[HTML][HTML] The battle for biomass: a systematic review of food-feed-fuel competition

A Muscat, EM De Olde, IJM de Boer, R Ripoll-Bosch - Global Food Security, 2020 - Elsevier
We review 75 studies on the competition for biomass and production resources such as
land, water, labour and capital across food, feed and fuel production. We identified seven …

Water-energy nexus: A review of methods and tools for macro-assessment

J Dai, S Wu, G Han, J Weinberg, X Xie, X Wu, X Song… - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, analyzing issues within the 'water-energy nexus' has become a topic
of increasing attention for the scientific and policy communities. Based on an extensive …

A global inventory of photovoltaic solar energy generating units

L Kruitwagen, KT Story, J Friedrich, L Byers, S Skillman… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy generating capacity has grown by 41 per cent per year since
2009 1. Energy system projections that mitigate climate change and aid universal energy …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid Sankey diagrams: Visual analysis of multidimensional data for understanding resource use

RC Lupton, JM Allwood - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2017 - Elsevier
Sankey diagrams are used to visualise flows of materials and energy in many applications,
to aid understanding of losses and inefficiencies, to map out production processes, and to …

The influence of rapid urbanization and land use changes on terrestrial carbon sources/sinks in Guangzhou, China

Q Xu, R Yang, YX Dong, YX Liu, LR Qiu - Ecological Indicators, 2016 - Elsevier
Complex changes in carbon sources and sinks caused by rapid urbanization have been
observed with extensive changes in the quantity, structure, and spatial pattern of land use …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptual framework for balancing society and nature in net-zero energy transitions

G Delafield, C Donnison, P Roddis… - … Science & Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Transitioning to a low carbon energy future is essential to meet the Paris Agreement targets
and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To understand how societies can undertake …

Low-impact land use pathways to deep decarbonization of electricity

GC Wu, E Leslie, O Sawyerr… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A growing number of jurisdictions are passing ambitious clean energy policies. Yet few
studies have accounted for natural and agricultural land impacts of low-carbon pathways …

Impact of land requirements on electricity system decarbonisation pathways

K Palmer-Wilson, J Donald, B Robertson, B Lyseng… - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Wind and solar power are predicted to dominate CO2 emission reductions in future
electricity systems. Unlike spatially compact fossil fuels, harnessing renewable energy flows …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring trade-offs between landscape impact, land use and resource quality for onshore variable renewable energy: an application to Great Britain

R McKenna, I Mulalic, I Soutar, JM Weinand, J Price… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The ambitious Net Zero aspirations of Great Britain (GB) require massive and rapid
developments of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) technologies. GB possesses …

Cost effective energy and carbon emissions optimization in building renovation (Annex 56)

M Almeida, M Ferreira - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
The construction sector has become an important target for reducing carbon emissions and
energy consumption and for kerbing resource depletion, because of its relevance in all …