Environmental footprint neutrality using methods and tools for natural capital accounting in life cycle assessment

B Rugani, P Osset, O Blanc, E Benetto - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) is becoming a reference tool for an increasing number of
organizations transitioning towards environmental impact neutrality. However, one NCA …

Standardized metrics to quantify solar energy-land relationships: A global systematic review

AE Cagle, M Shepherd, SM Grodsky… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ground-mounted solar energy installations, including photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating
solar power (CSP), can have significant environmental, ecological, and sociocultural effects …

Time, climate, and soil settings set the course for reclamation outcomes following dryland energy development

R Lupardus, A Sengsirirak, K Griffen… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil attributes, climate, and time since reclamation have important implications for oil and
gas reclamation success on drylands. It is uncertain if reclaimed well pads, on highly …

Opportunities to integrate Ecosystem Services into Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): a case study of milk production in Brazil

DV da Silva, ALR Pavan, LC de Faria, CM Piekarski… - Ecosystem Services, 2024 - Elsevier
World dairy production is growing rapidly having increased by 339 million tons over the last
twenty years. However, it remains unclear how anthropic activities in the milk sector can …

Assessing the Impact of a Utility Scale Solar Photovoltaic Facility on a Down Gradient Mojave Desert Ecosystem

DA Devitt, L Apodaca, B Bird, JP Dawyot Jr… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
A field study was conducted in the Mojave Desert (USA) to assess the influence of a large
photo voltaic facility on heat and water transport into an adjacent creosote (Larrea tridentata) …

[HTML][HTML] Valuation and management of desert ecosystems and their services

H Chen, R Costanza - Ecosystem Services, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on different definitions, deserts may constitute 13% to 33% of the global terrestrial
surface. This is larger than the area of tropical forests and all types of wetlands combined …

Methodological and reporting inconsistencies in land-use requirements misguide future renewable energy planning

O Turkovska, K Gruber, M Klingler, C Klöckl… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Increasing wind and solar power shares in energy systems is vital to a net-zero transition,
but concerns are raised about their land-use requirements (LURs) and associated impacts …

Minimizing impacts of future renewable energy development on the world's desert ecosystems

MR McClung, MD Moran - Frontiers in Sustainability, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Renewable energy development is rapidly increasing across the world, providing affordable
and more environmentally sustainable energy to many populations. However, renewable …

The impact of environmental taxation on the structure and performance of industrial symbiosis networks: An agent-based simulation study

L Hua - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
How to use appropriate policy measures to intervene industrial symbiosis is valuable in
theory but still lacks exploration. This paper discusses the effect of environmental taxation on …

Ecovoltaics: Maintaining Native Plants and Wash Connectivity inside a Mojave Desert Solar Facility Leads to Favorable Growing Conditions

T Wynne-Sison, DA Devitt, SD Smith - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The installation of solar facilities is increasing rapidly in the Mojave Desert USA, with the
largest facility in North America (3227 ha) currently being built 30 km north of Las Vegas …