Wind energy is not sustainable when balanced by fossil energy

How to Conduct Prospective Life Cycle Assessment for Emerging Technologies? A Systematic Review and Methodological Guidance

(2020) Nils Thonemann et al.   Sustainability

Economic analysis of grid integration of variable solar and wind power with conventional power system

(2020) Xing Yao et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Life-Cycle Carbon Emissions and Energy Return on Investment for 80% Domestic Renewable Electricity with Battery Storage in California (U.S.A.)

(2020) Marco Raugei et al.   Energies

Gas turbine efficiency and ramp rate improvement through compressed air injection

(2020) Kamal Abudu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART A-JOURNAL OF POWER AND ENERGY

Influence of the wind energy sector on thermal power plants in the Polish energy system

(2020) Tomasz Simla et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Offshore wind competitiveness in mature markets without subsidy

(2020) Malte Jansen et al.   Nature Energy

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

(2020) Laura J. Sonter et al.   Nature Communications

Energiewende, 20 years later - [CrossTalk]

(2020) Vaclav Smil   IEEE SPECTRUM

Better estimates of LCOE from audited accounts – A new methodology with examples from United Kingdom offshore wind and CCGT

(2019) John Aldersey-Williams et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Perspective and Prospects for Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

(2019) J.M.D. Coey   Engineering

Reconciling high renewable electricity ambitions with market economics and system operation: Lessons from Ireland's power system

(2019) F. Gaffney et al.   Energy Strategy Reviews

Balancing wind-power fluctuation via onsite storage under uncertainty: Power-to-hydrogen-to-power versus lithium battery

(2019) Yumeng Zhang et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Roles of wind and solar energy in China’s power sector: Implications of intermittency constraints

(2018) Sheng Zhou et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Environmental assessment of wind turbine systems based on thermo-ecological cost

(2018) Wojciech Stanek et al.   ENERGY

The marginal system LCOE of variable renewables – Evaluating high penetration levels of wind and solar in Europe

(2018) Lina Reichenberg et al.   ENERGY

Geophysical constraints on the reliability of solar and wind power in the United States

(2018) Matthew R. Shaner et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

An assessment of U.S. rare earth availability for supporting U.S. wind energy growth targets

(2018) D.D. Imholte et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Bridging the gap: Do fast-reacting fossil technologies facilitate renewable energy diffusion?

(2018) Elena Verdolini et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Short-term integration costs of variable renewable energy: Wind curtailment and balancing in Britain and Germany

(2018) Michael Joos et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A review on peak load shaving strategies

(2018) Moslem Uddin et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Meet Vaclav Smil, the man who has quietly shaped how the world thinks about energy

(2018) Paul Voosen   SCIENCE

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of NdFeB Permanent Magnet Production from Different Rare Earth Deposits

(2018) Josefine Marx et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Behind the Scenes of Clean Energy: The Environmental Footprint of Rare Earth Products

(2018) Praneet S. Arshi et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

The spatial extent of renewable and non-renewable power generation: A review and meta-analysis of power densities and their application in the U.S.

(2018) John van Zalk et al.   ENERGY POLICY

The economy-wide effects of large-scale renewable electricity expansion in Europe: The role of integration costs

(2018) Gabriel Bachner et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

China's supply of critical raw materials: Risks for Europe's solar and wind industries?

(2017) Wiebke Rabe et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Marginal greenhouse gas emissions displacement of wind power in Great Britain

(2017) R. Camilla Thomson et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Lessons Learned from a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

(2017) Christina Wulf et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Gas generation and wind power: A review of unlikely allies in the United Kingdom and Ireland

(2017) Joseph Devlin et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Balancing Europe’s wind-power output through spatial deployment informed by weather regimes

(2017) Christian M. Grams et al.   Nature Climate Change

Systems Thinking for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Review of Recent Developments, Applications, and Future Perspectives

(2017) Nuri Onat et al.   Sustainability

Start-up costs of thermal power plants in markets with increasing shares of variable renewable generation

(2017) Wolf-Peter Schill et al.   Nature Energy

Understanding future emissions from low-carbon power systems by integration of life-cycle assessment and integrated energy modelling

(2017) Michaja Pehl et al.   Nature Energy

Environmental impacts of balancing offshore wind power with compressed air energy storage (CAES)

(2016) Evert A. Bouman et al.   ENERGY

Optimization of Data Center Battery Storage Investments for Microgrid Cost Savings, Emissions Reduction, and Reliability Enhancement

(2016) Christopher C. Thompson et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS

Biodiversity: The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers

(2016) Sean L. Maxwell et al.   NATURE

Evaluation of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hydroelectricity Generation Systems

(2016) Akhil Kadiyala et al.   Sustainability

Benchmarking Environmental Impacts of Peat Use for Electricity Generation in Ireland—A Life Cycle Assessment

(2015) Fionnuala Murphy et al.   Sustainability

System LCOE: What are the costs of variable renewables?

(2014) Falko Ueckerdt et al.   ENERGY

Greenhouse gas emissions from renewable energy sources: A review of lifecycle considerations

(2014) Nana Yaw Amponsah et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A systematic review of bioenergy life cycle assessments

(2013) Stefan Muench et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Estimating power plant start costs in cyclic operation

(2013) P. Keatley et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Wind farms on undegraded peatlands are unlikely to reduce future carbon emissions

(2013) Jo Smith et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Assessing the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from solar PV and wind energy: A critical meta-survey

(2013) Daniel Nugent et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Empirically based uncertainty factors for the pedigree matrix in ecoinvent

(2013) Andreas Ciroth et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Assessing the life cycle environmental impacts of wind power: A review of present knowledge and research needs

(2012) Anders Arvesen et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the generation of wind and hydro power

(2011) Hanne Lerche Raadal et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Comparison of Capacity Credit Calculation Methods for Conventional Power Plants and Wind Power

(2009) M. Amelin   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS

Improvement of part load efficiency of a combined cycle power plant provisioning ancillary services

(2008) Miroslav Variny et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Land cover change and soil organic carbon stocks in the Republic of Ireland 1851–2000

(2008) James M. Eaton et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

LCA of renewable energy for electricity generation systems—A review

(2008) Varun et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Assessment of sustainability indicators for renewable energy technologies

(2008) Annette Evans et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Energy performances and life cycle assessment of an Italian wind farm

(2006) Fulvio Ardente et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS