Economic, Environmental and Energetic Analysis of a Distributed Generation System Composed by Waste Gasification and Photovoltaic Panels by Alvaro Quiles Garcia, Naoya Nishiumi, Atsushi Saito, Eriko Matsumura, Jiro Senda

“…Fossil fuel dependency in developed countries is worrisome due to the lack of energy security that traditional energy generation provides. …”
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Soot microphysical effects on liquid clouds, a multi-model investigation by D. Koch, Y. Balkanski, S. E. Bauer, R. C. Easter, S. Ferrachat, S. J. Ghan, C. Hoose, T. Iversen, A. Kirkevåg, J. E. Kristjansson, X. Liu, U. Lohmann, S. Menon, J. Quaas, M. Schulz, Ø. Seland, T. Takemura, N. Yan

“…Biofuel soot particles were also typically assumed to be larger and more hygroscopic than for fossil fuel soot and therefore caused more negative forcing, as also found in previous studies. …”
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MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF POWER GENERATION EXPANSION IN WEST AND SOUTH SULAWESI POWER SYSTEM by Astuty Mahyuddin

“…In 2013, most of electricity demand of South and West Sulawesi Power System was fulfilled by fossil fuel power plants. The use of fossil fuel not only leads to high operational cost, but also emits high amount of carbon. …”
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Source characterization of PM10 using CMB receptor modeling for the western industrial area of India by Seema Nihalani, Anjali Khambete, Namrata Jariwala

“…Conclusion: By applying the CMB model, the primary source is found to be crustal or soil dust followed by burning fossil fuels, vehicular emissions, and secondary aerosols for Ankleshwar and Vapi, respectively. …”
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Clean energy transition and climate vulnerabilities: A comparative analysis of European and non-European developed countries. by Gong Caijuan, Muhammad Javeed Akhtar, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Khatib Ahmad Khan

“…To this end, the use of clean energy rather than fossil fuel energy sources is critical, as it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pave the way for carbon neutrality. …”
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Multi-objective Optimization for Green Delivery Routing Problems with Flexible Time Windows by Burak Gülmez, Michael Emmerich, Yingjie Fan

“…However, using only one time window per user can lead to an increasingly drastic cost and fossil fuel consumption.…”
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Application of a simulation tool based on a bio-inspired algorithm for optimisation of distributed power generation systems by Ramón Fernando Colmenares-Quintero, Germán David Góez-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Colmenares-Quintero, Luis Fernando Latorre-Noguera, Damian Kasperczyk

“…Consequently, governments and other multilateral agencies have shown interest in reducing air pollutant emissions from fossil fuel power generation sources. The most accepted options are related to clean energy sources, but, as we all know, we are far from meeting the world’s energy demand with clean generation sources. …”
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From wind conditions to operational strategy: optimal planning of wind turbine damage progression over its lifetime by N. Requate, T. Meyer, R. Hofmann

“…<p>Renewable energies have an entirely different cost structure than fossil-fuel-based electricity generation. This is mainly due to the operation at zero marginal cost, whereas for fossil fuel plants the fuel itself is a major driver of the entire cost of energy. …”
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The Comparative Analysis of Carbon Pricing Policies on Canadian Northwest Territories’ Economy under Different Climate Change Scenarios by Abdrahmane Berthe, Atif Kubursi, M. Altaf Arain, Ashley Janes

“…Policymakers in the Northwest Territories have introduced carbon pricing as a strategy to reduce fossil fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions across various population segments and industries. …”
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Life Cycle Assessment of Bioenergy Production Using Wood Pellets: A Case Study of Remote Communities in Canada by Saghar Sadaghiani, Fereshteh Mafakheri, Zhi Chen

“…Furthermore, wood pellet combustion is compared with diesel combustion, the most common fossil fuel in these regions. SimaPro (version 8.4.0.0) was used with Ecoinvent 3 as the primary library because of the nature of the feedstock. …”
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Assessing inflation and greenhouse gas emissions interplay via neural network analysis: a comparative study of energy use in the USA, EU, and China by Mutaz AlShafeey, Mohamad Ali Saleh Saleh

