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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chaoyi Chen, Mehmet Pinar, Thanasis Stengos
Summary: This study examines the nonlinear impact of renewable energy consumption and economic growth on CO2 emissions per capita. The findings suggest that increasing renewable energy consumption only reduces CO2 emissions per capita when countries surpass a certain threshold of renewable energy consumption.
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Environmental Sciences
Mihaela Simionescu
Summary: This paper examines GHG emissions in Central and Eastern European countries from 1990 to 2019 and proposes economic policies to reduce pollution, finding an inverse N-shaped relationship between GDP and GHG emissions, and an N-shaped relationship between value added in agriculture and pollution. The study confirms a U-shaped renewable energy Kuznets Curve for overall economy and agriculture, suggesting that reducing pollution can promote sustainable development in these countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yifan Liang, Xinping Han, Nur Syazwani Mazlan, Bufan Liang, Liu Ting
Summary: This study examines the impact of aging population on carbon emissions in different regions of China by constructing a panel threshold regression model. The results show that economic development leads to increased carbon emissions in Eastern China and decreased emissions in Central China. Trade dependence and urbanization rate are identified as the key factors affecting carbon emissions in these regions. The study suggests that regional governments in Eastern China should encourage international trading companies to relocate to Central China, while the governments in Central China should implement policies to attract these companies. Additionally, increasing urbanization rate in Central China could reduce energy consumption and improve energy efficiency.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Devran Sanli, Yusuf Muratoglu, Mehmet Songur, Erginbay Ugurlu
Summary: This study examines the asymmetric relationships between renewable and fossil energy sources in carbon emissions and the environmental Kuznets hypothesis. The results show that renewable energy has a significant effect in reducing carbon emissions, but this effect is not significant for OECD countries. The novelty of this study lies in its approach to energy supply with asymmetric effects for renewable and fossil energy.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shahzad Hameed, Wei Wei, Muhammad Umer Farrukh, Shuangyan Li, Muhammad Ilyas, Inam ul-Haq
Summary: Hydropower renewable energy is environmentally friendly, flexible, and affordable, and it is compatible with other energy frames and policies. A study has examined nine different perspectives of hydropower renewable energy, using the EKC framework to measure the long-term impact in South and East Asia economies. The results confirm that renewable energy can mitigate environmental losses and bring about stability. Therefore, the future development of South and East Asia economies depends on the adoption of hydropower renewable energy.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nabila Amin, Huaming Song
Summary: This study employs a comparative approach to examine the relationships among economic growth, energy consumption, urbanization, trade, and CO2 emissions in South and East Asian countries. The findings indicate long-term connections between these variables, with nonrenewable energy consumption and economic growth increasing CO2 emissions in South Asia, while trade and renewable energy consumption reducing CO2 emissions in the short term. Similar patterns are observed in East Asia, with economic growth, nonrenewable energy consumption, trade, and urbanization increasing CO2 emissions, and renewable energy consumption reducing them. The study also identifies long-term bidirectional causation between CO2 emissions, renewable energy use, economic growth, and trade.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Natalya Ketenci
Summary: This study examines the relationships between carbon emissions and factors such as energy consumption, real income, and international trade in European countries. The study explores the environmental Kuznets curve in subregions with structural shifts, and finds evidence of fluctuating relationships between CO2 emissions and income in a U-shaped pattern when structural breaks are considered.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Romanus Osabohien, Adedoyin Isola Lawal, Tyrone De Alwis
Summary: The study found that energy use has a significant impact on carbon emissions, but per capita income can attenuate this impact. There are differences across sub-regions, and African countries face a dilemma in balancing economic growth and reducing carbon emissions, suggesting more investment in renewable energy.
Article
Economics
Hichem Dkhili
Summary: This analysis examines the hypothesis of EKC in MENA countries and finds the long-term decline between renewable energies, economic growth, trade openness, and FDI. The empirical results also show a link between the rate of CO2 emissions and trade openness.
