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Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2011 1:1
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Spatial dimensions of sustainable energy systems: new visions for integrated spatial and energy planning
The turn to sustainable energy system is a major societal goal at the global level. In this paper, we argue that this radical shift in energy provision towards increased energy efficiency and the use of renewa...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2011 1:2 -
Sustainability assessment of energy technologies: towards an integrative framework
To be able to design and use energy technologies with regard to the needs of sustainable development, sustainability assessments are necessary prior to the respective decisions. However, as is known, they pose...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2011 1:3 -
Potential uses of Elodea nuttallii-harvested biomass
Elodea nuttallii (PLANCH) St. John, an aquatic plant native to North America, shows invasive traits outside of its area of origin. In Europe, the plant has spread rapidly in water bodies. In Germany, the massive ...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2011 1:4 -
Development of a pellet boiler with Stirling engine for m-CHP domestic application
A new sustainable technology has been designed by Fondazione Bruno Kessler through its unit Renewable Energies and Environmental Technologies. This technology is realized integrating in a single system (1) a S...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2011 1:5 -
Impact of changes in diet on the availability of land, energy demand, and greenhouse gas emissions of agriculture
Recent scientific investigations have revealed a correlation between nutrition habits and the environmental impacts of agriculture. So, it is obviously worthwhile to study what effects a change in diet has on ...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2011 1:6 -
Optimisation of the use of biomass for energy production (Optimierung der energetischen Biomassenutzung)-a funding programme introduces itself
In 2009 the German funding programme for "Promoting Projects to Optimise the Use of Biomass for Energy Production" ("Biomass for Energy") has started and fostered a wide range of projects to combine sustainabl...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2011 1:7 -
Semi-industrial production of methane from textile wastewaters
The enzymatic desizing of starch-sized cotton fabrics leads to wastewaters with an extremely high chemical oxygen demand due to its high sugar content. Nowadays, these liquors are still disposed without use, r...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:1 -
Alternative energy technologies as a cultural endeavor: a case study of hydrogen and fuel cell development in Germany
The wider background to this article is the shift in the energy paradigm from fossil energy sources to renewable sources which should occur in the twenty-first century. This transformation requires the develop...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:2 -
The bioliq® bioslurry gasification process for the production of biosynfuels, organic chemicals, and energy
Biofuels may play a significant role in regard to carbon emission reduction in the transportation sector. Therefore, a thermochemical process for biomass conversion into synthetic chemicals and fuels is being ...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:3 -
Interdisciplinary research for the transformation of the energy system
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:4 -
Decentralized electricity generation from renewable sources as a chance for local economic development: a qualitative study of two pioneer regions in Germany
Empirical research on the local economic effects associated with decentralized electricity generation from renewable sources has only just started. So far, most studies focus on quantifying economic effects an...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:5 -
Grassroots action for renewable energy: how did Ontario succeed in the implementation of a feed-in tariff system?
This article examines the policymaking process of Ontario's Green Energy Act (GEA) which enabled the introduction of the first comprehensive feed-in tariff (FIT) in North America. The FIT, which is a payback s...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:6 -
Optimisation of hybrid off-grid energy systems by linear programming
In this study, a general model of a hybrid off-grid energy system is developed, which can be adjusted to reflect real conditions in order to achieve economical and ecological optimisation of off-grid energy sy...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:7 -
Solid Biofuels for Energy
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:8 -
Insights to the internal sphere of influence of peasant family farms in using biogas plants as part of sustainable development in rural areas of Germany
Within the last decade, the biogas branch has become an important economic sector in Germany. Many arguments are used to support a further and rapid expansion of local biogas plants in both quantity and capaci...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:9 -
Renewables in residential development: an integrated GIS-based multicriteria approach for decentralized micro-renewable energy production in new settlement development: a case study of the eastern metropolitan area of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in using micro-renewable energy sources. However, planning has not yet developed methodological approaches (1) for spatially optimizing residential develo...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:10 -
Third-generation feed stocks for the clean and sustainable biotechnological production of bulk chemicals: synthesis of 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid
The synthesis of 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid (2-HIB), a promising building block for, e.g., Plexiglas® production, is described as an example for a clean and sustainable bioproduction.
