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Determinants of Small and Rural Local Governments’ Renewable EnergyProgram Adoption in Cascadia 卡斯卡迪亚小型和农村地方政府采用可再生能源计划的决定因素

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.2174/0124054631315198240702104315

Brent S. Steel, E. Wolters, Tamara Krawchenko, Sadaf Farooq

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An Alternative Concept in Making Hybrid Flow Batteries intoDendrite-Free Full-Flow Batteries 将混合液流电池转化为无枝晶全液流电池的另一种理念

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2024-03-22 DOI: 10.2174/0124054631291796240308065141

Guo-Ming Weng

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Performance Metrics to Compare Various CO2 Reduction Processes 比较不同二氧化碳减排过程的性能指标

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2022-06-29 DOI: 10.2174/2405463105666220629115030

Katherine Lochhead, Guenevere O’ Hara, Dongfang Yang

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Situational and Trans-Situational Correlates of Public Energy Literacy: A Western U.S. Case Study. 公共能源素养的情境与跨情境关联:美国西部个案研究。

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2022-03-09 DOI: 10.2174/2405463105666220309142802

Muhammad Usman Amin Siddiqi, B. Steel, E. Wolters

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Meet the Editorial Board Member 认识编辑委员会成员

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.2174/240546310501221216144308

Ahmad M. Mohammad Al-Akraa

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A New Patent of Beverage Cans Crusher Machine 饮料罐粉碎机新专利

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.2174/2405463102666181029122926

A. Elfasakhany

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Characterization of a Feasibility Space for a New Technology – A Case Study of Wave Energy in Southern Brazil 新技术可行性空间的表征——以巴西南部波浪能为例

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.2174/1570178615666180830102336

Jones S. Silva, A. Beluco

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Potential of Product & Energy Derivation From Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Experimental, Computational & Modeling & Simulation Environment 利用实验、计算、建模和模拟环境从木质纤维素生物质中提取产品和能源的潜力

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.2174/2405463102666181102113119

Soumya D. Das and Bibhab K. Lodh

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Carrier Management by Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Fully Printable Bulk-Heterojunction Thin-Film Solar Cell 用有机-无机杂化材料管理完全可印刷的块状异质结薄膜太阳能电池载流子

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.2174/2405463102666180726142722

T. Kato, M. Otsuka, C. Oinuma, Y. Kurokawa, K. Tsukada

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The Future of Biogas Production in Cameroon: Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities 喀麦隆沼气生产的未来:前景、挑战和机遇

Current Alternative Energy Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.2174/2405463102666180925141102

Erasmus Muh, F. Tabet, S. Amara

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