Article
Chemistry, Physical
Alejandro Nunez-Jimenez, Nicola De Blasio
Summary: The European Union considers renewable hydrogen a key priority and aims to develop competitive and secure supplies. International trade can play a major role in meeting the EU's hydrogen needs and requires highly integrated markets between member states. The study shows that imports from neighboring countries can minimize overall costs despite higher transportation costs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Barbara Kaczmarczyk, Karolina Lis, Anna Bogucka
Summary: This article provides information on the use of renewable energy carriers and their contribution to the energy balance of EU Member States. The dynamic nature of the subject and ongoing developments in this field are highlighted. The article presents a comparative analysis of the utilization of renewable energy sources in each EU Member State, as well as indicators for monitoring the implementation of EU commitments in the sector.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sanja Potrc, Lidija Cucek, Mariano Martin, Zdravko Kravanja
Summary: The paper presents a plan for achieving the carbon neutral target in the EU-27 by 2050, utilizing a multi-period mixed-integer programming model to maximize sustainability net present value. Wind farms and solar photovoltaics are highlighted as the most promising solutions for expanding renewable energy generation, with the potential to create over 1.5 million new job opportunities across the EU.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yacouba Kassouri, Mehmet Altuntas, Andrew Adewale Alola
Summary: Despite the attention on carbon capturing and sequestration schemes in reducing emissions, their contribution to renewable energy deployment in Europe remains insufficient. This study investigates the influence of natural capital captured by biocapacity and its relationship with carbon emissions and trade openness on renewable energy deployment. Panel data analysis confirms a significant long-term association among variables and reveals that oil utilization and carbon emissions discourage renewable energy deployment. The results suggest that expanding natural capital through carbon sequestration techniques is crucial for energy transition advancement, and the productive capacity of Europe's ecosystem and trade openness play essential roles in renewable energy supply.
Article
Thermodynamics
Mattia De Rosa, Kenneth Gainsford, Fabiano Pallonetto, Donal P. Finn
Summary: Energy security assessment is an important aspect of national security, economic stability, and prosperity, which quantifies the energy supply and the risk of energy disruption or shortage. This paper investigates the energy supply diversification in Europe and analyzes import dependence, market concentration, and renewable energy deployment. The results show a stable evolution of fuel mix diversity and a relatively low market concentration. However, high import dependency reduces energy security, and there is an increasing trend in renewable electricity production share.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Jaroslaw Brodny, Magdalena Tutak
Summary: This article addresses the issue of energy security in the European Union countries during the war in Ukraine. The study evaluates the energy security level of EU-27 countries from two perspectives: energy and economic factors, and sustainable development including environmental and social factors. The research utilizes multiple criteria decision-making methods and indicator weighting methods to analyze the core findings. The results provide rankings for the studied countries and specify their energy security levels.
Article
Development Studies
Muhlis Can, Zahoor Ahmed
Summary: Energy insecurity and unsustainable development are major challenges for nations. The author examines the impact of economic complexity on energy consumption and finds that higher economic complexity leads to increased renewable energy usage and decreased non-renewable energy usage.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Economics
Lanka Horstink, Julia M. Wittmayer, Kiat Ng
Summary: To achieve the EU's goal of providing 'Clean Energy for All Europeans', a shift from centralized, fossil-fuel based systems to decentralized systems based on renewable energy sources is envisioned, with a focus on citizen participation. This paper categorizes collective social actors that produce and consume energy from renewable sources, aiming to clarify their role in the energy landscape and recommend policy adjustments to support the implementation of clean energy policies.
Article
Economics
Thomas Sattich, Duncan Freeman, Daniel Scholten, Shaohua Yan
Summary: Renewable energy plays a crucial role in EU-China relations, aligning both sides in energy policy while also potentially creating obstacles due to differing national priorities. However, there is potential for renewed cooperation in energy policy if policymakers can look beyond the current structure of the bilateral relationship.
Article
Economics
Demetrio Panarello, Andrea Gatto
Summary: The COVID-19 crisis has led to a reevaluation of energy transition, specifically in the EU where the Green Deal aims to achieve social goals through renewable energy and resource efficiency. However, the ongoing pandemic has affected the progress of this transition. This study examines the pre-pandemic perceptions of EU citizens regarding key factors in renewable energy transition and suggests important implications for energy policy modeling.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Michael Krug, Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Lucas Schwarz, Irene Alonso, Isabel Azevedo, Massimo Bastiani, Anna Dylag, Erik Laes, Arthur Hinsch, Gaidis Klavs, Ivars Kudrenickis, Pouyan Maleki, Gilda Massa, Erika Meynaerts, Stavroula Pappa, Karina Standal
Summary: With the Clean Energy for all Europeans legislative package, the EU aimed to prioritize consumers in its energy policy. The analysis of the transposition of key RED II provisions in nine European countries revealed significant variation in performance, highlighting the importance of actor-related and capacity-related factors, as well as institutional fit and characteristics of the RED II itself. Future research should focus on the influence of national governments and incumbents in both the transposition process and upstream policy formulation at the European level.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eyup Dogan, Sabina Hodzic, Tanja Fatur Sikic