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:11 -
Comparative review of foam formation in biogas plants and ruminant bloat
This review gives an overview of the current knowledge concerning the problem of foam formation in the process of anaerobic digestion in biogas plants that utilize renewable resources or biogenic waste materia...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:12 -
Metabolic and microbial community dynamics during the hydrolytic and acidogenic fermentation in a leach-bed process
Biogas production from lignocellulosic feedstock not competing with food production can contribute to a sustainable bioenergy system. The hydrolysis is the rate-limiting step in the anaerobic digestion of soli...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:13 -
Seawater desalination in micro grids: an integrated planning approach
Islands often depend on the import of fossil fuels for power generation. Due to the combined effect of high oil prices and transportation costs, energy supply systems based on renewable energies are already ab...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:14 -
Energy and sustainable development in Nigeria: the way forward
Access to clean modern energy services is an enormous challenge facing the African continent because energy is fundamental for socioeconomic development and poverty eradication. Today, 60% to 70% of the Nigeri...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:15 -
A basic design for a multicriteria approach to efficient bioenergy production at regional level
In Germany, government policies supporting the growth of renewable energies lead to a rapid increase in energy crop cultivation. This increase is linked to possible conflicts between different sustainability g...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:16 -
Review of “Rise and fall of the carbon civilisation: resolving global environmental and resource problems” by Patrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:17 -
Ecological and economic evaluation of biogas from intercrops
Biogas made from main crops (e.g., corn) is commonly used for producing electricity and heat. Nevertheless, the production of energy from monocultures is highly unsustainable and not truly renewable. Since nei...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:18 -
Nonindustrial private forest owners' opinions to and awareness of energy wood market and forest-based bioenergy certification - results of a case study from Finnish Karelia
Nonindustrial private forest owners (NIPFs) in Finland are important stakeholders of forest management and roundwood supply decisions. Their role will also be significant to supply energy wood to meet Finland'...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:19 -
Impact of the Clean Development Mechanism on wind energy investments in Turkey
As carbon trading continues to be implemented on both a national and an international scale, it is becoming an important factor in renewable energy investment decisions. Turkey, with continuous growth of carbo...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:20 -
Greenhouse gas emission reductions as a motivator of e85 purchases across market segments
Climate change has become a concern of both policy makers and consumers. Transportation constitutes a key source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; hence, alternative transportation fuels with reduced GHG emis...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:21 -
Energy savings by adopting precision agriculture in rural USA
Energy input in agriculture has increased tremendously and accounts for about 17% of total energy consumed in the USA. Precision agriculture involves knowledge-based technical management systems to optimize ap...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:22 -
Community-scale assessment of rooftop-mounted solar energy potential with meteorological, atlas, and GIS data: a case study of Guelph, Ontario (Canada)
Forward-thinking governments recognize that local renewable resource use is crucial to the resilience of communities and are developing and implementing community energy plans (CEPs). Guelph, Ontario, (Canada)...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:23 -
The potential of a sustainable municipal waste management system for Santiago de Chile, including energy production from waste
Due to a rapid urbanization process in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile (MRS), the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated has increased considerably within the last years. MSW should be ma...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:24 -
Biofuels, cropland expansion, and the extensive margin
Recently, several papers have assessed land use consequences of biofuel expansion. In the absence of empirical evidence, these papers assigned subjective values to extensive margin (productivity of new croplan...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2012 2:25 -
Book review on The Geopolitics of Energy
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:1 -
Socioeconomic impacts of wind farm development: a case study of Weatherford, Oklahoma
There have been increasing efforts nationally and internationally to promote renewable energy as a response to the awareness of the limited supply of fossil fuels, to meet growing energy demand, and to reduce ...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:2 -
Characterization by length heterogeneity (LH)-PCR of a hydrogen-producing community obtained in dark fermentation using coastal lake sediment as an inoculum
