13

    Content type: Original article

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  21. A novel project sustainability framework is used to evaluate 65 off-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system projects in Malawi. This study addresses PV projects serving rural public facilities, a solution k...

    Authors: Peter M. Dauenhauer, Damien Frame, Aran Eales, Scott Strachan, Stuart Galloway and Hannah Buckland

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:12

    Content type: Original Article

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  22. The transition of the energy system to renewable energy depends on how successfully the national objectives can be implemented at the lower planning levels. Germany pursues an incentive-oriented policy that is...

    Authors: Julia Wiehe, Christina von Haaren and Anna Walter

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:10

    Content type: Original article

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  23. Many governments take the view that voluntary national targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are sufficient to avoid negative climate effects. In the absence of independent verification, however, pledges ...

    Authors: André Thess, Martin Klein, Kristina Nienhaus and Thomas Pregger

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:9

    Content type: Original article

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  24. For biogas production, different renewable feedstocks, e.g., feces, manure, silage, industrial by-products, and municipal waste, can be used. Biogas production from various renewable feedstocks has positive so...

    Authors: Vlatka Petravić-Tominac, Nikola Nastav, Mateja Buljubašić and Božidar Šantek

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:8

    Content type: Review

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  26. Dynamics in rainfall patterns are posing a threat to crop production in Uganda. Irrigation can be used to ensure constant production; however, the motorized powered irrigation methods are quite costly to run i...

    Authors: Shaffic Ssenyimba, Nicholas Kiggundu and Noble Banadda

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:6

    Content type: Original article

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  27. In recent years, landscapes in many countries have been transformed by efforts to fight global warming, specifically the shift towards renewable energies such as wind power. This development has been met by gr...

    Authors: Gerd Lintz and Markus Leibenath

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:5

    Content type: Original article

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  28. Synthetic fuels based on renewable hydrogen and CO2 are a currently highly discussed piece of the puzzle to defossilize the transport sector. In this regard, CO2 can play a positive role in shaping a sustainable ...

    Authors: Ralf Peters, Maximilian Decker, Lea Eggemann, Steffen Schemme, Felix Schorn, Janos Lucian Breuer, Stefan Weiske, Joachim Pasel, Remzi Can Samsun and Detlef Stolten

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:4

    Content type: Review

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  29. Biomass is an integral part of the energy system being not only used in the chemical industry, but also as a basic raw material for the bio-economy sector, which is promoted worldwide. However, its potential c...

    Authors: Daniela Thrän, Kay Schaubach, Stefan Majer and Thomas Horschig

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:3

    Content type: Review

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  30. The primary objective for deploying renewable energy in India is to advance economic development, improve energy security, improve access to energy, and mitigate climate change. Sustainable development is poss...

    Authors: Charles Rajesh Kumar. J and M. A. Majid

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:2

    Content type: Review

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  31. Renewable energies such as biogas are considered as clean sources of energy that minimize environmental impacts and are sustainable with regard to current and future economic and social needs. Biogas offers an...

    Authors: Lemma Shallo, Mitiku Ayele and Getachew Sime

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2020 10:1

    Content type: Original article

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  32. The conflict between the Chinese fossil fuel-based economy and worsening environmental conditions requires further research to be carried out. Due to their clean, highly-efficient and flexible properties, dist...

    Authors: Ruojue Lin, Yue Liu, Yi Man and Jingzheng Ren

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:51

    Content type: Original article

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  36. Germany has set ambitious goals for the reduction of greenhouse gases. The decarbonisation of the energy system has been in focus. An important means to achieve this is the increased utilisation of wind energy...

    Authors: Philip Gauglitz, Sven Schicketanz and Carsten Pape

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:47

    Content type: Original article

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  37. The current transition towards low-carbon energy systems does not only involve changes in technologies but is also shaped by changes in the rules and regulations (i.e., the institutions) that govern energy sys...

    Authors: Christine Milchram, Carolin Märker, Holger Schlör, Rolf Künneke and Geerten van de Kaa

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:46

    Content type: Review

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  38. The availability of land for the installation of wind power turbines is restricted by numerous factors. Besides climatic conditions, the deployment of wind energy is limited by technical, social, economic, and...

    Authors: Felix Nitsch, Olga Turkovska and Johannes Schmidt

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:45

    Content type: Original article

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  39. In the context of the German energy transition, the number of domestic households covering part of their electricity consumption from their own photovoltaic system is constantly increasing. Some even use batte...

    Authors: Kai Kappner, Peter Letmathe and Philipp Weidinger

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:44

    Content type: Original article

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  40. The scaled-up production of biofuels and bioproducts in the US is likely to cause land use expansion and intensification domestically and internationally, possibly leading to undesirable environmental and soci...

    Authors: Jianbang Gan, Inge Stupak and C. T. Smith

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:43

    Content type: Review

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  41. The current research attempts to systematically investigate the causal interactions between renewable energy generation, aggregated energy use, human capital, and economic performance in Pakistan both in a sho...

    Authors: Nousheen Fatima, Yanbin Li, Munir Ahmad, Gul Jabeen and Xiaoyu Li

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:42

    Content type: Original article

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  42. The development of bioenergy markets is beneficial from a climate perspective and helps ensure sustainable forest management both locally and globally. This study aimed to provide an overview of the current st...

    Authors: Iveta Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė, Diana Lukminė, Stasys Mizaras, Lina Beniušienė and Kęstutis Armolaitis

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:41

    Content type: Review

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  43. The EU bioeconomy strategy aims to accelerate the European bioeconomy and its contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. National policies and strategies in many...

    Authors: Niclas Scott Bentsen, Søren Larsen and Inge Stupak

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:40

    Content type: Original article

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  44. Efficient production and reliable availability of electricity requires comprehensive understanding of load demand trends to plan and match production with consumption. Although electricity demand depends on a ...

    Authors: Ahmad Almuhtady, Ahmad Alshwawra, Marwa Alfaouri, Wael Al-Kouz and Ismael Al-Hinti

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:39

    Content type: Original article

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  45. When integrating power-to-gas (PtG) in the biogas sector (BGS), it is essential to consider how risk is perceived and handled since it influences technology uptake, acceptance, and legitimacy. In this study, w...

    Authors: Johanny Pestalozzi, Claudia Bieling, Dirk Scheer and Cordula Kropp

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:38

    Content type: Original article

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  46. Cities around the world face a great challenge in establishing a long-term strategy for the development of energy alternatives. Previous research tried to identify renewable energy across many different cities...

    Authors: Gerçek Budak, Xin Chen, Serdar Celik and Berk Ozturk

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:37

    Content type: Original article

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  47. To prevent negative effects on the cultural landscape through land abandonment or agricultural intensification, innovative solutions towards more sustainable land use are required. Local bioenergy systems usin...

    Authors: Maria Busse, Rosemarie Siebert and Nico Heitepriem

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:36

    Content type: Original article

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  50. Renewable energy and biomass are becoming increasingly important energy sources to help mitigate climate change and meet national renewable energy targets. This will lead to a substantial growth in solid bioma...

    Authors: Søren Larsen, Niclas Scott Bentsen and Inge Stupak

    Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019 9:33

    Content type: Original article

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