Renewable energies: climate-change mitigation and international climate policy

Sanaeepur, Saeed; Sanaeepur, Hamidreza; Kargari, Ali; Habibi, Mohammad Hassan

doi:10.1080/14786451.2012.755978

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“…Renewable energy resources, including solar energy, represent the most sustainable way to meet growing energy requirements (Sanaeepur et al 2013). Solar photovoltaic (PV) installation is increasing in the USA and is forecasted to continue to rise due to the increased number of renewable portfolio standards and policies (Dinçer 2011;Solangi et al 2011;Timilsina, Kurdgelashvili, and Narbel 2012).…”

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Implications for current regulatory waste toxicity characterisation methods from analysing metal and metalloid leaching from photovoltaic modules

Collins

Anctil

2015

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

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The appropriateness of regulatory methods to characterise the toxicity of photovoltaic (PV) modules was investigated to quantify potential environmental impacts for modules disposed of in landfills. Because solar energy is perceived as a green technology, it is important to ensure that end-of-life issues will not be detrimental to solar energy's success. United States Environmental Protection Agency Method 1311, California waste extraction test, and modified versions of both were performed on a multi-crystalline silicon module and cells and a copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) module. Variations in metal leachate concentrations were found with changes in testing parameters. Lead concentrations from the multi-crystalline module ranged from 16.2 to 50.2 mg/L. Cadmium concentrations from the CIGS module ranged from 0.1 to 3.52 mg/L. This raises doubt that regulatory methods can adequately characterise PV modules. The results are useful for developing end-of-life procedures, which is a positive step towards avoiding an e-waste problem and continuing trends of increasing installation and cost reduction in the PV market.

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Implications for current regulatory waste toxicity characterisation methods from analysing metal and metalloid leaching from photovoltaic modules

Collins

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2015

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

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“…Membrane gas separation has been proposed as one of the most effective technologies due to its low energy consumption, ease of scale‐up, environmental benefits and small foot‐print. Compared to inorganic materials, organic polymers have been progressively applied for membrane fabrication due to their better processibility, and economical, and operational properties . However, the conventional polymeric membranes suffer from a trade‐off between permeation flux and separation performance which is well known as the upper bound limit …”

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Cellulose acetate/nano‐porous zeolite mixed matrix membrane for CO₂ separation

2014

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The aim of this research is to investigate the fabrication and evaluation of a new mixed matrix membrane for CO2/N2 separation. Micro‐sized nano‐porous sodium zeolite‐Y (NaY zeolite) particles (0–25 wt.%) were incorporated into the dense (homogeneous) cellulose acetate (CA) membrane to prepare the CA/NaY mixed matrix membranes. One of the most important features of this study is to explore the simultaneous effect of annealing and particle loadings on the morphology and gas permeation properties of the prepared membranes. The membranes were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy – attenuated total reflectance (FTIR‐ATR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses. Also, the CO2/N2 separation performance of the membranes was evaluated by single gas permeation measurements. The results showed that annealing causes a considerable improvement in the morphology of the CA and the related mixed matrix membranes. Additionally, more than a two‐fold increase in CO2 permeability with no considerable decrease in CO2/N2 selectivity was achieved by a 20 wt.% NaY loading into the CA membrane. The results of investigating the effect of pressure (4–22 bars) on CO2 permeability showed a reduction in the CO2‐induced plasticization of glassy CA with a significant shift in the plasticization pressure toward higher values. The introduction of NaY zeolite in the annealed CA membranes, shifted the plasticization pressure from 12.76 to 16.86 bars when the zeolite loading was changed from 0 to 25 wt.%.

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“…The currently favoured solution [1,7,8] envisages all of our power being supplied from renewable sources, with some backup from already existing 'clean' nuclear power stations in the form of integral fast reactors (IFR's), plus any which can be brought 'on stream' by 2020. However, in order to achieve abandonment of fossil fuels by 2030, as dictated by the climate science, the major drive by mankind has to be towards securing clean energy from renewables.…”

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“…Consequently, nations will have to unite to expand their electricity grids to continental coverage [1] and to enhance efficiency by large scale adoption of 'smart' technology [2]. The European Commission is edging in this direction.…”

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Massive energy storage systems enable secure electricity supply from renewables

Sangster

2016

J. Mod. Power Syst. Clean Energy

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Climate change is mainly attributed to the burning of fossil fuels. To solve the problem, current inhabitants have to dispense with fossil fuels as a source of power. It has been demonstrated that this can be secured before 2050 by transitioning to renewable sources of energy. Massive energy storage (MES) incorporated into long distance high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems is the key technology for the transition. This paper describes the current state-of-the-art in electricity grid configurations. It demonstrates how MES, and other back-up local electricity storage schemes represent a natural way of buffering electricity consumers from the intermittency of inherent in the primary renewable systems. Consequently, it can solve the base-load issues and facilitate a global transition to 100% renewable energy sources over the next fifteen to twenty years.

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Renewable energies: climate-change mitigation and international climate policy

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Implications for current regulatory waste toxicity characterisation methods from analysing metal and metalloid leaching from photovoltaic modules

Implications for current regulatory waste toxicity characterisation methods from analysing metal and metalloid leaching from photovoltaic modules

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Renewable energies: climate-change mitigation and international climate policy

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Implications for current regulatory waste toxicity characterisation methods from analysing metal and metalloid leaching from photovoltaic modules

Implications for current regulatory waste toxicity characterisation methods from analysing metal and metalloid leaching from photovoltaic modules

Cellulose acetate/nano‐porous zeolite mixed matrix membrane for CO2 separation

Massive energy storage systems enable secure electricity supply from renewables

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