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Hydropower and environmental sustainability: A holistic assessment using multiple biophysical indicators

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Along with other low-carbon combustion-free energy sources, hydropower is considered a valuable tool for mitigating the current climate and ecological crisis and achieve environmental sustainability. However, it is still unclear to what extent hydropower
Andrei Briones-Hidrovo, Javier Uche, Amaya Martínez-Gracia   +2 more
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Environmental Assessment of Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant based on Exergy Allocation Factors for Heat and Electricity Production

Energies, 2023
The Hellisheidi geothermal power plant, located in Iceland, is a combined heat and power double-flash geothermal plant with an installed capacity of 303.3 MW of electricity and 133 MW of hot water.
Maryori Díaz-Ramírez, Snorri Jokull, Claudio Zuffi, María Dolores Mainar-Toledo, Giampaolo Manfrida   +4 more
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Assessing the impact of individual nutrition on biodiversity: A conceptual framework for the selection of indicators targeted at the out-of-home catering sector

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Agriculture is an economic sector with massive impact on biodiversity and agrobiodiversity. Sustainable diets represent a critical policy leverage and a realistic opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of the agro-food sector while improving ...
Silvia Monetti, Michael Pregernig, Melanie Speck, Nina Langen, Katrin Bienge   +4 more
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Territorial Inequalities, Ecological and Material Footprints of the Energy Transition: Case Study of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Bioregion

Land, 2022
This study develops a methodology to assess the energy transition’s territorial, ecological and material impacts on regions. As a case study, the methodology is applied to the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Bioregion, a geographical area constituting eight ...
Javier Felipe-Andreu, Antonio Valero, Alicia Valero   +2 more
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Energy Consumption Library [PDF]

, 2013
The energy consumption of a computing system depends not only on its architecture, but also on its usage. This paper describes the Energy Consumption Library libec, a modular library of sensors and power estimators, which do not depend on wattmeter to measure the power dissipated by a machine and/or the applications that it executes, etc.
Leandro F. Cupertino, Georges Da Costa, Amal Sayah, Jean-Marc Pierson   +3 more
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Pursuing More Sustainable Consumption by Analyzing Household Metabolism in European Countries and Cities [PDF]

, 2005
Bringing about more sustainable consumption patterns is an important challenge for society and science. In this article the concept of household metabolism is applied to analyzing consumption patterns and to identifying possibilities for the development ...
Clark, Charlotte,, Noorman, KJ, Kok, Rixt, Throne-Holst, H, Kok, Rixt,, Moll, Henri C.,, Klaas Jan Noorman, Noorman, Klaas Jan, Rixt Kok, Engström, Rebecka,, Kok, R, Engstrom, R, Throne-Holst, Harald,, Charlotte Clark, Moll, HC; id_orcid, Clark, Charlotte, Moll, HC, Noorman, Klaas Jan,, Clark, C, Trone-Holst, Harald, Henri C. Moll, Harald Throne‐Holst, Moll, Henri C, Engström, Rebecka, Rebecka Engström   +24 more
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“Norm-Oriented Interpretation Learning” and Resource Use: The Concept of “Open-Didactic Exploration” as a Contribution to Raising Awareness of a Responsible Resource Use

Resources, 2014
It is widely accepted that environmental awareness is essential, yet does not inevitably lead to responsible use of resources. Additional factors on the individual level include the meaning constructed by the term “resources” and the individual and ...
Anna Bliesner, Christa Liedtke, Maria Jolanta Welfens, Carolin Baedeker, Marco Hasselkuß, Holger Rohn   +5 more
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A Novel Protection Strategy for Single Pole-to-Ground Fault in Multi-Terminal DC Distribution Network

Energies, 2023
The single pole-to-ground (SPG) fault is one of critical failures which will have a serious impact on the stable operation of the multi-terminal DC distribution network based on the modular multilevel converter (MMC).
Ruixiong Yang, Ke Fang, Jianfu Chen, Yong Chen, Min Liu, Qingxu Meng   +5 more
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Home Energy Consumption Feedback: A User Survey [PDF]

, 2012
Buildings account for a relevant fraction of the energy consumed by a country, up to 20-40% of the yearly energy consumption. If only electricity is considered, the fraction is even bigger, reaching around 73% of the total electricity consumption ...
De Russis, Luigi, Bonino, Dario, Corno, Fulvio   +2 more
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An Empirical Investigation of a Modified Gas Engine Heat Pump in Heating and Cooling Mode for the Residential Application [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2020
Gas Engine Heat Pump (GEHP) is found as an effective machine among energy conversion systems. However, further improvement of GEHP performance is still indispensable. In the current study, to recycle efficiently the flue gases waste heat of GEHP unit, it
Mostafa Varmazyar, MohammadReza Habibi, Jalil Jafari, Aghil Barati   +3 more
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