“…A feedforward neural network model, optimized using the Levenberg–Marquardt backpropagation algorithm, was employed to predict GHG emissions based on annual inflation rates and fossil fuel energy consumption. The study integrates historical data on inflation trends with GHG emissions, measured in CO2 equivalents, and fossil fuel energy consumption, expressed as a percentage of total energy use. …”
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Assessment of Environmental Impacts and Energy of Biodiesel Production from Chicken Fat by Life Cycle Assessment Method by Marziyeh Forootan, Bahram Hosseinzadeh Samani, Amin Lotfalian, Sajad Rostami, Zahra Esmaeili, Marziyeh Ansari Samani

“…To preserve fossil fuel sources and reduce environmental pollution, it is necessary to use higher quality and more efficient fuels that cause lower pollution and are recovered more easily. …”
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A Modelling Framework for the Conceptual Design of Low-Emission Eco-Industrial Parks in the Circular Economy: A Case for Algae-Centered Business Consortia by Aldric S. Tumilar, Dia Milani, Zachary Cohn, Nick Florin, Ali Abbas

“…This article describes a unique industrial symbiosis employing an algae cultivation unit (ACU) at the core of a novel eco-industrial park (EIP) integrating fossil-fuel fired power generation, carbon capture, biofuel production, aquaculture, and wastewater treatment. …”
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Fuel Reactor CFD Multiscale Modelling in Syngas-Based Chemical Looping Combustion with Ilmenite by Vlad-Cristian Sandu, Ana-Maria Cormos, Calin-Cristian Cormos

“…As global power generation is currently relying on fossil fuel-based power plants, more anthropogenic CO₂ is being released into the atmosphere. …”
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Carbon pricing and supporting policy tools for deep decarbonization; case of electricity generation of Sri Lanka by H. M. S. Amanda Herath, Tae Yong Jung

“…Other regulatory policy tools, such as mandatory renewable energy (RE) development, fuel switching, fossil fuel phasing out, fossil fuel development moratoriums, and mandatory RE utilization, are included as possible supporting tools. …”
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Solar-powered farm rickshaw for agricultural transport by Pranay Rajendra Lanjekar, Mahendra Singh Dulawat, Jagubhai Makavana, P.M. Chauhan

“…The developed solar-powered farm rickshaw not only reduces fossil fuel demand but also reduces the emission of greenhouse gasses at large. …”
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Assessment of crop residues for off-grid rural electrification options in Ghana by Flavio Odoi-Yorke, Louis Kwasi Osei, Elvis Gyamfi, Muyiwa S Adaramola

“…Biomass is gaining importance globally as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels due to rising energy demand, the high cost of fossil fuels, depleting fossil fuel reserves, and the greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion. …”
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Powering Ghana’s future: unraveling the dynamics of electricity generation and the path to sustainable energy by Sampson Agyapong Atuahene, Qian Xu Sheng

“…The results reveal structural long-and-short-run headwinds for the unrestricted models and indicate that the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and electricity from fossil fuels are directly correlated. Granger causality analysis highlights a feedback relationship between GDP growth rate and electricity from fossil fuel sources. …”
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Analysis and Projection of Transport Sector Demand for Energy and Carbon Emission: An Application of the Grey Model in Pakistan by Shujaat Abbas, Hazrat Yousaf, Shabeer Khan, Mohd Ziaur Rehman, Dmitri Blueschke

“…Therefore, this study projected an increase in fossil fuel demand for transportation and corresponding carbon dioxide emission in Pakistan from 2018 to 2030 by employing the Grey model and using annual data from 2010 to 2018. …”
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Engineering, Recyclable, and Biodegradable Plastics in the Automotive Industry: A Review by Horacio Vieyra, Joan Manuel Molina-Romero, Juan de Dios Calderón-Nájera, Alfredo Santana-Díaz

“…The substitution of these fossil-fuel-derived plastics adds to the solution of lightweighting, a much-needed solution to waste management, and solves industrial and ecological issues surrounding plastic disposal. …”
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