Integrated sustainability assessment framework for geothermal energy technologies: A literature review and a new proposal of sustainability indicators for Mexico

K Solano-Olivares, E Santoyo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mexico's energy agenda has the commitment to achieve a share of 35% of renewable
energy in the energy portfolio by 2025. Geothermal energy is a source that may contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle sustainability assessment and circularity of geothermal power plants

J Li, RRZ Tarpani, L Stamford… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geothermal power generation is expected to increase fivefold worldwide by 2040 compared
to 2018. The upcoming growth of geothermal power plants (GPPs) requires assessments of …

Life cycle assessment of repurposing abandoned onshore oil and gas wells for geothermal power generation

J Li, RRZ Tarpani, A Gallego-Schmid… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The annual global growth rate for geothermal power generation between 2021 and 2030 is
targeted to be 13% to meet net-zero emissions by 2050. Repurposing abandoned oil and …

[HTML][HTML] LCA of net-zero energy residential buildings with different HVAC systems across Canadian climates: A BIM-based fuzzy approach

R Kathiravel, S Zhu, H Feng - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
The urgency of addressing building energy consumption's impact on climate change,
particularly from fossil fuels, is of great significance. This study investigates the …

Life cycle assessment of geothermal power plants: A comparison with other energy conversion technologies

C Zuffi, G Manfrida, F Asdrubali, L Talluri - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Geothermal is a very promising renewable energy, which differently from variable renewable
energies is independent of external/climate conditions and can cover both power and heat …

Optimizing solarized desalination unit through the implementation of 4-step MED method using energy, exergy, economic and environmental analysis

M Imandoust, STK Alghorayshi, B Asadi… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The consumption of thermal energy in thermal desalination plants leads to a higher price for
the fresh water they produce compared to other methods. By utilizing optimization …

Environmental impact of different business models: An LCA study of fresh tomato production in Italy

S Solimene, D Coluccia, A Bernardo - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to define and measure the environmental impacts associated with three
distinct industry techniques used in the production of fresh tomatoes, from planting to …

[HTML][HTML] Rigorous simulation of geothermal power plants to evaluate environmental performance of alternative configurations

M Vaccari, G Pannocchia, L Tognotti, M Paci - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Different studies highlighted the environmental impacts of geothermal power plants (GPPs),
especially in the operational phase. Primary data are essential for reliable environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental benefits for a geothermal power plant with CO2 reinjection: case study of the Kizildere 3 U1 geothermal power plant

MD Mainar-Toledo, U Halaçoğlu, HA Sahiller… - Energy Storage and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geothermal power plants (GPP) with high non condensable gases (NCG) content
geothermal fluid have shown to be environmental impacting relating to their energy …

An environmental life cycle cost assessment of the costs of deep enhanced geothermal systems–The case studies of Reykjanes, Iceland and Vendenheim, France

D Cook, HÆ Sigurjónsson, B Davíðsdóttir, SG Bogason - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental life cycle costing (ELCC) is a tool which aggregates five categories of
monetary costs across a project's life cycle: investment, operation, maintenance, end-of-life …