
Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies
- 1st Edition - June 11, 2022
- Editors: Paris A. Fokaides, Phoebe-Zoe Morsink-Georgali, Angeliki Kylili
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 1 1 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 3 7 6 - 3
Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies provides state-of-the-art coverage in both non-fossil energy conversion and storage techniques, as well as i… Read more

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Request a sales quoteEnvironmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies provides state-of-the-art coverage in both non-fossil energy conversion and storage techniques, as well as in their environmental assessment. This includes goal and scope, analysis boundaries, inventory and the impact assessment employed for the evaluation of these applications, as well as the environmental footprint of the technologies. The book compiles information currently available only in different sources concerning the environmental assessment of sustainable energy technologies, allowing for the comparative assessments of different technologies given specific boundary conditions, such as renewable potential and other specific features of discussed technologies.
It offers readers a comprehensive overview of the entire energy supply chain, namely from production to storage, by allowing the consideration of different production and storage combinations, based on their environmental assessment.
- Provides an overview of the environmental assessment process of renewable energy conversion and storage technologies
- Includes state-of-the-art approaches and techniques for the comprehensive environmental assessment of individual sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies and their applications
- Features comparative assessments of different technologies
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Section A
- Chapter 1. Introduction: environmental assessment of renewable energy and storage technologies: current status
- Content
- References
- Section B
- Chapter 2. Life cycle analysis of photovoltaic systems: a review
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 2.1 Introduction: European Union roadmap for energy and carbon emissions
- 2.2 PV system description
- 2.3 The methodology: life cycle analysis
- 2.4 Inventory analysis
- 2.5 Impact assessment
- 2.6 Conclusions—further research
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 3. Life cycle assessment review in solar thermal systems
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Building-integrated solar thermal collectors
- 3.3 Building-added solar thermal systems
- 3.4 Evacuated tube solar thermal collectors
- 3.5 Conclusions
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 4. Environmental assessment of wind turbines and wind energy
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 State-of-the-art on wind turbines and wind energy
- 4.3 Life cycle inventory of wind turbines and wind energy
- 4.4 Life cycle assessment of wind turbines and wind energy
- 4.5 Critical review on the environmental assessment of wind turbines and wind energy
- References
- Chapter 5. Environmental assessment of biomass thermochemical conversion routes through a life cycle perspective
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Life cycle assessment of biomass conversion routes
- 5.3 Life cycle assessment of biomass thermochemical conversion routes
- 5.4 Issues affecting the comparability of life cycle assessment studies
- 5.5 Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 6. Environmental assessment of biomass to biofuels: biochemical conversion routes
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 State-of-the-art of the production technologies
- 6.3 Calculation of environmental impacts via life cycle assessment
- 6.4 Key performance indicators for life cycle assessment
- 6.5 Product environmental footprint
- 6.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 7. Environmental assessment of biomass-to-biofuels mechanical conversion routes (pelleting, briquetting)
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Pelleting and briquetting
- 7.3 Life cycle assessment
- 7.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8. Life cycle assessment of geothermal power technologies
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Technologies for power generation
- 8.3 Life cycle assessment: methodological aspects
- 8.4 Case studies
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Section C
- Chapter 9. Environmental impact assessment of hydropower stations
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Materials and methods
- 9.3 Results and discussion
- 9.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. A stakeholder impact analysis of the production of the energy vector hydrogen
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Methodological framework and background
- 10.3 Data—social hotspot database
- 10.4 Hydrogen production simplified process chain—system boundaries of the hydrogen process chain
- 10.5 Results—social risks of the stakeholders
- 10.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11. Environmental impact assessments of compressed air energy storage systems: a review
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Life cycle assessment
- 11.3 State-of-the-art compressed air energy storage technologies
- 11.4 Life cycle assessment of compressed air energy storage systems
- 11.5 Comparison of energy storage technologies
- 11.6 Conclusions and recommendations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 12. Environmental impact assessment of battery storage
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Battery storage markets and production overview
- 12.3 Methodology
- 12.4 Results
- 12.5 Discussion
- 12.6 Limitations
- 12.7 Conclusion
- Nomenclature
- References
- Section D
- Chapter 13. Environmental assessment of renewable energy and storage technologies: future challenges
- Index
- No. of pages: 330
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 11, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128171110
- eBook ISBN: 9780128173763
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