How Does Information and Communication Technology Affect Geothermal Energy Sustainability?

Alsaleh, Mohd; Wang, Xiaohui

doi:10.3390/su15021071

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“…The empirical analysis by Jayasinghe and Selvanathan (2021) illustrates that in the long run, one-way association prevails from energy utilisation and economic growth towards carbon emissions. A recent study by Alsaleh and Wang (2023) examined the long-run association between geothermal energy, GDP and carbon emissions in the presence of other variables, namely, information and communication technology, human capital and institutional quality in the model.…”

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A nexus between sustainability, energy utilisation and economic growth at aggregate and disaggregate level: a case of India

Dhillon

Kaur

2023

IJESM

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Purpose The growth of the Indian economy is accompanied by the rising trend of energy utilisation and its devastating effect on the environment. It is vital to understand the nexus between energy utilisation, climate and environment degradation and growth to devise a constructive policy framework for achieving the goal of sustainable growth. This study aims to analyse the long- and short-run association and direction of association between energy utilisation, carbon emission and growth of the Indian economy in the presence of structural break. Design/methodology/approach The study probes the association and direction of association between variables at both aggregate (total energy utilisation, total carbon emission and gross domestic product [GDP]) and disaggregates level (coal utilisation and coal emission, oil utilisation and oil emission, natural gas utilisation and natural gas emission along with GDP) over the time period of 50 years, i.e. 1971–2020. Autoregressive distributed lag model is used to examine the association between the variables and presence of structural break is confirmed with the help of Zivot–Andrews unit root test. To check the direction of association, vector error correction model Granger causality is performed. Findings Aggregate carbon emissions are affected positively by aggregate energy consumption and GDP in both short and long run. Bidirectional causality exists between total emissions and GDP, whereas a unidirectional causality runs from energy consumption towards carbon emission and GDP in the long run. At disaggregate level, consumption of coal energy impacts positively, whereas GDP influences coal emission negatively in the long run only. Furthermore, consumption of oil and GDP influences oil emissions positively in the long run. Lastly, natural gas is the energy source that has the fewest emissions in both short and long run. Originality/value There is a rapidly growing body of research on the connections and cause-and-effect relationships between energy use, economic growth and carbon emissions, but it has not conclusively proved how important the presence of structural breaks or changes within the economy is in shaping the outcomes of the aforementioned variables, especially when focusing on the Indian economy. By including the impact of structural break on the association between energy use, carbon emission and growth, where energy use and carbon emission are evaluated at both aggregate and disaggregate level, the current study aims to fill this gap in Indian literature.

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A nexus between sustainability, energy utilisation and economic growth at aggregate and disaggregate level: a case of India

Dhillon

Kaur

2023

IJESM

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“…For comparison, the total global installed capacities of wind and solar power in 2021 were 622.7 GW and 586.4 GW, respectively, with an annual electricity generation of 1429.6 TWh and 724.1 TWh, respectively [4]. Nevertheless, geothermal energy offers sustainable electricity generation without greenhouse gas emissions and at an acceptable cost [5].…”

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Thermoeconomic Analysis of Subcritical and Supercritical Isobutane Cycles for Geothermal Power Generation

Blecich

2023

Sustainability

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This article presents a novel and comprehensive approach for the thermoeconomic evaluation of subcritical and supercritical isobutane cycles for geothermal temperatures of Tgeo = 100–200 °C. The isobutane cycles are optimized with respect to the maximum net power or minimum levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). Cycle optimization is also included, using a minimum superheat temperature to avoid turbine erosion, which is usually neglected in the literature. The results show that economic optimums are found in the far superheated region, while thermal optimums are obtained with dry saturated or with slightly superheated vapor at the turbine inlet (ΔTsup < 5 °C). Supercritical cycles achieve better thermal performance than subcritical cycles for Tgeo = 179–200 °C. Internal heat recuperation improves the cycle performance: the net power output increases and the LCOE decreases, but specific installation costs (SICs) increase due to the additional heat exchanger. For geothermal temperatures of Tgeo = 120 → 150 °C, the costs are LCOE = 100 → 80 USD2022/MWh and SIC = 7000 → 5250 USD2022/kW, while for geothermal temperatures of Tgeo = 150 → 200 °C, the estimated costs are LCOE = 80 → 70 USD2022/MWh and SIC = 5250 → 4600 USD2022/kW.

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Potentiometry of wind, solar and geothermal energy resources and their future perspectives in Iran

Zahedi,

Sadeghitabar,

Khazaee

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Environ Dev Sustain

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How Does Information and Communication Technology Affect Geothermal Energy Sustainability?

Cited by 16 publications

References 62 publications

A nexus between sustainability, energy utilisation and economic growth at aggregate and disaggregate level: a case of India

A nexus between sustainability, energy utilisation and economic growth at aggregate and disaggregate level: a case of India

Thermoeconomic Analysis of Subcritical and Supercritical Isobutane Cycles for Geothermal Power Generation

Potentiometry of wind, solar and geothermal energy resources and their future perspectives in Iran

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