DocumentCode
3600508
Title
Investigation of the technical-economic contribution of renewable energy and energy efficiency: Lebanese context
Author
El-Jamal, G. ; Ibrahim, H. ; Ghandour, M.
Author_Institution
St.-Joseph Univ., Beirut, Lebanon
fYear
2014
Firstpage
174
Lastpage
179
Abstract
Fossil energy is a major problem that disturbs the world. So replacing this kind of energy with another cheapest, harmless and that last forever become a strategic question. A big question still running the minds of the workers and investors in this sector, which type of renewable energy we should apply? At which cost? What will be the payback period and the return on investment? The aim of this paper is to highlight on the reduction of the energy profile for facilities from the Lebanese context by a case study for a residential complex.
Keywords
cost-benefit analysis; energy conservation; investment; power generation economics; renewable energy sources; Lebanese context; Lebanon; energy efficiency; fossil energy; renewable energy; technical-economic contribution; Biofuels; Biomass; Electricity; Energy efficiency; Production; Water heating; Renewable energy; energy efficiency; payback period; photovoltaic; solar power; wind power;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Renewable Energies for Developing Countries (REDEC), 2014 International Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/REDEC.2014.7038552
Filename
7038552
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