Justice in solar energy development

Heffron, Raphael J.; Halbrügge, Stephanie; Körner, Marc-Fabian; Obeng-Darko, Nana Asare; Sumarno, Theresia Betty; Wagner, Jon; Weibelzahl, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2021.01.072

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“…Communities could maximize local benefits through active engagement in project planning and development (Banerjee et al, 2017;Brummer, 2018;Heffron et al, 2021). One potential model is the community energy approach, where community groups proactively plan and implement local renewable energy development.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

O’Shaughnessy

Wiser

Hoen

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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The rapid expansion of solar and wind energy projects is raising questions of energy justice. Some scholars argue that solar and wind project development could burden under-resourced communities with negative impacts such as environmental harm and reduced access to resources. Conversely, other scholars argue that project development could be a boon to under-resourced communities, providing local economic and cultural benefits. Here, we analyze the drivers of solar and wind project siting patterns in the United States and explore their potential energy justice implications. We find that siting patterns are driven primarily by technoeconomic factors, especially resource quality and access to open undeveloped spaces. These technoeconomic factors channel projects into sparsely populated rural areas and, to a lesser extent, areas with lower income levels. We avoid simplifying assumptions about the broad justice implications of these siting patterns and explore our results from multiple perspectives.

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confidence: 99%

“…• Alternatively, solar and wind project siting could be a tool for energy justice (Banerjee et al, 2017;Heffron et al, 2021). The ability to flexibly site projects in or near under-resourced communities could channel the economic benefits of project development and low-cost electricity into those communities.…”

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Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

O’Shaughnessy

Wiser

Hoen

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…The flexibility would permit the inclusion of energy storage devices that would cancel out the intermittent nature of the renewable energy power plants. The flexibility of such magnitude can be easily achieved through the use smart technologies (Babatunde, 2019;Heffron et al, 2021). In the wake of demand side management and demand side response for achieving energy efficiency, the use of smart technologies cannot the eliminated.…”

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The Role of Network Technologies in the Enhancement of the Health, Education, and Energy Sectors

Adetunji¹,

Moses²

2022

NCT

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The role of Network Technologies and Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the sustainable agenda is very germane, and as such, there has been a tremendous rise in the application of ICT towards realizing good health and well-being, quality education, attaining affordable and clean energy as indicated in the third, fourth and seventh development goals. Albeit information technology (IT) has enjoyed significant positive impacts across the globe, its adoption and utilization especially during the pandemic in various aspects of human needs has no doubt created positive influence. In examining the extent of Network Technology applications in the aforementioned sustainable development goals, this work highlights current state of the use of IT in the enhancement of the health sector, energy industry and the education system. The sustainability of its adoption both in the present and in the foreseeable future is also presented. The overview shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic the influence of ICT on the actualization of SDGs 3, 4 and 7 was at its peak.

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“…10 Solar energy, as the most clean, renewable and inexhaustible energy resource, has attracted intensive attentions in recent years due to the deteriorating fossil energy crisis and serious environmental pollution. [11][12][13][14][15] Among various solar exploitation methods, solar-thermal conversion is regarded as the attractive approach to utilize solar energy because of its superior energy conversion efficiency and conveniently operation. [16][17][18] However, the massive utilization of solar-thermal conversion is seriously restricted by the intermittent and highly variable nature of solar irradiation.…”

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Phase change composites derived from chromium‐containing leather solid waste for efficient solar‐thermal energy storage

Wang

Chai

Guo

et al. 2022

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Large amounts of chromium‐containing leather solid waste (CLSW) generated in conventional leather making industry. The high value‐added transformation of CLSW has attracted lots of attention from scientists and technologists. Herein, gelatin was extracted from CLSW through alkaline hydrolysis dechroming and decalcification process. Then, form‐stable phase change material composites (GMPCMs) based on gelatin, n‐docosane, and melanin were designed and fabricated through impregnating n‐docosane into gelatin/melanin hybrid aerogels (GMAs). The three‐dimensional (3D) honeycombed aerogels GMAs with ultralow density and extremely high surface area can perfectly support n‐docosane and prevent liquid leakage. As expected, the solar‐thermal conversion efficiency of GMPCMs (up to 84.8%) was significantly increased with the introduction of melanin in PCM composites. DSC analysis indicated that GMPCMs possessed relatively large thermal energy storage density and the melting enthalpy of GMPCMs ranged from 207.1 to 228.0 J/g. Furthermore, GMPCMs showed admirable shape stability, excellent encapsulation capacity, and satisfactory thermal reversibility.

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Justice in solar energy development

Cited by 61 publications

References 48 publications

Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

The Role of Network Technologies in the Enhancement of the Health, Education, and Energy Sectors

Phase change composites derived from chromium‐containing leather solid waste for efficient solar‐thermal energy storage

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