The lithium-ion battery recycling process from a circular economy perspective—a review and future directions

RP Sheth, NS Ranawat, A Chakraborty, RP Mishra… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ever since the introduction of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in the 1970s, their demand has
increased exponentially with their applications in electric vehicles, smartphones, and energy …

[HTML][HTML] Economics and finance of molten salt reactors

B Mignacca, G Locatelli - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a long-standing and growing interest in Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) mainly
because of their potential advantages in terms of safety, sustainable fuel cycle, and the high …

The usefulness of sustainable business models: Analysis from oil and gas industry

V Basile, N Capobianco, R Vona - … Social Responsibility and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The management of offshore platforms at the end of their production phase is a complex
issue for technological, socioeconomic, ecological and safety reasons. The …

[HTML][HTML] To what extent can decommissioning options for marine artificial structures move us toward environmental targets?

AM Knights, AJ Lemasson, LB Firth, N Beaumont… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is key to international energy transition
efforts and the move toward net zero. For many nations, this requires decommissioning of …

A framework and baseline for the integration of a sustainable circular economy in offshore wind

APM Velenturf - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Circular economy and renewable energy infrastructure such as offshore wind farms are
often assumed to be developed in synergy as part of sustainable transitions. Offshore wind …

Projecting for sustainability transitions

GM Winch, F Geels, G Locatelli, N Sergeeva - 2023 - Elsevier
The Paris COP 21 Agreement of 2015 mandated the global community of nations to act to
“hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 C above pre-industrial …

Policies toward net-zero: Benchmarking the economic competitiveness of nuclear against wind and solar energy

V Nian, B Mignacca, G Locatelli - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Policymakers are increasingly discussing the role of nuclear and renewable energy in
replacing fossil-fuelled power generation, especially coal. In this debate, one of the key …

Modeling waste generation and end-of-life management of wind power development in Guangdong, China until 2050

Y Chen, G Cai, L Zheng, Y Zhang, X Qi, S Ke… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
Waste generation and end-of-life (EoL) management of wind power systems (WPSs) have
attracted increasing attention as the number of decommissioned wind turbines continues to …

Environmental Impact Assessment for the decommissioning of offshore wind farms

R Hall, E Topham, E João - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid growth of renewable energy developments, particularly offshore wind, means that
worldwide there are hundreds of artificial structures in the marine environment that will at …

A comprehensive review on how ionic liquids enhance the pyrolysis of cellulose, lignin, and lignocellulose toward a circular economy

M Eqbalpour, A Andooz, E Kowsari… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainable use of plant biomass (PB) to produce new valuable compounds helps
alleviate the world's excessive reliance on fossil fuels. Among the different processes …