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Renewable energy in urban areas. Critical aspects and technological selection
(2019)
© 2019 Universidad Nacional de Colombia. All rights reserved. Environmental deterioration including the effects of global warming will require changes in the way in which the city is conceived. Thus, the need arises for ...
Renewable energy in copper production: a review on systems design and methodological approaches
(Elsevier, 2020)
Renewable energy systems are now accepted to be mandatory for climate change mitigation. These systems require a higher material supply than conventional ones. Particularly, they require more copper. The production of this ...
Optimising the insertion of renewables in the Colombian power sector
While most of Colombia's power comes from large-scale hydroelectricity generation, it still depends on
fossil-fuel-based technologies. Alternative cleaner energy sources have been largely neglected despite
their abundance ...
New opportunities with renewable energies
(2015)
The EEP Programme works in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency in rural and peri-urban areas of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in the frame of a partnership between the Inter-American Institute for ...
Oilseed crop crambe as a source of renewable energy in Brazil
(2016-12-01)
Crambe (Crambe abyssinica Hochst. Ex R. E. Fries) is an oilseed with the potential for cultivation in Brazil as a source of renewable energy in areas with tropical conditions. Crambe oil contains erucic acid, giving it ...
Pumped hydro storage plants: a review
(2020-08-01)
Pumped hydro storage plants (PHSP) are considered the most mature large-scale energy storage technology. Although Brazil stands out worldwide in terms of hydroelectric power generation, the use of PHSP in the country is ...
Sustainable Alternatives for Tropical Island States, Proceedings.
(UWI. Centre for Environment and Development., 2011-09-06)
Seeks to demonstrate which new or renewable energy technologies are capable of being deployed in small island developing states so that they can meet as much of their energy needs as possible from these energy sources.