Integrating Social Dimensions into Future Sustainable Energy Supply Networks

Obrecht, Matevž; Kazançoğlu, Yiğit; Denac, Matjaž

doi:10.3390/ijerph17176230

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“…This will also be consistent with a combination of United Nation (UN) Sustainable Development Goals: “Responsible consumption and production”; “Affordable and clean energy”; “Sustainable cities and communities” as well as “Industry innovation and infrastructure”. Energy system would also become leaner, more efficient, digitalized and smarter, and their general performance would increase which is in accordance with findings of Obrecht et al (2020).…”

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confidence: 83%

Conceptualizing a new circular economy feature – storing renewable electricity in batteries beyond EV end-of-life: the case of Slovenia

Obrecht

Singh

Zorman

2021

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PurposeThis paper aims to forecast the availability of used but operational electric vehicle (EV) batteries to integrate them into a circular economy concept of EVs' end-of-life (EOL) phase. Since EVs currently on the roads will become obsolete after 2030, this study focuses on the 2030–2040 period and links future renewable electricity production with the potential for storing it into used EVs' batteries. Even though battery capacity decreases by 80% or less, these batteries will remain operational and can still be seen as a valuable solution for storing peaks of renewable energy production beyond EV EOL.Design/methodology/approachStoring renewable electricity is gaining as much attention as increasing its production and share. However, storing it in new batteries can be expensive as well as material and energy-intensive; therefore, existing capacities should be considered. The use of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is among the most exciting concepts on how to achieve it. Since reduced battery capacity decreases car manufacturers' interest in battery reuse and recycling is environmentally hazardous, these batteries should be integrated into the future electricity storage system. Extending the life cycle of batteries from EVs beyond the EV's life cycle is identified as a potential solution for both BEVEOL and electricity storage.FindingsResults revealed a rise of photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants and an increasing number of EVs EOL that will have to be considered. It was forecasted that 6.27–7.22% of electricity from PV systems in scenario A (if EV lifetime is predicted to be 20 years) and 18.82–21.68% of electricity from PV systems in scenario B (if EV lifetime is predicted to be 20 years) could be stored in batteries. Storing electricity in EV batteries beyond EV EOL would significantly decrease the need for raw materials, increase energy system and EV sustainability performance simultaneously and enable leaner and more efficient electricity production and distribution network.Practical implicationsStoring electricity in used batteries would significantly decrease the need for primary materials as well as optimizing lean and efficient electricity production network.Originality/valueEnergy storage is one of the priorities of energy companies but can be expensive as well as material and energy-intensive. The use of BEV is among the most interesting concepts on how to achieve it, but they are considered only when in the use phase as vehicle to grid (V2G) concept. Because reduced battery capacity decreases the interest of car manufacturers to reuse batteries and recycling is environmentally risky, these batteries should be used for storing, especially renewable electricity peaks. Extending the life cycle of batteries beyond the EV's life cycle is identified as a potential solution for both BEV EOL and energy system sustainability, enabling more efficient energy management performance. The idea itself along with forecasting its potential is the main novelty of this paper.

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confidence: 83%

Conceptualizing a new circular economy feature – storing renewable electricity in batteries beyond EV end-of-life: the case of Slovenia

Obrecht

Singh

Zorman

2021

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“…The least represented was the social dimension (68.10%). The social dimension is understudied and will follow the environmental dimension in priority in the next five years [152]. It is already increasing in importance among socially responsible companies that assess and monitor social responsibility not just for themselves but also for their Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-n sub-suppliers, recently being practiced in food supply chains and some clothing manufacturers.…”

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Sustainability Orientation and Focus in Logistics and Supply Chains

2021

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Sustainable development, logistics, and supply chain are being combined into three increasingly connected and topical global research areas. Therefore, this paper’s novelty identifies and defines the priorities of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and sustainable development dimensions in supply-chain- and logistics-management-related studies in the last decade. Knowing logistics and supply chain sustainability focus and orientation is valuable information for researchers and managers to adapt and mitigate their business logistics according to the forecasted trends. The paper provides a systematic and comprehensive review of the literature and is based on 116 scientific papers published between 2010 and 2020 in 73 international journals in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The study defines focus with integrating environmental, social, and economic sustainability for logistics- and supply-chain-related studies. It emphasizes primary and secondary links of investigated studies with 17 United Nations sustainable development goals. The bibliometric analysis also examined keyword relations. One of the main contributions is that economic sustainability was identified as the most represented one-dimensional sustainability focus. It was revealed that supply chain studies integrated all three sustainability dimensions more frequently (50.60%) than logistics studies, which were equally related to studying two- or three-dimensions of sustainability (39.39%). The most significant findings are also that studies were identified to be oriented primarily towards “responsible consumption and production”, “industry, innovation, and infrastructure” and “affordable and clean energy” and secondary especially on “sustainable cities and communities”.

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“…However, as many studies was shown, that it can also be used to check the achievement of sustainable development goals [35] or prioritizing sustainable urban regeneration in sensitive areas [36], which points to its universality. Based on the literature data [8,9,15,37,38,39,40,41,42,43], the main factors for individual groups of the analysis were determined, i.e. strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats.…”

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Sustainable Developement in Logistic – A Strategy for Management in Terms of Green Transport

Klimecka-Tatar

Ingaldi

Obrecht

2021

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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Supply chain management is one of the most important elements of sustainable development. And due to the fact that the world market is driven by supply and demand, and the determinant of access to products is regional and international logistics, this paper focuses on the possibilities of implementing a green transport strategy in the context of sustainable development in logistic enterprises. This paper presents the results of the SWOT analysis pointing out the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats of green vehicles market for the transport enterprises. It was noticed that the situation on the green vehicles market for the transport enterprises is characterized by the advantage of strengths and these strengths should be used to maximize the use of green vehicles. It emphasized that subsidies for green vehicles would allow to invest in a modern fleet, new solutions (e.g. own charging stations) can have an impact on the greater energy efficiency (self-sufficiency), increase of social awareness would force enterprises to take appropriate actions in the field of environmental protection and development of public transport based on green vehicles.

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Integrating Social Dimensions into Future Sustainable Energy Supply Networks

Cited by 9 publications

References 46 publications

Conceptualizing a new circular economy feature – storing renewable electricity in batteries beyond EV end-of-life: the case of Slovenia

Conceptualizing a new circular economy feature – storing renewable electricity in batteries beyond EV end-of-life: the case of Slovenia

Sustainability Orientation and Focus in Logistics and Supply Chains

Sustainable Developement in Logistic – A Strategy for Management in Terms of Green Transport

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