Perspectives on environmental impacts and a land reclamation strategy for solar and wind energy systems

A Dhar, MA Naeth, PD Jennings, MG El-Din - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global energy demands and environmental concerns are a driving force for use of
alternative, sustainable and clean energy sources. Solar and wind are among the most …

Carbon‐neutral pathways for the United States

JH Williams, RA Jones, B Haley, G Kwok… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global
Warming of 1.5° C points to the need for carbon neutrality by mid‐century. Achieving this in …

Solar energy development impacts on land cover change and protected areas

RR Hernandez, MK Hoffacker… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Decisions determining the use of land for energy are of exigent concern as land scarcity, the
need for ecosystem services, and demands for energy generation have concomitantly …

Interactions of wind energy project siting, wind resource potential, and the evolution of the US power system

T Mai, A Lopez, M Mowers, E Lantz - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The interactions of wind energy project siting, resource potential, and power system
evolution are critical to understand given interest in high renewable energy systems …

Low-impact land use pathways to deep decarbonization of electricity

GC Wu, E Leslie, O Sawyerr… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A growing number of jurisdictions are passing ambitious clean energy policies. Yet few
studies have accounted for natural and agricultural land impacts of low-carbon pathways …

Avoiding ecosystem and social impacts of hydropower, wind, and solar in Southern Africa's low-carbon electricity system

GC Wu, R Deshmukh, A Trainor, A Uppal… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The scale at which low-carbon electricity will need to be deployed to meet economic growth,
electrification, and climate goals in Africa is unprecedented, yet the potential land use and …

Geospatial and techno-economic analysis of wind and solar resources in India

R Deshmukh, GC Wu, DS Callaway, A Phadke - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Using geospatial and economic analysis, we identify abundant renewable resources in India—
850–3400 GW for onshore wind, 1300–5200 GW for utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV), 160 …

Strategic land use analysis for solar energy development in New York State

VV Katkar, JA Sward, A Worsley, KM Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the spatial characteristics of existing utility-scale solar energy (USSE)
development in New York State (NYS) and assesses the land-suitability for the future …

Impact of land requirements on electricity system decarbonisation pathways

K Palmer-Wilson, J Donald, B Robertson, B Lyseng… - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Wind and solar power are predicted to dominate CO2 emission reductions in future
electricity systems. Unlike spatially compact fossil fuels, harnessing renewable energy flows …

Geophysical constraints on decarbonized systems—building spatio-temporal uncertainties into future electricity grid planning

AFMK Chowdhury, T Wild, R Deshmukh, G Iyer… - Current Sustainable …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Future electricity grids will be characterized by the high
penetration of renewables to support the decarbonization process. Yet, this transition will …