A critical review on environmental impacts of renewable energy systems and mitigation strategies: Wind, hydro, biomass and geothermal

ET Sayed, T Wilberforce, K Elsaid, MKH Rabaia… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The annual growth of global energy demand and the associated environmental impacts
(EIs) has an important role in the large sustainable and green global energy transition …

Wind energy contribution to the sustainable development goals: case study on London array

AG Olabi, K Obaideen, MA Abdelkareem, MN AlMallahi… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clean and safe energy sources are essential for the long-term growth of society. Wind
energy is rapidly expanding and contributes to many countries' efforts to decrease …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal wind-solar site selection using a GIS-AHP based approach: a case of Tunisia

S Rekik, S El Alimi - Energy Conversion and Management: X, 2023 - Elsevier
Constructing large wind power plants (WPPs) and solar photovoltaic plants (SPVPs) is a
significant long-term investment. Due to the various conflicting factors involved in the …

Advances in technology and utilization of natural resources for achieving carbon neutrality and a sustainable solution to neutral environment

S Raza, E Ghasali, M Raza, C Chen, B Li, Y Orooji… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The greatest environmental issue of the twenty-first century is climate change. Human-
caused greenhouse gas emissions are increasing the frequency of extreme weather …

[HTML][HTML] Onshore versus offshore wind power trends and recent study practices in modeling of wind turbines' life-cycle impact assessments

B Desalegn, D Gebeyehu, B Tamrat, T Tadiwose… - Cleaner Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind energy has gradually become one of the most efficient and reliable forms of
sustainable energy, and it is being globally utilized to accelerate the expansion of green …

[HTML][HTML] The biodiversity-wind energy-land use nexus in a global biodiversity hotspot

V Kati, C Kassara, Z Vrontisi, A Moustakas - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wind energy is the leading renewable technology towards achieving climate goals, yet
biodiversity trade-offs via land take are emerging. Thus, we are facing the paradox of …

A global evaluation model applied to wind power plant site selection

M Asadi, M Ramezanzade, K Pourhossein - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Site selection is one of the most critical steps in designing wind farms due to the
heterogeneous distribution of wind energy on the Earth's surface. Additionally, the wind …

Advancing Wind Energy Efficiency: A Systematic Review of Aerodynamic Optimization in Wind Turbine Blade Design

AA Firoozi, F Hejazi, AA Firoozi - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Amid rising global demand for sustainable energy, wind energy emerges as a crucial
renewable resource, with the aerodynamic optimization of wind turbine blades playing a key …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy deployments: A review

D Virah-Sawmy, B Sturmberg - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Mitigating global warming requires the rapid deployment of renewable energy (RE) systems
throughout all parts of the world economy. A crucial step for such deployments is the …

[HTML][HTML] Develo** a theoretical framework to explain the social acceptability of wind energy

SH Lundheim, G Pellegrini-Masini, CA Klöckner… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The social acceptability of wind farms has been researched for several decades now, with
the first research tracing back to the 1980s. This paper aims to deliver a literature review …