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
(2022)
Article
Economics
Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Leena Mary Eapen, Sthanu R. Nair
Summary: The study found a long-term relationship between economic growth and electricity consumption in the agriculture sector in India, with unidirectional causality flowing from overall economic growth to electricity consumption at the aggregate state level. At the sectoral level, there is a unidirectional causal relationship running from electricity consumption to economic growth for the agriculture sector, and economic growth to electricity consumption for the industrial sector.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anam Azam, Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Shafique, Haonan Zhang, Muhammad Ateeq, Jiahai Yuan
Summary: The study shows that renewable electricity consumption has a positive impact on economic growth in newly industrialized countries, and there is a significant bidirectional causation between renewable electricity consumption and economic growth in the long run.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hail Jung, Chang-Keun Song
Summary: This study investigates the effects of Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) adoption on the reduction rate of carbon emission at the country level. The study finds that ETS is effective for both post-industrial and pre-industrial economies, resulting in faster reduction of carbon emissions for decoupled countries that have adopted ETS compared to non-decoupled countries. Furthermore, ETS adoption significantly reduces overall carbon emissions per capita compared to other global events. These findings suggest that a market-based mechanism like ETS is an effective strategy for achieving sustainable development.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fatma Tasdemir
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of income on CO2 emissions, and finds that countries with higher shares of manufacturing and industry sectors show a stronger sensitivity to income, while countries with a high level of servicification have a lower sensitivity. Therefore, when designing industrial policies, it is important to promote manufacturing and industrial sectors with lower carbon emissions for a more balanced consideration of emission reduction and development.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gregory J. Miller, Kevin Novan, Alan Jenn
Summary: Carbon accounting is crucial for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions, and the current practice of annual-average accounting may lead to bias in emission inventories. This study calculates emission inventories for various facilities in the US and finds that annual-average accounting can over- or under-estimate carbon inventories by as much as 35%. The bias is greater in regions with high variation in carbon intensity and for end-users with high variation in electricity consumption. The authors recommend adopting hourly accounting as the best practice for emissions inventories of consumed electricity.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Festus Fatai Adedoyin, Murad A. Bein, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: The study did not confirm the presence of an N-shaped EKC in the emerging 7 countries but rather found an inverted U-shaped EKC. Results showed a positive and significant relationship between renewable energy and non-renewable energy with CO2 emissions, but short-term results indicated no significant relationship between economic expansion and CO2 emissions. Causality tests revealed bi-directional causality between GDP and GDP-squared.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Helena Junqueira, Margarita Robaina, Susana Garrido, Radu Godina, Joao C. O. Matias
Summary: This article analyzes several seaports and offshore wind energy clusters in Europe to assess the feasibility of implementing an offshore wind energy cluster in the Port of Aveiro, Portugal. It concludes that the Portuguese market in this sector is not competitive compared with other international markets, but the development of an offshore wind energy cluster could increase companies' prospects and spur growth in related sectors.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sara Ciarlantini, Mara Madaleno, Margarita Robaina, Alexandra Monteiro, Celeste Eusebio, Maria Joao Carneiro, Carla Gama
Summary: The present study explores the relationship between tourism growth and air pollution in five important European tourism destinations. The research focuses on a regional level and takes into account critical pollutants in terms of urban air pollution. The findings suggest that the tourism-induced Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis is not validated for any of the countries. Additionally, differences in the impacts of international and domestic tourists on air pollution are found.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Angelo Rafael Tavares, Margarita Robaina
Summary: The green paradox is an undesirable and socially inefficient phenomenon caused by expansionary reactions to combat climate change. This article explores the different drivers, empirical evidence, and proposed solutions related to this phenomenon. The study finds that the delay in implementing the European emission cap mechanism has resulted in a strong green paradox.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Gisela Mello, Marta Ferreira Dias, Margarita Robaina
Summary: In Europe, the adoption of wind energy as a renewable energy source has significantly increased in the last decades and will continue to grow to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and carbon-neutrality by 2050. However, uncertainties regarding the end-of-life scenarios of wind farms, including standard procedures, legislation, and environmental impacts, still exist. The recycling rate of wind turbine components is high, but the final disposal of blades remains a concern. This study aims to identify and analyze the main environmental impacts related to the end-of-life scenarios of wind farms and highlight the application of circular economy principles.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Pedro Macedo, Mara Madaleno, Victor Moutinho
Summary: This study proposes a composite indicator to more accurately measure household energy poverty, with weights determined through a robust methodology. The study utilizes two regression models to analyze the impact of factors such as GDP and greenhouse gas emissions on energy poverty, providing valuable insights for the discussion and design of energy, environmental, and social policies.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Vera Pais-Magalhaes, Victor Moutinho, Margarita Robaina
