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Understanding environmental trade-offs and resource demand of direct air capture technologies through comparative life-cycle assessment
Direct air capture (DAC) technologies remove carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from ambient air through chemical sorbents. Their scale-up is a backstop in many...
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Sustainable Technologies for Biofuel Production
However, the increase in population makes it necessary to search for different biofuel production alternatives that will allow us to move towards...
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Effective Carbon Footprint of Industrial Heating Technologies
This chapter investigates the environmental impact of various heating technologies used in industrial processes. The chapter examines key factors...
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Environmental trade-offs of (de)centralized renewable electricity systems
BackgroundRenewable energies are key to reduce CO 2 emissions and other environmental impacts of fossil-fueled electricity generation. However,...
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Seismic Design Using Advanced Technologies: An Environmental Point-of-View
Humanity is now facing a climate emergency. If global warming continues to increase in its current rate, the related catastrophic breakdown of...
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Battery Technologies
Energy storage is crucial for solar energy utilisation. This chapter provides an introduction into different energy storage types and focuses on...
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Powering Nigeria's future: balancing renewable and non-renewable energy for environmental sustainability
This study examines the role of non-renewable and renewable energy sources in promoting environmental sustainability in Nigeria. It also considers...
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Behavioral barriers to the use of renewable and energy-efficient technologies in residential buildings in Iran
In Iran, residential buildings contribute 28.4% to total energy consumption and 18.1% to total carbon dioxide emissions. However, there are several...
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Effective Carbon Footprint of Heating Technologies
This chapter explores the concept of effective carbon footprint as a metric for evaluating the environmental impact of different heating...
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Prospective assessment of energy technologies: a comprehensive approach for sustainability assessment
BackgroundA further increase in renewable energy supply is needed to substitute fossil fuels and combat climate change. Each energy source and...
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Normalized performance indices estimation of photovoltaic technologies incorporating tracking system classifications
The present study investigates the in-depth normalized performance index (NPI) parameters based on IEC 61724 standard for seven photovoltaic (PV)...
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Future Prospects and Emerging Technologies
This chapter explores some of the future prospects for the sustainable energy transition, focusing on the emerging technologies and the policy and...
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Smart Technologies for Energy and Environmental Sustainability
As the application of smart technologies for monitoring environmental activities becomes more widespread, there is a growing demand for solutions...
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Environmental Impacts of Power Plants and Energy Conversion Systems
Life cycle assessments (LCAs) of power plants and energy conversion systems currently incorporate more granular spatial and temporal information,...
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The impact of environmental policy stringency and environmental taxes on GHG emissions in Western and Central European countries
Environmental pollution endangers nature, human health, and, subsequently, the economy. The governments of European countries are trying to mitigate...
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A review on technologies with electricity generation potentials using liquified natural gas regasification cold energy
In modern times, worldwide requirements to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and increment in energy demand due to the progress of humanity, have become...
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Advancements and Innovations in Green Hydrogen Technologies
The only fuel, Green Hydrogen is recognized as a net zero carbon combustion product which favours environmental sustainability. It can be widely used...
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Trends in carbon capture technologies: a bibliometric analysis
Climate change is an ever-present issue, which has a vast variety of potential solutions, one of which being carbon capture. This paper aims to use...
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Energy harvesting from tropical biomasses in Wallacea region: scenarios, technologies, and perspectives
Wallacea attracts much attention from researchers because it is a meeting point between Asia and Australia with rich biodiversity. Therefore,...
