Environmental impacts of solar energy systems: A review

MKH Rabaia, MA Abdelkareem, ET Sayed… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The annual increases in global energy consumption, along with its environmental issues
and concerns, are playing significant roles in the massive sustainable and renewable global …

A review of concentrated solar power hybrid technologies

S Pramanik, RV Ravikrishna - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the hybrid power generation technologies of concentrated solar power
(CSP) and other renewable and non-renewable resources such as biomass, wind …

Multi-objective optimization of concentrated solar power plants from an energy-water-environment nexus perspective under distinct climatic conditions–Part B: environ …

M Ahmad, M Zeeshan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to include environmental impact in optimization of concentrated
solar power plants previously limited to techno-economic analysis only. Performance of …

Powering sustainable development within planetary boundaries

IM Algunaibet, C Pozo, Á Galán-Martín… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of planetary boundaries identifies a safe space for humanity. Current energy
systems are primarily designed with a focus on total cost minimization and bounds on …

Concentrating solar systems: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and environmental issues

C Lamnatou, D Chemisana - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The present article is a critical literature review about studies which are based on LCA (life
cycle assessment) and about studies which include environmental issues about …

Advances in solar energy towards efficient and sustainable energy

N Novas, RM Garcia, JM Camacho, A Alcayde - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Conventional energy resources are not climate sustainable. Currently, engineers and
scientists are looking for sustainable energy solutions influenced by climate change. A wide …

A review of the techno-economic potential and environmental impact analysis through life cycle assessment of parabolic trough collector towards the contribution of …

P Saini, S Singh, P Kajal, A Dhar, N Khot… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Parabolic trough collectors (PT Cs) are efficient solar energy harvesting devices utilized in
various industries, for instance, space heating, solar cooling, solar drying, pasteurization …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the prospective environmental performance of hydrogen from high-temperature electrolysis coupled with concentrated solar power

G Puig-Samper, E Bargiacchi, D Iribarren, J Dufour - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is currently being promoted because of its advantages as an energy vector, its
potential to decarbonise the economy, and strategical implications in terms of energy …

Estimation of capital costs and techno-economic appraisal of parabolic trough solar collector and solar power tower based CSP plants in India for different condenser …

TK Aseri, C Sharma, TC Kandpal - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The choice of condenser cooling option for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants is likely
to affect their techno-economic feasibility. In view of this, an attempt has been made to …

Life cycle assessment of the solar thermal power plant integrated with air-cooled supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle

T Xiao, C Liu, X Wang, S Wang, X Xu, Q Li, X Li - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) Brayton cycle offers the potential of higher thermal
efficiency and lower costs of electricity generation for concentrated solar power (CSP) …