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Renewable energy deployment as an alternative to traditional energy sources is the cornerstone of the emission-reduction energy policies that aim to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. This transition poses risks and opportunities for companies with business models that rely directly or indirectly on renewables, which will be reflected in the revaluation of assets and in the reallocation of private and public financial investments from carbon-intensive to low-carbon energies. In a series of selected articles, this book addresses current challenges and opportunities for renewable energies from technological, economic and financial perspectives.

Research & information: general --- day-ahead market --- balancing market --- gate closure --- forecast uncertainty --- wind power forecast --- agent-based simulation --- the MATREM system --- drying --- solar energy --- sustainable processing --- energy efficiency --- global heat production --- energy market --- energy conversion --- electricity --- carbon trading --- palm oil producer --- renewable energy --- economy --- sustainable development --- clean development mechanism --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- Malaysia --- energy planning --- Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) --- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) --- low-carbon economy --- renewable energy deployment --- environmental efficiency --- pumped hydro storage --- wind farm --- simulated annealing --- genetic algorithm --- pattern search --- Matlab optimization toolbox --- economic and environment feasibility --- renewables --- low carbon --- interdependence --- copulas --- conditional quantiles --- liquefied natural gas --- cold energy --- regasification --- chilled water --- techno economic --- coevolution --- the fuel ethanol industry --- history-friendly model --- entry regulation --- ethanol mandate --- production subsidy --- R&amp --- D subsidy --- day-ahead market --- balancing market --- gate closure --- forecast uncertainty --- wind power forecast --- agent-based simulation --- the MATREM system --- drying --- solar energy --- sustainable processing --- energy efficiency --- global heat production --- energy market --- energy conversion --- electricity --- carbon trading --- palm oil producer --- renewable energy --- economy --- sustainable development --- clean development mechanism --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- Malaysia --- energy planning --- Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) --- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) --- low-carbon economy --- renewable energy deployment --- environmental efficiency --- pumped hydro storage --- wind farm --- simulated annealing --- genetic algorithm --- pattern search --- Matlab optimization toolbox --- economic and environment feasibility --- renewables --- low carbon --- interdependence --- copulas --- conditional quantiles --- liquefied natural gas --- cold energy --- regasification --- chilled water --- techno economic --- coevolution --- the fuel ethanol industry --- history-friendly model --- entry regulation --- ethanol mandate --- production subsidy --- R&amp --- D subsidy

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of success stories to date. Each carefully selected paper provides valuable insights for improved policy making and defines relevant strategic priorities on Africa’s sustainable transformation process, which is in line with the international development agenda. Although agriculture remains the main source of income for Africa’s population, the sector is rain-fed subjecting it to the vagaries of weather and climate change. This volume demonstrates the rationale of developing a competitive, inclusive and sustainable agribusiness sector for Africa’s food security and structural transformation. From the impact of Bioenergy crop adoption and Drought Index Insurance to Agro-Industrialization, this volume is important reading for individual researchers, academic associations and professional bodies interested in African agricultural development.

Industrial organization. --- Development economics. --- Economic policy. --- Agricultural economics. --- Environmental economics. --- Economics. --- Agricultural Economics. --- African Economics. --- Environmental Economics. --- Industrial Organization. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- Development Economics. --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Economic development --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Africa—Economic conditions. --- Africa --- Economic conditions. --- Sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa --- Climate change economics --- Agricultural productivity --- Modern technology adoption by farmers --- Agricultural sustainability --- Bioenergy Crop Adoption --- Agro-Industrialization --- Agriculture sector development --- Environmental Efficiency --- Global Value Chains --- Regional value chains --- African economic development --- African agricultural transformation --- Labour productivity --- Drought Index Insurance --- Supplemental irrigation --- Special Economic Zones --- ECOWAS countries

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The concept of sustainability has been intensively used over the last decades since Brundtland´s report was published in 1987. This concept, due to its transversal, horizontal and interdisciplinary nature, can be used in many disciplines, scenarios, spatio-temporal dimensions and different circumstances. The intensive development in recent years of analytical techniques and tools based on disciplines such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, information theory and the Internet of Things, among others, has meant we are very well-placed for analysing the sustainability of water systems in a multiperspective way. Water systems management requires the most advanced approaches and tools for rigorously addressing all the dimensions involved in the sustainability of its development. Consequently, addressing the sustainability of water systems management may comprise physical (natural processes), chemical, socioeconomic, legal, institutional, infrastructure (engineering), political and cultural aspects, among others. This Special Issue welcomes general and specific contributions that address the sustainability of water systems management considering its development. Special interest will be given to those contributions that consider tradeoffs and/or integration between some of the aspects or disciplines that drive the sustainability of water systems in the context of their management and development.