Summary: This study examined the impact of population ageing on residential energy consumption in 28 EU member states from 2005 to 2018. Results showed significant variations in energy needs between different groups, with the highest energy needs group demonstrating better performance in renewable sources and energy-saving measures. Different groups require tailored policies due to their distinct energy needs.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Susana Carvalheira, Miguel Oliveira, Margarita Robaina, Joao C. O. Matias
Summary: Taking into account climate change and reliance on external energy sources, the EU and its commission have developed a strategy for transitioning to a climate-neutral economy by 2050. Energy efficiency, savings, and the development of renewable energy are key principles of the EU. This case study in the Portuguese ceramic industry demonstrates how mandatory European policies can help improve energy efficiency and highlights the importance of evaluating renewable energy options.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Celeste Eusebio, Vitor Rodrigues, Maria Joao Carneiro, Mara Madaleno, Margarita Robaina, Alexandra Monteiro
Summary: This study conducted a survey in Portugal and found that visitors can be classified into three clusters based on their self-reported pro-environmental behaviors: eco-transportation seekers, environmentally committed visitors, and environmentally insensitive visitors. These clusters differ in pro-environmental behaviors at home, environmental attitudes, perception of destination air quality, perception of the impact of air quality on health, as well as sociodemographic and travel characteristics.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Economics
Victor Moutinho, Helena M. Santos de Oliveira, Henrique Viana Espinosa de Oliveira, Felix Puime Guillen
Summary: The study proposes a hybrid and integrated theoretical model to understand the relationship between education and economic growth. The research focuses on the variables of human capital and labor, and their impact on unemployment and economic growth. The results reveal different statistical significance in the short and long term, emphasizing the importance of technological progress, physical capital, and human capital in explaining economic growth.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Economics
Renato Correia Domingues, Vitor Ferreira Moutinho, Pablo Duran Santomil, Luis Otero Gonzalez
Summary: This study examines the impact of team size and experience on European equity pension funds. The results show that team size has a negative short-term effect on fund flows and returns, while manager experience has a positive long-term impact on flows. In terms of risk, team size is related to value at risk, and manager experience has a negative effect on alpha.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Raquel Fernandez-Gonzalez, Felix Puime-Guillen, Victor Manuel Ferreira Moutinho, Helena Maria Santos de Oliveira
Summary: The article explores the increasing importance of environmental aspects in the parking sector in Spain. It analyzes the market concentration of the sector and finds that environmental certificates play a significant role in public tenders, strengthening the dominance of leading companies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Business
Pedro Mendonca Silva, Arminda Finisterra Paco, Victor Ferreira Moutinho
Summary: This study conducted a survey to investigate exhibitors' perception and engagement in omnichannel trade fairs. A new model was developed to examine the causal relationships between exhibitors' perceived compatibility, engagement, and loyalty. The results showed no significant differences between different types of exhibitors. This study addresses the gap in trade fair literature and provides new insights for future research.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MARKETING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Raquel Fernandez-Gonzalez, Felix Puime-Guillen, Victor Manuel Ferreira Moutinho, Helena Maria Santos de Oliveira
Summary: This article analyzes whether the growing importance of environmental aspects has led to an increase in the concentration level of the parking sector in Spain. The results show that the certification of a cleaner activity is relevant in the process of public tenders in the sector, which has served to strengthen the dominance of the most prominent companies in possession of environmental certificates.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Business
Jose Luis Barbosa, Victor Ferreira Moutinho, Pedro Mendonca Silva
Summary: This study aims to quantitatively evaluate the relationships between revenues and expenditures and their components in Coimbra Municipality during the Early Modern era. The analysis using Markov-Switching regression techniques shows that most accounting components had a significant impact on revenues and expenditures, while the lack of technological innovation in accounting recording technologies did not affect their development.
ACCOUNTING HISTORY REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Genovese, F. Piraino, P. Fragiacomo
Summary: This research proposes the concept of a hydrogen valley in southern Italy, where hydrogen is produced centrally and delivered via fuel cell hybrid trains to refueling stations, providing transportation services. The analysis from both technical and economic perspectives shows that the cost of hydrogen and energy efficiency reached competitive levels, and hydrogen rail transport offers significant benefits in terms of emissions reduction and economic gains compared to conventional diesel trains and fully electric trains.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miaomiao Liu, Payam Nejat, Pinlu Cao, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, John Kaiser Calautit
Summary: This article provides a critical review of the performance of windcatchers, pointing out the current research gaps and issues, and proposing directions for further investigation and market prospects.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Solomon Boadu, Ebenezer Otoo
Summary: Despite Africa's vast energy resources, including wind energy, the continent faces challenges in developing its wind energy industry. Northern African countries and South Africa currently dominate the wind energy sector in Africa. To uplift Africa's socio-economic status, strong political will, supportive policies, and institutional frameworks are needed to drive the development of wind energy and overcome existing challenges.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. K. Grubbs, S. M. Gruss, V. Z. Schull, M. J. Gosney, M. V. Mickelbart, S. Brouder, M. W. Gitau, P. Bermel, M. R. Tuinstra, R. Agrawal
