Municipal solid waste management in the Caribbean: a benefit-cost analysis

Includes bibliography

Trade, direct investment and production policies

Includes bibliography

Economic growth in Latin America: the role of investment and other growth sources

Includes bibliography

Savings, investment and growth in the global age: analytical and policy issues

Includes bibliography

National public investment systems in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tabago

Includes bibliography

Expenditures, investment and financing for sustainable development in Brazil

Includes bibliography

Foreign investment and competitive development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Innovation, R and D investment and productivity in Chile

Includes bibliography

Risk/investment-driven transmission expansion planning with multiple scenarios

This study presents a new methodology based on risk/investment to solve transmission network expansion planning (TNEP) problem with multiple future scenarios. Three mathematical models related to TNEP problems considering multiple future generation and load scenarios are also presented. These models will provide planners with a meaningful risk assessment that enable them to determine the necessary funding for transmission lines at a permissible risk level. The results using test and real systems show that the proposed method presents better solutions compared with scenario analysis method. ©The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2013.

Hydrogen production by biogas steam reforming: A technical, economic and ecological analysis

Fuel cells are electrochemical energy conversion devices that convert fuel and oxidant electrochemically into electrical energy, water and heat. Compared to traditional electricity generation technologies that use combustion processes to convert fuel into heat, and then into mechanical energy, fuel cells convert the hydrogen and oxygen chemical energy into electrical energy, without intermediate conversion processes, and with higher efficiency. In order to make the fuel cells an achievable and useful technology, it is firstly necessary to develop an economic and efficient way for hydrogen production. Molecular hydrogen is always found combined with other chemical compounds in nature, so it must be isolated. In this paper, the technical, economical and ecological aspects of hydrogen production by biogas steam reforming are presented. The economic feasibility calculation was performed to evaluate how interesting the process is by analyzing the investment, operation and maintenance costs of the biogas steam reformer and the hydrogen production cost achieved the value of 0.27 US$/kWh with a payback period of 8 years. An ecological efficiency of 94.95%, which is a good ecological value, was obtained. The results obtained by these analyses showed that this type of hydrogen production is an environmentally attractive route. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

An analysis of maritime transport and its costs for the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Relations between CARICOM and Central America and the Dominican Republic: a window of opportunity for trade and investment

Includes bibliography

Indicadores para gestão empresarial no setor sucroalcooleiro

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Trade and investment flows between the Caribbean and the rest of the hemisphere in the context of the FTAA

Includes bibliography

Analysis of trade flows between Puerto Rico and CARICOM and prospects for integration

Includes bibliography