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

open access: yesEcological 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Assessment of Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant based on Exergy Allocation Factors for Heat and Electricity Production

open access: yesEnergies, 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

I will if you will : towards sustainable consumption [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Report is summarised in 'I will if you will : towards sustainable consumption : a summary'.The Sustainable Consumption Roundtable (Great Britain), a joint initiative between the National Consumer Council and the Sustainable Development Commission ...
Sustainable Consumption Roundtable (Great Britain)
core   +2 more sources

Assessing the impact of individual nutrition on biodiversity: A conceptual framework for the selection of indicators targeted at the out-of-home catering sector

open access: yesEcological 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   +4 more
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Energy Consumption Library [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Territorial Inequalities, Ecological and Material Footprints of the Energy Transition: Case Study of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Bioregion

open access: yesLand, 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Norm-Oriented Interpretation Learning” and Resource Use: The Concept of “Open-Didactic Exploration” as a Contribution to Raising Awareness of a Responsible Resource Use

open access: yesResources, 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   +5 more
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A Novel Protection Strategy for Single Pole-to-Ground Fault in Multi-Terminal DC Distribution Network

open access: yesEnergies, 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Empirical Investigation of a Modified Gas Engine Heat Pump in Heating and Cooling Mode for the Residential Application [PDF]

open access: yesIranian 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of tubular heater structures on the thermal behaviors of waxy crude oil

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023
In this paper, we research the temperature field, flow field and melting law of gelled crude oil with different diameters, locations and inclination angles of heating tube by numerical simulation method.
Hang Dong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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