Publications

Ochoa, R., Avila-Ortega, D., Cravioto, J. 2022. Energy services' access deprivation in Mexico: A geographic, climatic and social perspective. Energy Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112822

Energy services (ES) are essential domains to understand energy deprivation in households. However, the literature exploring ES measures that focuses on access vulnerability is small, particularly in connection with socio-economic and geographical conditions. This fact has a profound effect on national and local energy policy and multilateral frameworks, such as the UN SDGs, which traditionally favour electrification as a meas...

Peralta, H., Avila-Ortega, D., García-Flores, J. 2022. Jatropha Farm: a circular economy proposal for the non-toxic physic nut crop in Mexico. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022015010

Jatropha curcas (physic nut) is a promising crop in tropical countries because its seeds have a high oil content that can be easily transformed into biodiesel. The oil can also serve to obtain other bioproducts. However, several obstacles hinder the extensive application of the crop, for example, the relative low prices of petroleum and oil, the toxicity of the seeds, low crop yields and rusticity of the plant. We propose a mo...