Considerations on environmental, economic, and energy impacts of wind energy generation: Projections towards sustainability initiatives

G Msigwa, JO Ighalo, PS Yap - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy sector contributes significantly to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) due
to the use of fossil fuels which leads to climate change problems. Worldwide, there is a shift …

Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global sustainability

RR Hernandez, A Armstrong, J Burney, G Ryan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The strategic engineering of solar energy technologies—from individual rooftop modules to
large solar energy power plants—can confer significant synergistic outcomes across …

[HTML][HTML] The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy

DJ Van de Ven, I Capellan-Peréz, I Arto, I Cazcarro… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Although the transition to renewable energies will intensify the global competition for land,
the potential impacts driven by solar energy remain unexplored. In this work, the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial correlation evolution and prediction scenario of land use carbon emissions in China

T Rong, P Zhang, H Zhu, L Jiang, Y Li, Z Liu - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide emissions are the main drivers of global warming and extreme weather
disasters caused by global warming have posed a threat to sustainable development and …

Integrating solar energy with agriculture: Industry perspectives on the market, community, and socio-political dimensions of agrivoltaics

AS Pascaris, C Schelly, L Burnham… - Energy Research & Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-scale development of solar-generated electricity is hindered in some regions of the
US by land use competition and localized social resistance. One approach to alleviate these …

Agrivoltaics provide mutual benefits across the food–energy–water nexus in drylands

GA Barron-Gafford, MA Pavao-Zuckerman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The vulnerabilities of our food, energy and water systems to projected climatic change make
building resilience in renewable energy and food production a fundamental challenge. We …

Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas

JA Rehbein, JEM Watson, JL Lane… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy is fundamental for halting anthropogenic
climate change. However, renewable energy facilities can be land‐use intensive and impact …

Power-to-Liquid catalytic CO2 valorization into fuels and chemicals: focus on the Fischer-Tropsch route

C Panzone, R Philippe, A Chappaz, P Fongarland… - Journal of CO2 …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the framework of limiting the concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere, the utilization of CO
2 as a feedstock for the synthesis of different products, such as methanol, dimethyl ether and …

Knowns, uncertainties, and challenges in agrivoltaics to sustainably intensify energy and food production

N Gomez-Casanovas, P Mwebaze, M Khanna… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
Harnessing solar energy to renewably produce electricity can contribute to climate mitigation
while meeting current energy demands. However, utility-scale photovoltaics are land …

A review of land use, visibility and public perception of renewable energy in the context of landscape impact

R Ioannidis, D Koutsoyiannis - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Landscape impacts associated with aesthetics have been a persistent cause of opposition
against renewable energy projects. However, the current uncertainty over the spatial extents …