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21 Dec 2021

Alternative sources of energy: a detailed presentation about the why, how and when

Presentation - 13 pages - Ecology & environment

This document is a PowerPoint presentation about alternative sources of energy: what are they exactly, why do we need them, how do we find or create them? What is the future of alternative sources of energy?

08 Aug 2022

The United States and the World: demography and energy in the world as predictable long-term factors

Course material - 11 pages - World geography

The current policy, and even more the future policy of any country is difficult to assess, because it depends on a lot of factors, many of them (public moods, politics, personalities) being of a transient nature. But the current and future policy of any country also depends largely on long-term...

29 Mar 2022

How could international law support a transition to renewable sources of energy?

Essay - 4 pages - International law

Climate change is an international issue. Indeed, no matter how much greenhouse gases emissions decrease in Europe, if the world does not act collectively climate change and its consequences will continue. But climate change is not only an international topic, it intersects with many...

15 Dec 2016
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Should the United States consider increasing their use of renewable energy or not?

Essay - 2 pages - Ecology & environment

The United States (U.S) use both renewable and non-renewable energy. According to Gielen, Saygin & Wagner (2015), in 2015, United States Energy consumption were:Coal-33%, Natural Gas-33%, Nuclear-20%, Hydropower-6%, Other renewables-7%, Biomass-1.6%, Geothermal-0.4%,...

23 Jan 2015
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Energy Demand and Population Growth

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

The key drivers of the demand for energy around the world include growth in population and the economy. Estimates reveal that the entire population of the world will grow 1.3 billion people from 2011 to 2030. Additionally, the real income of people will be expected to double...

07 Jul 2015
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Renewable Energy and the Hotel Industry: A Perfect Fit?

Case study - 27 pages - Psychology

Renewable energy is one of the fastest growing sectors in today's energy market. Energy from solar, wind, hydro power, tidal energy and biomass sources is being harnessed to provide energy that is both environmentally friendly and secure from the...

30 Mar 2011
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The future of nuclear energy: The European Energy Policy

Case study - 6 pages - Ecology & environment

It is hard to forecast with any certitude what the 21st century will hold for nuclear power. Still, the issues that will form its future are slightly clear. The goal of this paper is to study the possible role of nuclear energy in the formation of sustainable development in Europe, on the...

15 Jan 2009
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Energy policy

Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education

While Malthus was already painting a negative picture of the worldwide situation in 1798, he was also drawing up his famous prediction that population would outrun food supply, leading to a decrease in food per person. Indeed, there is a mathematic distortion between human reproduction rate and...

14 Oct 2020
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Porter's Five Forces - Areva, the French nuclear energy operator

Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy

As a world leader in its sector, and the flagship company of the French nuclear power industry, Areva must defend certain commitments that allow it to remain competitive. However, it must also preserve its public image in the sensitive field of nuclear energy. It is also led, like most...

08 Apr 2009
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Biodiesel: A cleaner source of energy

Thesis - 7 pages - Physics

A majority of the countries in the world are importers of petroleum and its products. The fossil fuels are being consumed at a rate, which is a million times faster than their rate of formation. The prices of petroleum products are mounting at an alarming pace due to the unmatched contribution to...

28 Dec 2009
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Historical development of coal and nuclear energy in China

Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment

China is today the world's largest coal producer and consumer in the world. In 2006, the raw coal output amounted to 2.32 billion tones and installed coal fired power capacity reached 622 GWe (National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2007). Chinese dependence on coal for energy and...

15 Jan 2009
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Oil depletion and use of vehicles: what are the alternative energies?

Essay - 13 pages - Journalism

In our modern society, oil is omnipresent in our habits and plays a significant role. It has several stakes in economical, political and strategic fields. Indeed oil is considered as the best energy source because it is easily extracted, stocked and transformed. Moreover, its energy...

29 Sep 2010
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Virgin Energy "Virgin Oil Card" -Business Plan

Business plan - 20 pages - Management

Virgin Energy is a service company that permits customers to purchase buy ?fuel' (unleaded & diesel) at an optional and revolutionary price ("Virgin Price") in advance. However, this facility is available only within the UK. We will begin by offering a wide variety of price indexes for...

23 Mar 2011
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Energy Marketing

Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing

Marketing is a discipline of management that seeks to determine the offers of goods, services or ideas based on attitudes and the motivation of consumers , the public or society in general. In this paper. We will be studying the marketing of energy . The first question we must ask...

29 Sep 2010
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Energy choices in Europe: the case of electricity

Essay - 14 pages - Economy general

Energy is a vital element for the economy as a whole as every sector demands its usage constantly. It is not an end-product by itself, but a pre-requisite for most of the economic activities. A sudden increase in energy prices or a disruption of supply can entail heavy economic...

