Abstract:Coal production is most significant fuel source followed by natural gas and petroleum. Coal is overwhelmingly the most significant energy source used to generate electricity. Increased emphasis had been placed on renewable energy resources, including wood and wood waste; municipal solid waste and refuse‐derived fuel; other sources of biomass and waste, eg, agricultural crop wastes, tire‐derived fuels, and selected hazardous wastes burned as fuel substitutes in cement kilns; wind and solar energy; geothermal st… Show more
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