Summary: As the global population grows, the demand for food, energy, and water will increase significantly. However, limited land availability and competition for solar resources pose challenges to resource generation technologies. In the United States, both agriculture and solar energy production have adopted densification schemes to improve yields and energy output per unit of land. This research proposes an Agrivoltaic food and energy coproduction architecture that optimizes power generation while maintaining crop productivity by implementing ideal anti-tracking during critical growth periods. This technology offers a viable pathway for widespread solar implementation throughout the contiguous United States.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Han Shao, Rui Henriques, Hugo Morais, Elisabetta Tedeschi
Summary: The integration of offshore wind energy into the electric grid provides opportunities in terms of environmental sustainability and cost efficiency, but poses challenges to power quality. This survey offers a deeper understanding of disturbance detection and classification tools, exploring root causes, disturbance locations, and algorithmic solutions. It highlights synchronized waveform measurement and discusses evaluation metrics for detection and classification algorithms. Additionally, a novel system-wide monitoring framework is proposed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleni Davidson, Yair Schwartz, Joe Williams, Dejan Mumovic
Summary: A continued upward trend in global greenhouse gas emissions poses risks to global infrastructure and built assets. Maintaining high indoor environmental quality standards is a challenge for higher education institutions under future climates. Passive cooling mechanisms may be insufficient to tolerate predicted temperature increases. Different building typologies have varying energy demand projections.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kexin Pang, Jian Zhou, Stamatis Tsianikas, David W. Coit, Yizhong Ma
Summary: This study proposes a new framework for long-term microgrid expansion planning, using deep reinforcement learning method to consider various uncertainties and constraints. The framework aims to enhance the effectiveness of microgrid expansion planning from the perspectives of economy, resilience, and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: The continuous growth of global electricity penetration has provided modern energy for alleviating energy poverty, but its impact on carbon neutrality has been overlooked. The research reveals that clean electricity from traditional fossil energy and renewable energy has a positive influence on the greenhouse effect. Eradicating energy poverty can effectively alleviate the greenhouse effect, especially in non-Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) nations.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hossein Shahbeik, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Mona Dehhaghi, Gilles J. Guillemin, Alireza Fallahi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Hamid Amiri, Mohammad Rehan, Deepak Raikwar, Hannes Latine, Bruno Pandalone, Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Christian Sonne, Luigi Vaccaro, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Su Shiung Lam, Junting Pan, Rafael Luque, Bert Sels, Wanxi Peng, Meisam Tabatabaei, Mortaza Aghbashlo
Summary: This review explores the production of biocrude oil from biomass feedstocks through the process of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). It discusses the impact of process parameters on the quality, quantity, cost, and environmental impacts of biofuels. The review also highlights the challenges and prospects for the future development of biocrude oil.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meysam Majidi Nezhad, Mehdi Neshat, Georgios Sylaios, Davide Astiaso Garcia
Summary: Digital twins promise innovation for the marine renewable energy sector by using modern technological advances and the existing maritime knowledge frameworks. This research presents critical aspects of digital twin implementation challenges in marine energy digitalization approaches that use and combine data systems.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yeganeh Sharifian, Hamdi Abdi
Summary: This paper discusses the background and objectives of the multi-area economic dispatch problem, as well as various techniques and methods applied in this field. It also covers comprehensive formulations of the problem and important issues in the field of probabilistic MAED, along with some related concepts and suggestions.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. G. B. Churchill, V. B. Borugadda, A. K. Dalai
Summary: The increasing global energy demand and the need to reduce fossil fuel reliance have created a demand for renewable and sustainable fuel sources. This review explores the potential of tall oil, a by-product of the pulping industry, as a feedstock for biofuels. The review provides an overview of tall oil production, purification, and treatment, and investigates recent trends and barriers towards tall oil-derived biofuels.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David C. Broadstock, Xiangnan Wang
Summary: This study provides a general review of research on district cooling, identifying key topics and themes and highlighting potential research priorities for future studies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Scharnhorst, D. Sloot, N. Lehmann, A. Ardone, W. Fichtner
Summary: This study investigates and analyzes the barriers to demand response in industrial and commercial sectors, highlighting their significance. Concerns about diminished product quality, disruptions to production processes, human resource management, and revenue uncertainty are identified as the most frequently cited barriers. Overcoming these barriers requires bridging knowledge gaps, allocating sufficient resources, and adapting external incentives and policies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tong Feng, Yuechi Sun, Yating Shi, Jie Ma, Chunmei Feng, Zhenni Chen
Summary: Air pollution is a significant global challenge, and policymakers have implemented policies to reduce it. Evaluating the effectiveness of these policies is critical, and our study reveals trends and gaps in air pollution policy research. We found that research has shifted from focusing solely on air pollutants to including methodologies, policies, and health implications. China has emerged as a major contributor in this field of research.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