16 Feb 2011
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The decision-making process of purchase of a solar panel at IDS Energy

Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy

We use hydrocarbon products in all areas of our everyday life, such as in the fields of transportation, production, clothing, and high technology. For the purpose of our study, we also include habitat and comfort. In recent years, the issue of sustainable development has been emphasized in order...

19 Nov 2010
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EU and the 21st century challenges: Energy and environment

Thesis - 6 pages - European union

Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for Environment opined that though in recent times, Europe has made considerable progress in cleaning the air that we breathe; air pollution remains a serious problem and continues to damage our health and the environment. The results of a poll published in March,...

08 Jun 2009
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Non conventional energy sources: Future necessity

Thesis - 6 pages - Ecology & environment

Energy is the primary and most universal measure of all kinds of work by human beings and nature. Energy is also defined as the ability or the capacity to do work. We use energy to do work and make all movements. When we eat, our body transforms the food into energy to...

14 Apr 2010
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Analysis of energy efficiency, throughput and packet delay for both non-persistent and p-persistent CSMA when two nodes collide

Thesis - 7 pages - Physics

Power efficient wireless technologies are being developed to combat the finite battery power in wireless portable computing devices. This paper investigates energy efficiency, throughput and packet delay for non- persistent and p-persistent CSMA, two protocols popularly applied in current...

12 May 2009
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The situation of the French energy market within the European Union: Case study

Thesis - 6 pages - Services marketing

Since its conception, the EU has been aware of the importance of energy issues. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), formally established in 1951 by the Treaty of Paris, served as the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) as the foundation for the modern-day European...

04 Jun 2009
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Non-conventional energy sources

Presentation - 37 pages - Ecology & environment

This presentation talks about non conventional energy sources. First of all the presentation gives a clear definition about energy and different forms of energy. It then moves on to the explanation of different forms of non-conventional energy forms explained one by...

25 Mar 2010
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Solar energy as a viable commercial and industrial power source - published: 25/03/2010

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

In almost all nations of the world, save for a few oil rich regions in the Middle East and Northern portions of North America, energy has to be purchased and imported. This is a system that leaves many countries without self-sufficiency and will likely bankrupt their governments. The needs...

12 Aug 2010
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Solar energy as a viable commercial and industrial power source

Thesis - 2 pages - Ecology & environment

In almost all nations of the world, save for a few oil rich regions in the Middle East and Northern portions of North America, energy has to be purchased and imported. This is a system that leaves many countries without self-sufficiency and will likely bankrupt their governments. The needs...

29 Sep 2010
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The energy drinks market in Europe : a market for the future ?

Market study - 35 pages - Services marketing

The on-the-go market has witnessed continued, robust growth over the past five years and this shows no signs of abating in the next five years. The demand for on-the-go products has been set in motion by significant shifts in the underlying structure of socio-cultural and economic patterns. These...

21 Jan 2009
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Airlines and energy prices

Essay - 11 pages - Business strategy

Business environment is fraught with risks; each company in order to succeed in this unpredictable environment must mitigate risks. Risks can arise from varied sources; the airline industry is like any other industry, also confronted by pressures from several business areas. In the late 90's and...

15 Jan 2009
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Coal: energy of the future or energy of the past?

Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment

In 2006, Doctor Heinz Scholtholt, member of a German firm of the energy industry (STEAG), pretended that Germany could become the worldwide leader of the coal industry by developing new clean coal technologies. Less than a year later, the German coalition's government has decided to stop...

15 Jan 2009
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The strategy behind energy-related aspects of European neighborhood policy

Essay - 3 pages - European union

The paper notes that the EU will increasingly rely on energy supplies from neighboring countries. Needless to say that among the principles and motives of the ENP, energy has a major role since it is obvious neighboring countries have resources (oil and gas) the EU needs to secure....

03 Jul 2009
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Fossil fuels or nuclear energy: Which is more eco-friendly?

Thesis - 8 pages - Ecology & environment

Human populations are growing at the fastest rates ever, and with this boom in population and standards of living, electricity consumption is growing. In 2007, there were 3891.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity used, which is a 1000 billion kilowatt-hours or a 37.17% increase in use...

16 May 2009
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Player in the international market: The introduction of Emmi energy drink

Thesis - 20 pages - Services marketing

As the leading Swiss maker of cheese and milk, Emmi hopes to continue being one of Europe's innovation leaders and trendsetters in the market of milk products. The brand expects to see an above average growth in the international markets over the course of a year and annual growth of 2-3% over...

21 Jun 2010
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Should Bulgaria concentrate on nuclear power as its main future energy source?

Thesis - 6 pages - Economy general

Bulgaria has been using commercial nuclear energy since 1974. 35 per cent of the electricity in the country is generated by two nuclear reactors. The Government plans the construction of a new nuclear plant in order the energy needs of the country to be met. This raises the...