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Entropy, 2022 Rising prices in energy, raw materials, and shortages of critical raw materials (CRMs) for renewable energies or electric vehicles are jeopardizing the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Jorge Torrubia +2 more
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Energies, 2021 Reductions in energy consumption, carbon footprint, equipment size, and cost are key objectives for the forthcoming energy-intensive industries roadmaps. In this sense, solutions such as waste heat recovery, which can be replicated into different sectors
Patricia Royo +7 more
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International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, 2022 European Union (EU) islands face vast challenges to cope with climate targets while handling complex stakeholders’ networks. This study aims to propose a Participatory Process Protocol to enhance the output of energy plans and projects through the ...
Felipe Del-Busto +2 more
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The Energy Cost of Extracting Critical Raw Materials from Tailings: The Case of Coltan
Geosciences, 2022 Niobium and tantalum are mainly produced from columbite–tantalite ores, and 60% of their production is nowadays located in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
Ricardo Magdalena +2 more
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Transforming Decommissioned Mines to a Gravity Energy Storage System
Materials Proceedings, 2023 A new gravitational energy storage system is studied, which uses a reversible conveyor belt to elevate granular material and a regenerative motor for energy harvesting during the downward movement of material.
Michail Galetakis +3 more
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Resource Consumption, Sustainability, and Cancer [PDF]
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2014 Preserving a system's viability in the presence of diversity erosion is critical if the goal is to sustainably support biodiversity. Reduction in population heterogeneity, whether inter- or intraspecies, may increase population fragility, either decreasing its ability to adapt effectively to environmental changes or facilitating the survival and ...
Kareva, Irina +2 more
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Chemical recycling of plastics assisted by microwave multi-frequency heating
Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021 Handling plastic waste through recycling allows extending the life of polymeric materials, avoiding recurrence to incineration or landfilling. In contrast with traditional mechanical recycling technologies, chemical recycling enables the obtention of the
Alberto Frisa-Rubio +8 more
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Хабаршысы. Экономика сериясы, 2023 Economic development has always been associated with a rise in the use of natural resources as well as an increase in environmental degradation. However, responsible production principles suggest the opposite.
D.T. Kalmakova +2 more
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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 +2 more
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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 +2 more
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