Integrated sustainability assessment framework for geothermal energy technologies: A literature review and a new proposal of sustainability indicators for Mexico

K Solano-Olivares, E Santoyo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mexico's energy agenda has the commitment to achieve a share of 35% of renewable
energy in the energy portfolio by 2025. Geothermal energy is a source that may contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle sustainability assessment and circularity of geothermal power plants

J Li, RRZ Tarpani, L Stamford… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geothermal power generation is expected to increase fivefold worldwide by 2040 compared
to 2018. The upcoming growth of geothermal power plants (GPPs) requires assessments of …

Life cycle assessment of repurposing abandoned onshore oil and gas wells for geothermal power generation

J Li, RRZ Tarpani, A Gallego-Schmid… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The annual global growth rate for geothermal power generation between 2021 and 2030 is
targeted to be 13% to meet net-zero emissions by 2050. Repurposing abandoned oil and …

Renewable energy-driven membrane distillation in the context of life cycle assessment

M Kaczmarczyk, M Mukti, N Ghaffour, S Soukane… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Desalination and water treatment processes have seen a worldwide increase due to
increasingly limited access to drinking water sources. In this context, the article focuses on …

Renewable energy resources technologies and life cycle assessment

MG Hemeida, AM Hemeida, T Senjyu, D Osheba - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Moving towards RER has become imperative to achieve sustainable development goals
(SDG). Renewable energy resources (RER) are characterized by uncertainty whereas, most …

Environmental impact assessment of a real geothermal driven power plant with two-stage ORC using enhanced exergo-environmental analysis

EY Gürbüz, OV Güler, A Keçebaş - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Geothermal driven power plants (GPPs) with two-stage ORC are mostly used in low-
temperature geothermal fields around the World. The environmental impacts of these GPPs …

Environmental impact of electricity generation technologies: a comparison between conventional, nuclear, and renewable technologies

G Guidi, AC Violante, S De Iuliis - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Toward a sustainable environment: nexus between geothermal energy growth and land use change in EU economies

M Alsaleh, AS Abdul-Rahim - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
There are many advantages of geothermal energy as an environmentally friendly resource;
however, there are quite a several challenges that need to be overcome to completely …

Advanced monitoring of geothermal Organic Rankine Cycles

M Irl, C Schifflechner, C Wieland, H Spliethoff - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Geothermal Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plants have tremendous
worldwide potential for the utilization of low-and medium-temperature geothermal resources …

Geothermal trigeneration systems with Organic Rankine Cycles: Evaluation of different plant configurations considering part load behaviour

C Schifflechner, L Kuhnert, L Irrgang, F Dawo… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the increasing importance of cooling applications, geothermal trigeneration systems
might be of high interest in the future. This work aims at evaluating different plant layouts …