Essays about: "fossil fuel import"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words fossil fuel import.

  1. 6. Identifying social and political obstacles to bioethanol production from sugarcane in East Java, Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anna Carlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : biofuels; bioethanol; sugarcane farming; sugar industry; socio-technological transition; Indonesia; East Java; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Indonesia has implemented national policies and legislations to encourage biofuel production as means to achieve energy security and self-sufficiency and to reduce reliance of fossil fuel reserves. However, there is still no clear road-map for the socio-technological transition. READ MORE

  3. 7. Comparison of Utility-scale Solar Power Generation Technologies in Yunnan Province, China

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Ignacio Cortese; [2017]
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    Abstract : The present work delivers a comparison between two solar power technologies, namely photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP), for various practical cases in the Chinese province of Yunnan. The comparison includes the cost of power generation variability in the project economics to make a fair comparison between the alternatives. READ MORE

  4. 8. Design of a PV-Diesel Hybrid System with Unreliable Grid Connection in Lebanon

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Energiteknik

    Author : Sophia Alayan; [2016]
    Keywords : Battery; Diesel generator; Hybrid power system; HOMER; PV Modules; optimization of solar PV diesel hybrid system for residential loads.;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study on integration of photovoltaic generators into an existing diesel-unreliable grid connected system at the Lebanese village of Khiam. The main goal of implementing PV-diesel hybrid system is to reduce diesel consumption and the import of fossil fuel used in electricity power supply. READ MORE

  5. 9. Energy Management in Buildings

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Victor Liang; Paulo Monsalve; [2016]
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    Abstract : This report is the result of a minor field study (MFS) performed in the Dominican Republic. The country strongly relies on energy sources from adjacent countries, currently the nation depends on fossil fuel for 86 % of its electricity generation and in 2011, 8.6 % of its GDP was spent on fossil fuel imports. READ MORE

  6. 10. Associated Petroleum Gas management in the south of Iraq

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

    Author : kathem Hassan Ali; [2014]
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    Abstract : Iraq is considered as the second largest oil producer in organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) with oil production average of 3.2 MMbbl/day. READ MORE