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Identitätskriege "We live in a liquid world, where nothing is stabil." - "Future wars will be about identity." - "We need a European Union that is much stronger - and more democratic." These are just a few [...] Europeans. This interview contains so many clever sayings that you can hardly count them. That is why it is interesting not only because of the many insights into the war in Afghanistan. Aspiring authors [...] "Den første sten"/"The First Stone" about the senselessness of the war in Afghanistan. Carsten Jensen is the first awardee of the "EUF Europa Prize - donated by the University Council", a prize honoring engaged
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Where: P is Power output in kW H is the net head in meters η is the overall efficiency of power plant ρ is the density of water [1000 kg/m³] g is the acceleration due to gravity [9.81 m/s²] Q is the volume [...] the 800kW wind turbine is recommended over the 500kW. It is noteworthy to mention that it is assumed that the FIT tariff applied is 1.88p/kWh of TP 2019. In addition, the project is financed 100% through [...] below, the mean wind speed at 25m is lower than the mean wind speed at 50m. It is also clear that the mean wind speed is comparatively higher in the winter season than it is in the summer season. 46 Figure
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Dubhlinn is the one which has already been planned and is expected to start in the summer of 2016. The catchment area of this scheme is around 5 km2 in size and is located to east of Seilebost. There is an existing [...] the excess curtailed electricity is used for Hydrogen Production. From this schematic, it is visible that there is unused energy which is wasted as the electrolyser is unable to produce Hydrogen when the [...] project is viable if the invest- ment cost is less £500,000. In other words, based on our calculation £500,000 is the maximum investment lead to a viable project, with IRR equal to 4.27% which is slightly
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investment cost is roughly estimated at £850,000. Therefore, it is observed that the investment cost is too high and the capacity factor is too low. A storage option in Loch Glashoille is not economically [...] of Scotland, is not grid connected and the principal access to it is by boat across Loch Nevis from Mallaig. Knoydart is home of slightly above 100 residents. The size of the peninsula is 55,000 acre, [...] diesel generator is located at Inverie village. It is used as a backup power source when the hydro plant shuts down either during maintenance or when there is a fault. The generator is not synchronized
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considered in this section is the development land allocated to the project. The consent or buy-in of the estate owners is important if the project is to be successful. Fortunately, this is the case for the Ardlussa [...] point 1 to point 5 is not suitable because the terrain is found extensively uneven. Moreover the land at the south side of the river is much steeper as compared to north side, therefore it is proposed to lay [...] plants that run on fossil fuels is 2 kW. The FiT table is included in ANNEX 2. (The Scottish Government 2011f) (Energy saving trust 2011b) In conclusion, the FIT scheme is more suited to generate income
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landscape is hilly. With respect to taking the bike for shopping another difficulty has to be considered: the supermarket is far and households usually buy supplies for several days thus it is difficult [...] electricity. Green electricity ―is the electricity that is generated from renewable resources with minimal adverse environmental effects‖ (NAGPI 2008). The brown electricity is that from other sources than [...] Ethically 2011). In Scotland however, renewable electricity is eligible for green electricity tariffs if it is additional. Additional renewable electricity is the amount of renewable electricity beyond what the
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ferry connection is only two times a day on average. There is no public bus service in Eday. But in Rousay there is one public bus which operates only one day a week. This research study is carried out in [...] in Rousay is smaller than the local shop in Eday), stock turnover, electricity, salaries, etc. Another indicator that the difference is not only due to transport cost is the fact that it is not evenly [...] Eday 23% is related to the ferry. The remaining energy demand is caused by the vehicles. The total energy demand for transport is 43.3% higher in Rousay than in Eday. One interesting fact is that in Rousay
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years project life A tariff of 4.4 pence per kWh was analyzed. This tariff is about 25% lower than the current heat tariff. Under this tariff, the wind-oil supply option with 50% subsidy is viable, with [...] biomass-oil option is not viable either with or without a subsidy but the wind-oil supply option is viable in iv both cases with an annual profit of 171,943. With the subsidy the payback period is 4.7 years while [...] consumption per household is 12,386 kWh/year with an average heating index of 112 kWh/m 2 /yr. The lowest heating index is 51.84 kWh/m 2 /yr while the highest heating index is 400kWh/m 2 . Extremely low
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emission per household is around 12.98 tons/y, which is almost same as the Scottish average CO2 emission (12.90 tons/y).18 The average CO2 emission per person per year is 5.24 tons, which is lower than the UK [...] the highest potential is wind energy which is available throughout the year. Other potentials are from micro hydro power and tidal energy. There is potential of solar energy but it is still an expensive [...] 18 MWh/y in 2009 to 13,569.14 MWh/y in 2014, which is 36.23%. This increase in energy demand is due to mainly harbor extension plan. The CO2 emission is calculated based on energy demand, share of renewable
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amount of carbon dioxide emissions that is directly and indirectly caused by an activity or is accumulated over the life stages of a product”7. This definition is widely compatible with the well defined [...] refers to the bioproductive supply that is available within a certain area. Once the ecological footprint is calculated a sustainability assessment is carried out. This is done by comparing the footprint with [...] Mallaig to Fort William Footprint is attributed to Lochaber area Footprint is attributed to Sleat Slaughter house in Inverness Footprint is attributed to Inverness Footprint is shared among all communities