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Food Resources and Land Use

Food Sector Resources and Land Use for Energy Production

Infrastructure to support energy generation, transmission and distribution consumes significant land areas and impacts ecosystems, land availability and development in these areas.

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Agrivoltaic Systems to Optimise Land Use for Electric Energy Production

In this work, a patented “agrivoltaic” solar tracking system named Agrovoltaico is examined in combination with a maize crop in…

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Applied Energy

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15 June 2018

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Agrivoltaic Potential on Grape Farms in India

To investigate and quantify PV generation potential, without significantly harming agriculture output, the authors of this study explore the viability…

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

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1 October 2017

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Concrete Thermal Energy Storage for Linear Fresnel Collectors: Exploiting the South Mediterranean’s Solar Potential for Agri-food Processes

This case study examines the possibility of generating, by a solar industrial process heating plant, the thermal energy required annually…

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Energy Conversion and Management

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15 June 2018

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Path Choice of Developing Bio-energy while Keeping Food Security ---a General Equilibrium Model

This paper focused on a discussion whether developing bio-energy will threaten food security in China. It constructed a general equilibrium…

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Energy Procedia

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1 May 2017

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Reconciling Food Security and Bioenergy: Priorities for Action

Climate change will have far-reaching impacts on crop, livestock and fisheries production, and will change the prevalence of crop pests.…

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GCB Bioenergy

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Trees for life: The Ecosystem Service Contribution of Trees to Food Production and Livelihoods in the Tropics

Despite expanding interest in ecosystem service research over the past three decades, in-depth understanding of the contribution of forests and…

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Forest Policy and Economics

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15 January 2017

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Algal Food and Fuel Coproduction can Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions while Improving Land and Water-Use Efficiency

This paper examines the trade-offs associated with producing fuel and food from algae at the energy–food–water–climate nexus.

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Environmental Research Letters

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28 October 2017