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events and parties organized by students is a great way to get involved in campus life and meet new people while studying at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. It's also fun to learn about the local culture and [...] through online platforms such as Spotahome or Uniplaces. Language Preparation: Madrid is located in Spain, and Spanish is the main language spoken there. Make sure you brush up on your Spanish skills before [...] traveling by train is one of the most environmentally friendly options. You can take a train from Flensburg to Hamburg and then transfer to a high-speed train to Madrid. Not only is this option environmentally
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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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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
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site is to supply the grid. The Govig site is located near a cluster of six households and one holiday house is planned to be built there. Therefore, development of a micro-hydro power plant there is aimed [...] the Wye Valley region1. 4. Interest rate of loan is fixed at 6.4% per year and project life is set at 20 years. 5. Subsidy for the proposed hydro scheme is taken as 50% of the capital investment for the [...] results. The landscape is hilly, therefore it is not easy to transplant and harvest the trees. The harvesting machinery suitable in this condition is costly and also the work is labor intensive1. At present
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68-76%, the transmission cost is about 4 %, the distribution cost is 20-25% and the supply cost is 1-9% of the final consumer tariff.6 The electricity generation and supply market is based on competition so [...] heating energy consumption of Yell is estimated at 8,968 MWh. Oil is the largest contributor in this energy consumption mix, which is 7,042 MWh/year. Electricity is the second largest player in the energy [...] electricity from wind turbines is non firm generation, the main issue here is the difficulty to comply with the security and safety of supply (SLC Electricity no 15). Furthermore it is challenging for small companies
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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