Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies

1st Edition - June 11, 2022
Editors: Paris A. Fokaides, Phoebe-Zoe Morsink-Georgali, Angeliki Kylili
Language: English
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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 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.

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
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