The “Energy Transition”: myth or reality? by Craig Jonathan

“…Governments, businesses and people in fossil fuel producing regions have shown that they will protect their economies despite the threat of environmental harm. …”
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A Review of the Life Cycle Analysis Results for Different Energy Conversion Technologies by Violeta Motuzienė, Kęstutis Čiuprinskas, Artur Rogoža, Vilūnė Lapinskienė

“…The results show that RES technologies are superior compared to conventional fossil-fuel-based systems in most cases, and the high impact during the production and installation phases is compensated in the operational phase. …”
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Sustainable solar energy potential on marine passenger ships of Bay of Bengal: A way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and disaster risk reduction by Md Abdullah-Al-Mahbub, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Edris Alam, Mahbuba Redowan Asha

“…These ships might be a good location for solar photovoltaic (PV) plants since solar energy is the best renewable energy to replace the fossil fuel used in the ships. A “tower rounded flower-shaped solar PV” system of PV panel arrangement—just looks like a “sunflower,” is proposed in this research. …”
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How do inflation rate and energy alternatives influence environmental quality? A BRICS analysis by Xin Jin, Runguo Xu, Umar Farooq, Mosab I. Tabash, Abdullah A. Aljughaiman

“…In the second channel, the inflation rate has an inverse impact on fossil fuel energy while a direct impact on consumption of renewable energy. …”
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Energy and exergy analysis of wind power plant: A case study of Gharo, Pakistan by Muhammad Faizan Tahir, Chen Haoyong, Han Guangze, Kashif Mehmood

“…Sustainable, inexhaustible, economical, and clean energy has become a vital prerequisite to replace fossil fuel sources for power production. In such a context, countries like Pakistan, which are heavily skewed towards fossil fuel-fired plants, are diverting attention to install more and more indigenous renewable energy sources projects such as solar-photovoltaic and wind turbine power plants. …”
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An analysis of greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas: A case study of Tehran metropolis by Sedigheh Lotfi, Ali Mohammadnejad

“…Climate change is the result of human activities such as fossil fuel consumption and land use changes. While cities occupy only two percent of the Earth surface, they account for 71 to 76 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. …”
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Application of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production from Microalgal Oil—A Review by Mohammed O. Faruque, Shaikh A. Razzak, Mohammad M. Hossain

“…The depletion of fossil fuel reserves and increased environmental concerns related to fossil fuel production and combustion has forced the global communities to search for renewable fuels. …”
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Electroactive trilayer actuators taking advantage of the ionic conductivity and self-adhesion of ionic liquid plasticized starch by C. Catry, D. Lourdin, G. Roelens, Giao T.M. Nguyen, Frédéric Vidal, Cédric Plesse, E. Leroy

“…This promising alternative to fossil fuel based ICPs takes advantage of the water solubility of the starch/IL mixture and its stickiness after casting as films, allowing the design of a solvent free, origami inspired process for its assembly with PEDOT:PSS electrodes.Electroactive free bending motions with an amplitude of deformation Δε of 0.45% are observed upon ± 2 V electrical stimulus for all EAPs, with a 7-fold higher blocking force for the pure amylose based system making it able to lift more than 180 times its weight.Conversely, when tested as sensors, a 4-fold higher sensitivity is observed for the potato starch based EAP, which was comparable to that of fossil-fuel based polymers systems.…”
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Assessment of Electricity Decarbonization Scenarios for New Zealand and Great Britain using a Plant Dispatch and Electrical Energy Storage Modelling Framework by Andrew Crossland, Keith Scoles, Allen Wang, Chris Groves, Susan Sun

“…In New Zealand an investment in wind and solar equivalent to less than 15% of the wind/solar capacity in Great Britain is found to (i) reduce fossil fuel use to less than 2% of annual electricity generation requirements in the data assessed and (ii) remove the need for continuous operation of fossil fuel plants. …”
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Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) of Stirling-cycle-based heat pumps vs. conventional boilers by Umara Khan, Ron Zevenhoven, Lydia Stougie, Tor-Martin Tveit

“…This article focuses on the Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) method and its use for the economic evaluation of different industrial-scale heating methods i.e., a Stirling-cycle-based heat pump, a fossil fuel oil-fired boiler (OB), a bio oil-fired boiler (BOB), a natural gas-fired boiler (NGB) and a biogas-fired boiler (BGB). …”
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A comprehensive overview on water-based energy storage systems for solar applications by Shaghayegh Danehkar, Hossein Yousefi

“…This is the main reason why fossil fuel systems still thriving significantly in this field. …”
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Learning from supply shocks in the energy market : evidence from local and global impacts of the shale revolution by Ozaltun, Bora.

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Research on alternative energies for Singapore applications by Nwe, Ni Win.

“…The objective of this report is to find the alternative energies for Singapore electricity sector instead of using fossil fuel such as coal, natural gas and oil by current generating electricity plants. …”
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Alternative-renewable energy in shipping - economic aspect by Huang, Junjie.

“…The uncertainty of supply of fossil fuel is another one of the concerns towards the use of bunker fuel. …”
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Evaluating barriers to sustainable boiler operation in the apparel manufacturing industry: implications for mitigating operational hazards in the emerging economies by Siraj, Md. Tanvir, Debnath, Binoy, Kumar, Anil, Bari, A. B. M. Mainul, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Payel, Spandan Basak

“…The cause-effect relations among the barriers suggest that ’Inadequate compliance with safety and hazard regulations’ is the most influential and ’Fossil fuel burning and GHG emissions’ is the most influenced barrier. …”
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Why did electricity prices fall in England and Wales? : market mechanism or market structure? by Bower, J

“…More particularly, to establish whether falling prices during 1999-2002 were caused by the regulator ('Ofgem') forcing the dominant duopoly of fossil fuel generators to divest coal-fired plant, or because the Pool market mechanism was replaced with New Electricity Trading Arrangements ('NETA'). …”

Long-Term Energy System Modelling for a Clean Energy Transition and Improved Energy Security in Botswana’s Energy Sector Using the Open-Source Energy Modelling System by Saad, R, Plazas-Niño, F, Cannone, C, Yeganyan, R, Howells, M, Luscombe, H

“…This research examines Botswana’s significant reliance on coal and imported fossil fuels for electricity generation, contributing to high carbon emissions and energy insecurity influenced by volatile fuel prices and supply challenges. …”

Bio-hydrogen production from food waste through anaerobic fermentation by Osuagwu Chiemeriwo Godday, Osuagwu Uchechukwu Levi, Agamuthu Pariatamby

“…In order to protect our planet and ourselves from the adverse effects of excessive CO2 emissions and to prevent an imminent non-renewable fossil fuel shortage and energy crisis, there is a need to transform our current ‘fossil fuel dependent’ energy systems to new, clean, renewable energy sources. …”
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Energy scenario and biofuel policies and targets in ASEAN countries by Mofijur, M., Masjuki, Haji Hassan, Kalam, M.A., Rahman, S.M.A., Mahmudul, H.M.

“…To reduce the energy consumption and harmful gasses emission to the environment, government of ASEAN countries have set target to use biofuel in diesel engines as biofuel-diesel blend have potential to reduce dependency on fossil fuel as well as the exhaust emissions of the engine. …”
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Wind energy in Malaysia: past, present and future by Ho, Lip Wah

“…This lack of robust support is particularly true where fossil fuels are still heavily subsidised amid the subsidy reform in 2013. …”
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