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Methods and perspectives to model and measure productivity and efficiency have made a number of important advances in the last decade. Using the standard and innovative formulations of the theory and practice of efficiency and productivity measurement. Robin C. Sickles and Valentin Zelenyuk provide a comprehensive approach to productivity and …

Over the last few years. Chile has experienced a remarkable energy transformation. The investors’ interest in renewable energies has been increasing rapidly. Despite a relatively small energy market. Chile became the second largest market. after Brazil. for renewable energy investment in South America. Investment—excluding large hydro—reached a record level of …

China became the largest car producer a decade ago. set to overtake the USA as the world’s biggest oil importer in 2017. New passenger vehicle sales in China will exceed 25 million per annum in 2017. in September 2017 alone. sales of vehicles in China reached 2.709.000 units. up 5.7% …

Design of Solar Thermal Power Plants introduces the basic design methods of solar thermal power plants for technicians engaged in solar thermal power generation engineering. This book includes the author’s theoretical investigation and study findings in solar heat concentrators. a performance evaluation of solar thermal collectors. a numerical simulation of …

Finland updated its Energy and Climate Strategy in late 2016 with the aim of increasing the share of renewable energy sources. increasing energy self-sufficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Concurrently. the issue of generation adequacy has grown more topical. especially since the record-high demand peak in Finland in January 2016. …

In a recent survey on sustainable brands. 91 per cent of consumers indicated that companies should become more involved in addressing social and environmental issues rather than making profits only (Sustainable Brands. 2015). Consumers display an increasingly detailed knowledge of renewable-energy-related terms such as carbon footprint. renewable power and carbon …

New innovations are needed for the invention of more efficient. affordable. sustainable and renewable energy systems. as well as for the mitigation of climate change and global environmental issues. In response to a fast-growing interest in the realm of renewable energy. Renewable Energy Systems: Efficiency. Innovation and Sustainability identifies a need to …

Renewable energy sources (solar. wind. tidal. etc.). which are unlimited and have a fair distribution in the world. are an alternative to the depleting fossil fuels (coil. petroleum. natural gas. etc.). It is necessary to identify the right technologies and methods to make more effective use of renewable energy sources …

With the enactment in 2013 of a renewable energy scheme by contracting qualified power generation facilities working on renewable energy sources (RES). the process of construction and connection of such facilities to the Federal Grid Company has intensified in Russia. In 2013–2015. 93 projects of solar. wind. and small hydropower …

The use of traditional fossil fuels to generate electric energy causes serious environmental problems. such as climate change. global warming. air pollution. and acid rain. among others. On the other hand. the consummation of electric energy on the planet increases using due to modern society’s increasingly use of equipment and …