Sustainable biohydrogen production can be achieved by dark fermentation of organic wastes, and studies were carried out using a range of substrates and inocula. The bacterial populations involved were mainly i...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:3 -
The role of irrigation in determining the global land use impacts of biofuels
Recent studies have evaluated the land use consequences of biofuel programs and the associated carbon fluxes. However, all of these studies have effectively ignored the distinction between rainfed and irrigate...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:4 -
Review of Tackling Long-Term Global Energy Problems: The Contribution of Social Science by Daniel Spreng, Thomas Flüeler, David L. Goldblatt and Jürg Minsch (Editors)
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:5 -
Social sustainability in certification schemes for biofuel production: an explorative analysis against the background of land use constraints in Brazil
This article examines the scope of voluntary certification schemes, based on the sustainability criteria of the European Renewable Energy Directive for biofuel production in the context of social sustainabilit...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:6 -
Envisioning the sustainability of the production of short rotation coppice on grassland
Short rotation coppices (SRC) offer a chance to enhance sustainable biomass production and to enlarge domestic wood resources. On arable land, SRC are less competitive in many regions compared to cropping syst...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:7 -
Public evaluation of electricity technologies and future low-carbon portfolios in Germany and the USA
This paper aims to create insights into people's technology preferences in striving to achieve a low-carbon electricity generation system. The investigation seeks to analyze informed rather than mere opinion-b...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:8 -
Acculturation of renewable energy technology into remote communities: lessons from Dobrov, Bourdieu, and Rogers and an Indonesian case study
Renewable energy technology can meet the energy needs of remote communities if local renewable energy resources are available and if it is deployed in a way that meets reasonable community expectations, thus a...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:9 -
Enzymatic monitoring and control of a two-phase batch digester leaching system with integrated anaerobic filter
Biogas is one of the most promising regenerative energies. The simple fundamental principle underlying behind biomethanation is the conversion of biomass into biogas by microorganisms in four steps, whereby pr...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:10 -
From coal to wood thermoelectric energy production: a review and discussion of potential socio-economic impacts with implications for Northwestern Ontario, Canada
The province of Ontario in Canada is the first North American jurisdiction withlegislation in place to eliminate coal-fired thermoelectric production by theend of 2014. Ontario Power Generation (OPG) operates ...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:11 -
The unintended consequences of greening America: an examination of how implementing green building policy may impact the dynamic between local, state, and federal regulatory systems and the possible exacerbation of class segregation
The aim of this paper is to analyze the unintended consequences of green government policies. This paper begins by providing a background on how the implementation of the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA)...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:12 -
Ballerini, D Biofuels: Meeting the Energy and Environmental Challenges of the Transportation Sector
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:13 -
Intercontinental cross-linking of power supply - calculating an optimal power line corridor from North Africa to Central Europe
An oversupply of solar radiation in Northern Africa as well as high energy consumption in the economic centers of Central Europe give reason to an international cross-linking of regenerative power supply. A fu...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:14 -
Biogas production from wheat straw: community structure of cellulose-degrading bacteria
Wheat straw is one of the most abundant crop residues produced in the world, making it highly interesting as a substrate for biogas production. However, due to the complex structure, its degradability and gas ...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:15 -
Development of a fuel efficient cookstove through a participatory bottom-up approach
Since 1940s, other than a few success stories, the outcomes of efforts of development and dissemination of improved cookstoves a have not been so fruitful. This paper presents a bottom-up approach that was succes...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:16 -
Energy scenarios for the Minas Gerais State in Brazil: an integrated modeling exercise using System Dynamics
Developing medium- to long-term energy scenarios is a key to achieve goals of energy security and greenhouse gas emission reduction through the implementation of effective public policies.
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:17 -
Olivine: a supergreen fuel
The hydration and carbonation of olivine, the most common mineral on Earth, produce a large amount of heat. Unfortunately, the reaction is too slow for normal technological applications, but when thermally wel...
Citation: Energy, Sustainability and Society 2013 3:18
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