The ecoinvent database version 3 (part I): overview and methodology

G Wernet, C Bauer, B Steubing, J Reinhard… - … International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Good background data are an important requirement in LCA. Practitioners
generally make use of LCI databases for such data, and the ecoinvent database is the …

Wind power and externalities

A Zerrahn - Ecological Economics, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper provides a literature review on wind power and externalities from multiple
perspectives. Specifically, the economic rationale behind world-wide wind power …

Does nuclear energy consumption contribute to human development? Modeling the effects of public debt and trade globalization in an OECD heterogeneous panel

M Sadiq, F Wen, MF Bashir, A Amin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Global energy systems must be restructured to accommodate low-carbon energy sources
and technologies to improve the socio-economic welfare of the state and reduce energy …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships between renewable energy consumption, social factors, and health: A panel vector auto regression analysis of a cluster of 12 EU countries

G Caruso, E Colantonio, SA Gattone - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
One of the key indicators of a population's well-being and the economic development of a
country is represented by health, the main proxy for which is life expectancy at birth. Some …

Life cycle assessment of a small-scale methanol production system: A Power-to-Fuel strategy for biogas plants

L Eggemann, N Escobar, R Peters, P Burauel… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Power-to-Fuel (PtF) systems use carbon dioxide and hydrogen as feedstock
together for renewable fuel production and can hence contribute to climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of electricity generation: A systematic review of spatiotemporal methods

SM Jordaan, C Combs, E Guenther - Advances in Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessments (LCAs) of electricity generation are increasingly incorporating more
granular spatial and temporal information, enhancing the accuracy of both inventories and …

Environmental impacts of high penetration renewable energy scenarios for Europe

P Berrill, A Arvesen, Y Scholz, HC Gils… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The prospect of irreversible environmental alterations and an increasingly volatile climate
pressurises societies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thereby mitigating climate …

[HTML][HTML] Future environmental impacts of global hydrogen production

S Wei, R Sacchi, A Tukker, S Suh… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Low-carbon hydrogen (H2) will likely be essential in achieving climate-neutrality targets by
2050. This paper assesses the future life-cycle environmental impacts of global H2 …

Deep geothermal energy extraction, a review on environmental hotspots with focus on geo-technical site conditions

S Gkousis, K Welkenhuysen, T Compernolle - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about the environmental impacts of geothermal energy is important for
understanding the role this technology could play in the transition towards sustainable …

Towards a green and fast production system: Integrating life cycle assessment and value stream mapping for decision making

R Salvador, MV Barros, GET dos Santos… - Environmental Impact …, 2021 - Elsevier
Integrating environmental commitment to manufacturing concerns seems unavoidable
towards a more sustainable conduct. In the contemporary scenario, Value Stream Mapping …