History of engineering & technology --- suspended solids --- unmanned aerial vehicle --- spectral imaging --- artificial neural networks --- water resource --- South Korean urban industry --- green use efficiency of industrial water (GUEIW) --- global non-radial directional distance function model (GNDDF) --- economic efficiency of industrial water use (ECEIW) --- environmental efficiency of industrial water use (ENEIW) --- water quality --- climate change --- Bayesian networks --- uncertainty --- multi-models --- prioritization --- geomorphometric parameters --- compound parameter --- geospatial distribution --- GIS --- GHGs --- aquatic factors --- random forest --- water temperature --- nitrogen --- sulfate --- concrete arch-dams --- stability scenarios --- deformation scenarios --- safety management --- sustainability assessment --- runoff --- temporal dependence --- rivers’ sustainability --- predictive methods --- causal reasoning --- runoff fractions --- water management --- contamination --- integrated water resources management --- groundwater --- pollution --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- transition management --- water safety plan --- aquifer management --- water governance --- irrigation --- unauthorized use --- barbate river basin --- biocalcarenites --- remote sensing --- citizen surveys --- artificial neural network (ANN) --- chemical oxygen demand (COD) --- wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)

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Renewable energy deployment as an alternative to traditional energy sources is the cornerstone of the emission-reduction energy policies that aim to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. This transition poses risks and opportunities for companies with business models that rely directly or indirectly on renewables, which will be reflected in the revaluation of assets and in the reallocation of private and public financial investments from carbon-intensive to low-carbon energies. In a series of selected articles, this book addresses current challenges and opportunities for renewable energies from technological, economic and financial perspectives.

Research & information: general --- day-ahead market --- balancing market --- gate closure --- forecast uncertainty --- wind power forecast --- agent-based simulation --- the MATREM system --- drying --- solar energy --- sustainable processing --- energy efficiency --- global heat production --- energy market --- energy conversion --- electricity --- carbon trading --- palm oil producer --- renewable energy --- economy --- sustainable development --- clean development mechanism --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- Malaysia --- energy planning --- Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) --- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) --- low-carbon economy --- renewable energy deployment --- environmental efficiency --- pumped hydro storage --- wind farm --- simulated annealing --- genetic algorithm --- pattern search --- Matlab optimization toolbox --- economic and environment feasibility --- renewables --- low carbon --- interdependence --- copulas --- conditional quantiles --- liquefied natural gas --- cold energy --- regasification --- chilled water --- techno economic --- coevolution --- the fuel ethanol industry --- history-friendly model --- entry regulation --- ethanol mandate --- production subsidy --- R&amp --- D subsidy

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Renewable energy deployment as an alternative to traditional energy sources is the cornerstone of the emission-reduction energy policies that aim to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. This transition poses risks and opportunities for companies with business models that rely directly or indirectly on renewables, which will be reflected in the revaluation of assets and in the reallocation of private and public financial investments from carbon-intensive to low-carbon energies. In a series of selected articles, this book addresses current challenges and opportunities for renewable energies from technological, economic and financial perspectives.

day-ahead market --- balancing market --- gate closure --- forecast uncertainty --- wind power forecast --- agent-based simulation --- the MATREM system --- drying --- solar energy --- sustainable processing --- energy efficiency --- global heat production --- energy market --- energy conversion --- electricity --- carbon trading --- palm oil producer --- renewable energy --- economy --- sustainable development --- clean development mechanism --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- Malaysia --- energy planning --- Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) --- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) --- low-carbon economy --- renewable energy deployment --- environmental efficiency --- pumped hydro storage --- wind farm --- simulated annealing --- genetic algorithm --- pattern search --- Matlab optimization toolbox --- economic and environment feasibility --- renewables --- low carbon --- interdependence --- copulas --- conditional quantiles --- liquefied natural gas --- cold energy --- regasification --- chilled water --- techno economic --- coevolution --- the fuel ethanol industry --- history-friendly model --- entry regulation --- ethanol mandate --- production subsidy --- R&amp --- D subsidy