Summary: The modern lifestyle and economic development of the European Union countries are closely connected to high energy consumption and environmental pollution. Renewable energy has arisen as one solution to this problem, even though the obstacles and challenges regarding the deployment of renewable energy lie in high costs, technology and legislation. The investigation of the determinants of renewable energy has become very attractive and popular because of the Sustainable Development Goals and COP26 targets. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the role of energy taxes and environmental taxes in addition to that of economic and environmental indicators in renewable energy development for the panel of EU countries by applying reliable and robust econometric techniques to the annual data from 1995 to 2019. The empirical results suggest that an increase in economic growth and oil prices supports renewable energy while environmental taxes and energy taxes have a negative impact on renewable energy deployment in EU countries. Thus, it is crucial to reform the structure of taxes to support the use of renewable energy. In addition, increasing environmental taxes to transform EU countries into energy-efficient economies will require additional EU policy adjustments.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jingyi Liu, Qaiser Abbas, Majed Alharthi, Muhammad Mohsin, Farhat Rasul, Nadeem Iqbal
Summary: The study found that Pakistan has excellent potential to generate hydrogen energy through wind power stations. According to the results, Nooriabad can produce 303.66 million RE/kWh per year through wind energy sources. The rest of the seven wind generation sites also have enough capacity to generate hydrogen energy.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Marc Melliger
Summary: Multi-technology auctions are a popular tool in the EU for supporting renewable electricity, but they may lead to dominance of certain technologies, posing reliability issues for some countries' power systems. Statistical analysis reveals that 80% of multi-technology auctions from 2011-2020 were skewed, favoring one technology strongly or exclusively. General design elements and context factors cannot explain this phenomenon, suggesting that auction-external factors may be the key factors. However, the aggregated outcome across different rounds, years, and countries remains relatively balanced, although this balance may change in the future if skewed outcomes persist. Policymakers should consider technology-specific auctions for promoting diverse and targeted renewable deployment if they cannot manage the risks associated with skewed auction outcomes.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Kusay Faisal Al-tabatabaie, Md. Biplob Hossain, Md. Kamrul Islam, Md. Rabiul Awual, Abu Reza Md. TowfiqulIslam, Md. Amzad. Hossain, Md. Esraz-Ul-Zannat, Aminul Islam
Summary: In the past two decades, Bangladesh has seen significant growth in electricity access, with a reliance on furnace oil for generation instead of renewable sources. However, there is untapped potential in the country's energy resources for achieving carbon-neutral energy. Without proper strategies, Bangladesh may fail to meet its emissions reduction targets. This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and energy diversification, highlighting the importance of a well-defined connection. Evaluating the energy sector and initiatives for clean energy production, the study discusses the potential of clean energy sources to reduce carbon emissions and emphasizes the need for energy policies to enhance innovation in the renewable energy industry for long-term development in Bangladesh.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gonzalo Escribano Frances, Philippe Quevauviller, Enrique San Martin Gonzalez, Elisa Vargas Amelin
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2017)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Enrique San-Martin, Beatriz Larraz, Maria Soledad Gallego
WATER INTERNATIONAL
(2020)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Richard Thonig, Pablo Del Rio, Christoph Kiefer, Lara Lazaro Touza, Gonzalo Escribano, Yolanda Lechon, Leonhard Spaeth, Ingo Wolf, Johan Lilliestam
Summary: The study reveals that political ideology has a limited impact on decarbonization and renewable energy targets in European countries, with governments and political parties having similar ambitious goals. Citizens generally support ambitious climate actions regardless of their ideological self-description. However, clarity is lacking in political positions regarding balancing intermittent renewables with new flexibility options.
ENERGY SOURCES PART B-ECONOMICS PLANNING AND POLICY
(2021)
Article
Economics
Gonzalo Escribano, Juandiego Paredes-Gazquez, Enrique San-Martin
Article
Engineering, Civil
Beatriz Larraz, Enrique San-Martin
Summary: This article discusses the importance of reservoir management in promoting socioeconomic development and maintaining population in rural areas. It emphasizes the need for prioritizing reservoir water management for local development over transferring water to other basins.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cristina Castellanos-Serrano, Gonzalo Escribano, Juandiego Paredes-Gazquez, Enrique San-Martin Gonzalez
Summary: This article presents a gender analysis of educational outcomes in economics at Spain's leading distance university, UNED, to assess the gender gap and identify the factors causing it. The results show that women underperform in terms of passing and scoring, particularly among those between 30 and 45 years old. COVID-19 narrowed the gender gap during the lockdown period but worsened women's results after the lockdown. This may be due to the additional responsibilities they had to take on.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Federico Soler Vaya, Enrique San-Martin Gonzalez
Summary: Since the implementation of the Leader methodology in 1991, public institutions in Spain have consistently committed to the development of rural areas through tourism, allocating the most resources to this economic activity. However, there has been a lack of studies evaluating the impact of these investments on the municipalities where they have been implemented. This article proposes a quantitative analysis of rural tourism between 2006 and 2019 to determine the effects of programs implemented under the Leader methodology. Despite challenges due to limited and poor-quality data, the results suggest a positive relationship between rural overnight stays and participation in rural development programs under the Leader methodology.
INVESTIGACIONES TURISTICAS
(2023)
Article
Sociology
Federico Soler Vaya, Enrique San Martin Gonzalez
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of rural tourism on demographic development in rural municipalities in Spain. The results indicate that the demand side of the sector has little effect, but municipalities with a significant provision of tourism resources and diversified tourism products have experienced better demographic growth. Other factors such as employment, municipality size, and climate also influence demographic development.
AGER-REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS SOBRE DESPOBLACION Y DESARROLLO RURAL
(2022)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Gonzalo Escribano
REVISTA DE OCCIDENTE
(2019)
Article
Area Studies
Gonzalo Escribano
MEDITERRANEAN POLITICS
(2019)
Article
Geography
Gonzalo Escribano, Javier Valdes
Article
International Relations
Gonzalo Escribano
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Federico Soler Vaya, Enrique San Martin Gonzalez
PASOS-REVISTA DE TURISMO Y PATRIMONIO CULTURAL
(2017)
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)