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Showing 1 to 20 of 125 for “"energy industry"”.
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Developing a solar energy industry in Egypt
This paper assesses Egypt's current energy infrastructure and its problems, the available solar energy resource, and the technologies required to harness this resource. After this assessment, an industry based on high utilization of solar energy; local manufacturing of solar technology; and …
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE RUSSIAN ENERGY INDUSTRY
… forces affecting CSR in the Russian energy industry by focusing on the changing set of stakeholders as reflected in CSR activities in the Russian energy sector, such as oil, gas, electrical power and coal. This study is a detailed qualitative analysis of CSR in Russia, a country with …
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The demands of vertical ladder ergometer climbing relating to the wind energy industry.
… an evidence base from which to design a bespoke industry fitness standard.
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Technological change and public policy : a case study of the winde energy industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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The role of institutions for the path dependent development of the wind energy industry in Germany and Britain
… of the path dependent development of the wind energy industry in Germany and Britain. 32 semi-structured interviews with industry experts followed a pilot study of four interviews with academics. A good spread across the two countries and across perspectives was achieved. It was found that in …
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Challenges facing the wind energy industry in South Africa : lessons learned from international experience in promoting wind energy
Growing concerns regarding climate change, energy security, long-term carbon price exposure, fuel price risk and fossil fuel depletion have continued to drive growth in wind energy globally over the past decade. In spite of South Africa’s renewable energy target and feed-in tariff for renewable …
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From digitalization to P&L : integrating the value chain of energy industry to improve social and financial profits
… assets, and the competition with alternative energy sources. In this challenging environment, integration and optimization of the full value chain serve as an excellent opportunity for the enterprise to improve its financial and social benefits. Utilizing architecting innovative enterprise …
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The U.S. wind production tax credit - evaluating its impact on wind deployment and assessing the cost of its renewal
… designed to incentivize growth of the wind energy industry are subject to widespread debate within the U.S. government, wind industry groups, and the general public. Specifically, extension of the wind production tax credit (PTC) is routinely contested whenever a scheduled expiration …
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Estimating atmospheric boundary layer turbulence in the marine environment using lidar systems with applications for offshore wind energy
… fields, but of particular importance to the wind energy industry. Contributing to both the efficiency of energy extraction and the life-cycle cost of the turbine itself, turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer is estimated within the wind energy industry as Turbulence Intensity (TI) and more …
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Toward Achieving the Energy Transition Through Corporate-University Partnerships
The energy industry is increasingly moving toward a global energy system that is lower carbon, transitioning from predominantly hydrocarbons to including more renewable and sustainable energy sources. The amount of multidimensional change – spanning culture, technology, education, infrastructure, …
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Strategies for oil and gas companies to remain competitive in the coming decades of energy challenges
There are a variety of challenges facing the energy industry, from decreased access to sovereign reserves, to declining fields, innovation challenges, increased regulation and new energy policies. These challenges pose a threat to the basic industry structure. Oil & gas companies espouse four …
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The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa
… of wind turbines in an emerging wind energy market with a focus on South Africa. The research goal is to understand how the transport and the wind energy sectors interact; as well as how turbine transportation can unfold as a barrier to wind farm development in South Africa. Turbine …
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A New Era for the Old Dominion: Strategies for the Virginia State Government to Lead an Equitable & Ambitious Energy Transition
… primarily for decarbonization and a clean energy transition.1 Alongside other federal legislation, this marks a transformation in the approach to economic policy in the United States: it is a move away from neoclassical economic policy and a move towards mission driven industrial policy. In …
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Design and development of a communication-assisted microgrid protection system
… pace of technological advances in the renewable energy industry. Such developments in technology and the move towards cleaner sources of energy have made renewable resources based Distributed Generators (DGs) more desirable.
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Federal and state renewable energy policy: lessons from the late 1970's and early 1980's
… could implement in promoting renewable energy. The paper assumes that government has an interest in promoting renewables. Therefore, it makes no attempt to advocate why federal or state governments should promote renewable energy. It merely presents a variety of options that these …
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Offshore power production and marine stakeholders: from understanding conflict to impact mitigation
… is known about the impact of marine renewable energy installations upon the marine environment and those who use it. Harnessing marine energy will involve the offshore siting of energy extraction devices and their associated infrastructure. This will alter the local environment and …
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Estimating atmospheric boundary layer turbulence in the marine environment using lidar systems with applications for offshore wind energy
… fields, but of particular importance to the wind energy industry. Contributing to both the efficiency of energy extraction and the life-cycle cost of the turbine itself, turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer is estimated within the wind energy industry as Turbulence Intensity (TI) and more …
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Societal and technical issues in the industrial development of Saudi Arabia and Egypt
… in the context of the Saudi Arabian construction industry and the Egyptian solar energy industry, and then extrapolates these to outline the industrial landscape in the Middle East. Several obstacles to development, such as regulatory inefficiencies, regional segregation, and lack of capital …
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Searching for Mixed Octahedral-Tetrahedral Interstitial Hydrogen Occupation in Pd-Ti Sublattices: A Computational Study
… technologies promising a revolution in the energy industry if volumetric energy density is increased, the loading of hydrogen to high concentrations in metal lattices has become of special interest. Here we use Projector Augmented-wave density functional theory methods to search the Pd-Ti-H …
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Incorporating Environmental and Social Factors into Decision-making of an Oil and Gas Industry to Improve Sustainability
<p>The energy industry (including the oil and gas industry) is facing unparalleled scrutiny and demands from stakeholders including investors, regulators (industry and environmental), communities, and other stakeholders. Sustainable development is one of the major concerns of the oil and gas …
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