A critical review on environmental impacts of renewable energy systems and mitigation strategies: Wind, hydro, biomass and geothermal

ET Sayed, T Wilberforce, K Elsaid, MKH Rabaia… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The annual growth of global energy demand and the associated environmental impacts
(EIs) has an important role in the large sustainable and green global energy transition …

The site selection of wind energy power plant using GIS-multi-criteria evaluation from economic perspectives

SN Shorabeh, HK Firozjaei, MK Firozjaei… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of wind turbines can help progress towards economic and technological
development, lower rates of fossil fuel consumption, decreased greenhouse emissions, and …

Environmental issues associated with wind energy–A review

K Dai, A Bergot, C Liang, WN Xiang, Z Huang - Renewable energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Recognized as one of the most mature renewable energy technologies, wind energy has
been developing rapidly in recent years. Many countries have shown interest in utilizing …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing profitability of energy production, societal impacts and biodiversity in offshore wind farm design

EA Virtanen, J Lappalainen, M Nurmi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global demand for renewable energy is on the rise. Expansion of onshore wind energy
is in many parts of the world limited by societal acceptance, and also ecological impacts are …

Environmental impact of wind energy

R Saidur, NA Rahim, MR Islam, KH Solangi - Renewable and sustainable …, 2011 - Elsevier
Since the beginning of industrialization, energy consumption has increased far more rapidly
than the number of people on the planet. It is known that the consumption of energy is …

The wind energy (r) evolution: A short review of a long history

JK Kaldellis, D Zafirakis - Renewable energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Although wind energy exploitation dates back five thousand years ago, contemporary
societies are based almost exclusively on fossil fuels for covering their electrical energy …

Wind energy: Increasing deployment, rising environmental concerns

M Premalatha, T Abbasi, SA Abbasi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2014 - Elsevier
Of all the renewable energy sources (RESs)―except direct solar heat and light―wind
energy is believed to have the least adverse environmental impacts. It is also one of the RES …

Sites exploring prioritisation of offshore wind energy potential and mapping for wind farms installation: Iranian islands case studies

MM Nezhad, M Neshat, G Piras, DA Garcia - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Offshore Wind Energy (OWE) can be considered the Renewable Energy Sources
(RESs) with a higher potential of newly installed power in marine areas more the following …

Demand and supply of cultural ecosystem services: Use of geotagged photos to map the aesthetic value of landscapes in Hokkaido

N Yoshimura, T Hiura - Ecosystem services, 2017 - Elsevier
We proposed a mapping method for landscape aesthetic demand and potential supply area
based on viewsheds, which is a direct method that provides robust results. Moreover, we …

Renewable energy source water pumping systems—A literature review

C Gopal, M Mohanraj, P Chandramohan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The research developments with renewable energy source water pumping systems
(RESWPSs) are reviewed in this paper. The reported investigations are categorized into five …