Barbados: public-private sector partnership

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Development, institutional and policy aspects of international migration between Africa, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean

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Towards a theory of the small firm: theoretical aspects and some policy implications

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Economic impact of disasters: evidence from DALA assessments by ECLAC in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Innovation in the tourism sector: a case study from the Commonwealth of Dominica

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Regional environmental policy and sustainable tourism development in the Caribbean

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Long run economic development in Latin America in a comparative perspective: proximate and ultimate causes

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The economic and financial crisis: its impact on poverty, work and women's time

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The gender perspective in economic and labour policies: state of the art in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Some aspects of the recent evolution of Cuba's economy

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Local economic development and territorial competitiveness in Latin America

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Social and economic problems in Cuba during the crisis and subsequent recovery

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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.

Summary of Caribbean economic performance, 1997

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Global economic developments, 1999

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