Subsidies to New Energy Sources: Do They Add to Energy Stocks?

1981 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 891-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Baumol ◽  
Edward N. Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Energy Sources ◽  
New Energy

scholarly journals Towards the Hydrogen Economy—A Review of the Parameters That Influence the Efficiency of Alkaline Water Electrolyzers

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3193
Author(s):  
Ana L. Santos ◽  
Maria-João Cebola ◽  
Diogo M. F. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Energy Content ◽  
Water Electrolysis ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Alkaline Water Electrolysis ◽  
Alkaline Water ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Cell Components

Environmental issues make the quest for better and cleaner energy sources a priority. Worldwide, researchers and companies are continuously working on this matter, taking one of two approaches: either finding new energy sources or improving the efficiency of existing ones. Hydrogen is a well-known energy carrier due to its high energy content, but a somewhat elusive one for being a gas with low molecular weight. This review examines the current electrolysis processes for obtaining hydrogen, with an emphasis on alkaline water electrolysis. This process is far from being new, but research shows that there is still plenty of room for improvement. The efficiency of an electrolyzer mainly relates to the overpotential and resistances in the cell. This work shows that the path to better electrolyzer efficiency is through the optimization of the cell components and operating conditions. Following a brief introduction to the thermodynamics and kinetics of water electrolysis, the most recent developments on several parameters (e.g., electrocatalysts, electrolyte composition, separator, interelectrode distance) are highlighted.

scholarly journals Efeitos da Expansão do Biodiesel e da Troca de Fontes Triglicerídeas no Cenário Energético Brasileiro

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
Gerd Brantes Angelkorte
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
World Population ◽  
Emission Data ◽  
The World ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Plant Sources

The concern with global warming impacts on the environment has made the world population search for new energy sources that are less aggressive to the environment. Therefore, biodiesel has become more relevant and has expanded its proportion in the blend with diesel. However, Brazil still uses about 20% of bovine tallow, which emits large amount of GHG, degrades the soil and entails great water consumption. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibilities and effects of the substitution of this nonrenewable source for others of vegetable origin, as well as the environmental effects of increasing the percentage of biodiesel, reaching levels of 20% and 30%. Hence, two types of biodiesel were produced and tested, with and without bovine tallow, and the results obtained and data from the diesel fleet were used to model the impacts and CO2eq emissions with the aid of the MoMo Lite model in Brazil. It was possible to determine the great benefit of adopting higher levels of biodiesel in diesel (especially when there was a substitution of bovine tallow for plant sources), besides the importance of adopting broader analysis of the whole production cycle of the raw material. Since only CO2eq emission data were observed at the burning, the results varied only 10%, but when the results were analyzed through the well-to-tank, this variation rose to 52%.

scholarly journals Editorial

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Editorial team
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
High Energy Physics ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
New Energy ◽  
High Technologies ◽  
Energy Physics

Eurasian Journal of Physics and Functional Materials is an international journal published 4 numbers per year starting from October 2017. The aim of the journal is rapid publication of original articles and rewiews in the following areas: nuclear physics, high energy physics, radiation ecology, alternative energy (nuclear and hydrogen, photovoltaic, new energy sources, energy efficiency and energy saving, the energy sector impact on the environment), functional materials and related problems of high technologies.

Solar Energy Potential as Support for Sustainable Development of Romanian Economy

2017 ◽  
pp. 386-414
Author(s):  
Dorel Dusmanescu
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Fuel Burn ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Realistic Assessment

Energetic resources represent one of the most important factors in the process of consolidation of competitive market economy, having also a very important role in assuring the functionality of the economic system components. The decline of oil and gas production imposes the necessity to identify and implement new energy sources. Another reason to identify new energy sources is the pollution that is generated by the fossil fuel burn. The chapter presents a methodology about the solar energy potential evaluation for Romania. As a result of the tax incentives that are offered to investors in renewable energy, many projects were developed in Romania in the recent years, especially about wind and solar energy. But many projects have been done without a realistic assessment of potential wind or solar energy, as the consulting firms had presented an exaggerated image of the financial potential of these investments.

Solar Energy Potential as Support for Sustainable Development of Romanian Economy

2015 ◽  
pp. 225-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorel Dusmanescu
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Fuel Burn ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Realistic Assessment

Energetic resources represent one of the most important factors in the process of consolidation of competitive market economy, having also a very important role in assuring the functionality of the economic system components. The decline of oil and gas production imposes the necessity to identify and implement new energy sources. Another reason to identify new energy sources is the pollution that is generated by the fossil fuel burn. The chapter presents a methodology about the solar energy potential evaluation for Romania. As a result of the tax incentives that are offered to investors in renewable energy, many projects were developed in Romania in the recent years, especially about wind and solar energy. But many projects have been done without a realistic assessment of potential wind or solar energy, as the consulting firms had presented an exaggerated image of the financial potential of these investments.

scholarly journals New Energy Technologies: Microalgae, Photolysis and Airborne Wind Turbines

Sci ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Moriarty ◽  
Damon Honnery
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Near Term

Because of the near-term risk of extreme weather events and other adverse consequences from climate change, and, at least in the longer term, global fossil fuel depletion, there is world-wide interest in shifting to noncarbon energy sources, especially renewable energy (RE). Because of possible limitations on conventional renewable energy sources, researchers have looked for ways of overcoming these shortcomings by introducing radically new energy technologies. The largest RE source today is bioenergy, while solar energy and wind energy are regarded as having the largest technical potential. This paper reviews the literature on proposed new technologies for each of these three RE sources: microalgae for bioenergy, photolysis and airborne wind turbines. The main finding is that their proponents have underestimated the difficulties facing their introduction on a very large scale.

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