In addition to identifying potential environmental, social, or risk-related issues that could impede the large-scale deployment of CCS, performing LCA-based studies on energy generation technologies can suggest places to focus our efforts to achieve technically feasible, economically viable, and environmentally conscious energy generation ...
Background, aim, and scope One of the most important sources of global carbon dioxide emissions is the combustion of fossil fuels for power generation. Power plants contribute more than 40% of the worldwide anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Therefore, the increased requirements for climate protection are a great challenge for the power producers. In this …
It is quite a popular method to study the environmental impacts of different types of power generation systems including hydropower. Gagnon et al. (2002) presented a study and compared the environmental impacts of different power generation systems including hydropower with reservoirs and run-of-river plants based on LCA. It was stated that ...
The main manifestation of tidal energy is generating power by tidal, that is, building dams and forming reservoirs using favorable terrain such as bays and estuaries for accumulating enormous amount of seawater, building hydroelectric power workshops powered by hydroelectric generating sets in or by the dams (Javidsharifi et al. 2018).There are many …
In this paper, the TCExL method, a regular environmental sustainability assessment method that calculates ReCiPe endpoint indicators, and a method for the assessment of the economic sustainability that calculates the Present Worth Ratio (PWR) of the systems are used to assess the following five systems for power generation: a coal-fired power ...
This work is focused on presenting the main results and discussions concerning the environmental benefits of reducing the non-condensable gases emitted from the Nesjavellir geothermal power plant. The primary objective of this study is to conduct a life cycle evaluation to analyse the overall environmental benefit effects of producing 1 kWh of electricity and 1 kWh of …
It supports regional biomass supply chains, lowers carbon footprints, and diversifies the energy mix (Power Technology, n.d.). The main fuel source for Drax Power Station, one of the biggest power plants in Europe, is now biomass rather than coal. The station now burns biomass, namely wood pellets, in a number of its generating units.
The transformation of the energy sector, based on the development of low-carbon technologies, is essential to achieve climate neutrality. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a powerful methodology for assessing the environmental impact of energy technologies, which proves to be a useful tool for policy makers. The paper is a review of the main LCA studies of …
Microgrids are designed to utilize renewable energy resources (RER) that are revolutionary choices in reducing the environmental effect while producing electricity. The RER intermittency poses technical and economic challenges for the microgrid systems that can be overcome by utilizing the full potential of hybrid energy storage systems (HESS). A microgrid …
Coal power plants constitute an important component of the energy mix in many countries. However, coal power plants can cause several environmental risks such as: climate change and biodiversity loss.
The EcS risk assessment framework presented would benefit the Malaysian Energy Commission and Sustainable Energy Development Authority in increased adoption of battery storage systems with large-scale solar plants, …
For example, there are more and more PV-wind hybrid power stations and PV-molten salt thermal storage system hybrid power stations. etc., that is, when one energy source is in the low power generation period, another energy source can be used to make up for it, and it can also provide an effective solution to the instability of PV power generation.
As special power generation mode,the pumped-storage stations have been applied widely in the world.Since the energy saving benefit of pumped-storage stations is difficult to illustrate quantitatively,and the existing calculation method can not be understood easily,the false opinion exists in the power industry that pumped-storage stations in China are sources of energy …
Using life cycle assessment, we determine the environmental impacts avoided by using 1 MW h of surplus electricity in the energy storage systems instead of producing the same product in a conventional process.
This research article has as main objective the environmental impact assessment from the perspective of CO 2 emissions embedded in green stand-alone energy systems and the estimation of the environmental benefits of their implementation in the power supply of EV-CS from the perspective of avoided CO 2 emissions compared to the classic ...
Distributed natural gas energy is acknowledged for its superior energy efficiency and enhanced environmental performance compared to conventional coal-fired power …
The exergetic sustainability assessment method named Total Cumulative Exergy Loss (TCExL) has been used to assess several systems for electricity production, ie, a …
Energy storage systems can replace peak power generation units. Energy storage systems and renewable energy have the best environmental scores. Environmental …
Coal power plants constitute an important component of the energy mix in many countries. However, coal power plants can cause several environmental risks such as: climate change and biodiversity loss.
The characterization of electric vehicles as environmentally friendly means of transportation hinges, on the one hand, upon the manner in which the energy for their charging is generated and, on the other hand, on the recyclability of the materials composing them, with primary emphasis on the recycling of batteries. Given that we are still in the early stages of …
A large variety of energy storage systems are currently investigated for using surplus power from intermittent renewable energy sources. Typically, these energy storage systems are compared based ...
The growth of fossil global energy consumption is accompanied by greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to global warming. To cope with global climate change, the development of renewable energy is imminent. Solar energy is one of the renewable energy and will be developed widely. Floating photovoltaics (FPV) has many advantages compared with land-based …
Starting from the main imposed condition that all the building''s electric energy demand be provided by the solar resource, sustainable technical solutions for renewable energy storage are of ...
As shown in Fig. 1, a photovoltaic-energy storage-integrated charging station (PV-ES-I CS) is a novel component of renewable energy charging infrastructure that combines distributed PV, battery energy storage systems, and EV charging systems. The working principle of this new type of infrastructure is to utilize distributed PV generation ...
This research article has as main objective the environmental impact assessment from the perspective of CO 2 emissions embedded in green stand-alone energy systems and the estimation of the environmental benefits …
In the near future, complex stand-alone microgrid systems such as those containing wind power, photovoltaic power, and energy storage systems, among others, will need to be studied for stability and environmental assessment. More new-energy generation systems are connected to the base station''s power supply system to promote the sustainable ...
Clean, reliable, low-cost energy for Ontario – the Darlington Refurbishment will generate $14.9 billion in economic benefits to Ontario, and a total of $89.9 billion when calculating in at least another 30 more years of station operations, according to "Continued Operation of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station: An Impact Analysis on ...
