Does nuclear energy reduce carbon emissions despite using fuels and chemicals? Transition to clean energy and finance for green solutions

Imran, Muhammad; Zaman, Khalid; Nassani, Abdelmohsen A.; Dincă, Gheorghita; Khan, Haroon ur Rashid; Haffar, Mohamed

doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101608

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“…Increasing renewable energy demand (including nuclear energy) contributes to reaching a carbon-neutral goal. However, unfortunately, inadequate investment in renewable energy generates more significant carbon emissions since fossil fuels are extensively utilized in the power sector [31]. Decarbonization policy is essential to support the development of renewable energy and sustainable management of natural resources in a country [32].…”

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Overview of the Decarbonization Options for the Electricity Sector: Opportunities and Challenges

Triani

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The energy demand has grown alongside increasing population growth globally. Unfortunately, the utilization of fossil fuels, especially coal, has dominated the energy sectors, including power generation. Fossil fuels have no place in the sustainability future due to the limitation of these resources and the potential environmental impacts that may arise. Therefore, the decarbonization of the electricity sector has recently become the world’s attention, including in Indonesia. This study discusses opportunities and challenges of decarbonization initiatives in the electricity sector by conducting traditional reviews of various publications from direct science databases and publications from official websites of other organizations relevant to the research context. The results discuss decarbonization options by replacing coal with renewable energy. Other initiatives are also investigated in this paper to provide alternative possibilities. The study indicated that each option has challenges that can affect the success of each program.

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Overview of the Decarbonization Options for the Electricity Sector: Opportunities and Challenges

Triani

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Renewable energy transition [6] is a successful new strategy that has caused strong reductions in electricity production cost and environmental pollution, as well as ensures energy security and reduces energy dependence [7]. In addition, nuclear energy promotes economic growth, and switching to nuclear energy is an effective solution [8], reducing CO 2 emissions [9][10][11]. Thus, to understand the importance of energy transition, it is necessary to explore the determinants of energy transition.…”

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How Environmental Policy Stringency, Foreign Direct Investment, and Eco-Innovation Supplement the Energy Transition: New Evidence from NICs

Azam

2024

Sustainability

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Several researchers have studied the environmental policy stringency and ecological innovation regarding CO2 emissions and renewable energy consumption; however, the impact of environmental policy stringency, technological innovation, FDI, and ecological innovation on energy transition has not been studied in the case of NICs. For this purpose, panel quantile regression models are applied in the context of NICs from 2000 to 2021. Our empirical results show that the effect of foreign direct investment is positive and statistically significant on energy transition. On the other hand the variables environmental policy stringency, eco-innovation, and ICT-trade have an inverse effect on energy transition. Therefore, the findings of the study also provide policy implications that indicate NICs need to optimize their trade structure and re-innovate the latest innovation spillovers, and strict environmental policies should be introduced to facilitate energy transition in NICs.

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“…Most often, nuclear energy is used to produce electricity: in France and Slovakia, over 60% of electricity comes from nuclear resources [14]. Nuclear energy is considered a low-carbon energy source that emits much fewer greenhouse emissions than fossil fuels and is therefore considered an effective and safe technology in the context of climate change [15][16][17][18][19]. Moreover, despite the tendency to increase the use of renewable energy sources, nuclear sources are still very popular in the world, and new nuclear power plants are planned all over the world, including Poland, Lithuania, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt [19,20].…”

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Application of Flotation for Removing Barium(II) Ions Using Ionized Acyclic Polyethers in the Context of Sustainable Waste Management

Sobianowska-Turek,

Grudniewska,

Fornalczyk

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Energy transition is one of the basic actions taken to counteract and prevent climate change. The basic assumption of energy-related changes is its sustainable use according to the closed-loop model, as well as moving away from fossil fuels, in particular from coal, the combustion of which contributes to excessive harmful carbon dioxide emissions. One of the most popular solutions towards green energy is nuclear energy. Its use allows for a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions harmful to the environment and climate, but it also involves the generation of radioactive waste that requires appropriate processing. This paper presents the results of the flotation removal of barium(II) ions from a dilute aqueous solution using ionized acyclic polyethers. The basic factors determining the efficiency and kinetics of the process were defined. It has been shown that as the acidity of the attached polyether molecules increases: the flotation rate constant 1 (0.1667 min−1) < 3 (0.2468 min−1) < 2 (0.3616 min−1) and the separation degree Ba2+: 1 (86.8%) < 3 (99.3%) < 2 (99.4%). The presented results of ion flotation tests may facilitate the collective or selective separation of radioactive isotopes, i.e., Cs-137, Sr-90, Ba-133 and Co-60, from radioactive wastewater in the future. The results of the experimental work described in the article can also be used to develop individual processes for separating mixtures of radioactive isotopes (radioactive wastewater) into individual components (isotopes) and subjecting them to subsequent transformation processes. The obtained results allow us to claim that the tested organic compounds can be used in the future in the selective treatment of hazardous wastewater, which will translate into a reduction in unit costs of industrial processes. The selective recovery of individual pollutants is the basis for the next step in waste management, i.e., designing a cheap method of waste disposal, which also directly affects the economics of the process and its use in industrial conditions.

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Does nuclear energy reduce carbon emissions despite using fuels and chemicals? Transition to clean energy and finance for green solutions

Cited by 18 publications

References 92 publications

Overview of the Decarbonization Options for the Electricity Sector: Opportunities and Challenges

Overview of the Decarbonization Options for the Electricity Sector: Opportunities and Challenges

How Environmental Policy Stringency, Foreign Direct Investment, and Eco-Innovation Supplement the Energy Transition: New Evidence from NICs

Application of Flotation for Removing Barium(II) Ions Using Ionized Acyclic Polyethers in the Context of Sustainable Waste Management

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