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Materials, resources, and CO2 impacts of building new renewable power plants to reach EU's goals of carbon neutrality

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dc.contributor.authorSimoes, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorLima, Ana Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-06T15:27:45Z
dc.date.available2023-10-06T15:27:45Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT: The European Union's low carbon power plants installed capacity needs to increase by 90% by 2030. Using a spreadsheet model, we calculate the total amounts of construction materials (henceforth materials) and natural resources (henceforth resources) used for the new renewable and nuclear power plants. Considering concrete, glass, and steel as materials and sand and water as resources, future CO2e impacts are estimated using 2010-2020 as a reference. To test if circular economy measures reduce the effects of materials and resource consumption, we derive three near-future scenarios for the decade 2020-2030: business as usual (BAU), EU manufacture (EUM), and circular (CIRC). Independent of the scenario, CO2e emissions double from increasing low-carbon power plants. Circular economy substantially lowers resource consumption but not carbon emissions. With 90% recycling (CIRC), we spare 90% sand and 5% water compared to a BAU scenario. Resource-efficient power plant design and major technological advancement in recycling processes are needed to fulfill a CIRC scenario.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationSimões, S.G... et.al - Materials, resources, and CO2 impacts of building new renewable power plants to reach EU's goals of carbon neutrality. In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, vol. 418, article nº 138138pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138138pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1786
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/4160
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138138pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectRenewable energy sourcespt_PT
dc.subjectSolar energypt_PT
dc.subjectWind energypt_PT
dc.subjectNuclearpt_PT
dc.subjectHydropowerpt_PT
dc.subjectConstruction materialspt_PT
dc.subjectCircular economypt_PT
dc.subjectCO2 emissionspt_PT
dc.titleMaterials, resources, and CO2 impacts of building new renewable power plants to reach EU's goals of carbon neutralitypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleJournal of Cleaner Productionpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume418pt_PT
person.familyNameSimoes
person.familyNameMaçãs Lima
person.givenNameSofia
person.givenNameAna Teresa
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