Environmental sustainability assessment using dynamic Autoregressive-Distributed Lag simulations—Nexus between greenhouse gas emissions, biomass energy, food and economic growth

Sarkodıe, Samuel Asumadu; Strezov, Vladimir; Weldekidan, Haftom; Asamoah, Ernest Frimpong; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa; Doyi, Israel

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.432

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“…Energy generation, transmission, and distribution are important subjects due to rising energy consumption linked to the population and industrial growth [1]. Many people still do not have access to electricity, about 2.7 billion people are still using conventional energy sources [2] that have adverse effects on the environment, human health [3], global deforestation, and greenhouse gas emissions [4].…”

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Assessment of Energy Systems Using Extended Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy VIKOR, and TOPSIS Approaches to Manage Non-Cooperative Opinions

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Energy systems planning commonly involves the study of supply and demand of power, forecasting the trends of parameters established on economics and technical criteria of models. Numerous measures are needed for the fulfillment of energy system assessment and the investment plans. The higher energy prices which call for diversification of energy systems and managing the resolution of conflicts are the results of high energy demand for growing economies. Due to some challenging problems of fossil fuels, energy production and distribution from alternative sources are getting more attention. This study aimed to reveal the most proper energy systems in Saudi Arabia for investment. Hence, integrated fuzzy AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process), fuzzy VIKOR (Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija Kompromisno Resenje) and TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preferences by Similarity to Idle Solution) methodologies were employed to determine the most eligible energy systems for investment. Eight alternative energy systems were assessed against nine criteria—power generation capacity, efficiency, storability, safety, air pollution, being depletable, net present value, enhanced local economic development, and government support. Data were collected using the Delphi method, a team of three decision-makers (DMs) was established in a heterogeneous manner with the addition of nine domain experts to carry out the analysis. The fuzzy AHP approach was used for clarifying the weight of criteria and fuzzy VIKOR and TOPSIS were utilized for ordering the alternative energy systems according to their investment priority. On the other hand, sensitivity analysis was carried out to determine the priority of investment for energy systems and comparison of them using the weight of group utility and fuzzy DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) approaches. The results and findings suggested that solar photovoltaic (PV) is the paramount renewable energy system for investment, according to both fuzzy VIKOR and fuzzy TOPSIS approaches. In this context our findings were compared with other works comprehensively.

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Assessment of Energy Systems Using Extended Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy VIKOR, and TOPSIS Approaches to Manage Non-Cooperative Opinions

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“…The main topics found in the reviewed papers included "politics" [75,[122][123][124][125], "economics" [118], "climate change" [125][126][127][128][129][130], "water, energy and food security" [5,131], "crises and risks" [55,61,132], "sustainable development" [20,133], and "governance" [16,38,41,57,134].…”

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A Literature Review to Propose a Systematic Procedure to Develop “Nexus Thinking” Considering the Water–Energy–Food Nexus

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There is a growing interest in the literature on the theme of the water–energy–food nexus, as there is growing recognition that sectors that share natural resources have interdependent and interconnected systems. Despite the widespread popularity of nexus thinking, it still lacks standardized procedures and methodologies to assist in its development. Therefore, this paper proposes, from a literature review, a systematic procedure to assist in the development of management models based on nexus thinking. To this end, 304 papers were analyzed using the following criteria: nexus concept, type of approach, geographic scale, elements in the nexus system, application context, and types of assessment methods and tools. The results of the review served as the basis for determining the procedure, which consisted of four steps: (a) understanding nexus thinking, (b) identification of composing variables, (c) evaluation (diagnosis and prognosis), and (d) decision-making. In addition to the standardization of these steps, the main information used to compose the procedure was organized and synthesized with a mind map.

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“…In addition, in order to ensure the coordinated development of energy, economy and the ecological environment, it is assumed that the development degree of the three subsystems is equal to three, n = 3, which is not in line with the actual situation. Therefore, in order to fully reflect the relationship between the three subsystems, some other methods, for example, a new environmental sustainability assessment tool by using dynamic Autoregressive-Distributed Lag (ARDL) simulations [13] can be used; the relationships between energy, economy and the ecological environment in Australia can also be applied to future research.…”

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“…Nowadays, Australia is in urgent need of those articles that explore the relationship between energy, economy and the ecological environment as a reference and theoretical guidance, but due to the difficulty and complexity of this topic, few articles have been written. Most of them are about greenhouse gas emissions, biomass energy, food and economic growth [13]. In order to create a coordinated effect among energy supply, economic development, and ecological environment construction, and promote the sustainable development of society in Australia, as well as provide guidance for Australia government, the present study quantitatively evaluates the coupling and coordination development of Australia's energy, economy, and ecological environment from 2007 to 2016 through the coupling and coordination model to provide a theoretical basis for the unification and coordinated development of the three subsystems.…”

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Coupling and Coordination Development of Australian Energy, Economy, and Ecological Environment Systems from 2007 to 2016

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2019

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Energy, economy and ecological environment complement each other. The coupling and coordination development of them would provide basis for the rational use of energy, economic development, and the protection and restoration of the ecological environment. In this study, the coupling and coordination development of the Australian energy, economy, and ecological environment from 2007 to 2016 were quantitatively investigated by constructing a coupling coordination model based on coupling theory. Results showed that: (1) Australia's comprehensive evaluation index of energy, economy, and ecological environment exhibited an increasing trend. The rising trend of the energy index was obvious, the economy was relatively stable, and the comprehensive evaluation index of the ecological environment strongly fluctuated. (2) The development of energy and the economy, and that of energy and the ecological environment were gradually coordinated, and many unbalanced development patterns were found between the economy and the ecological environment. (3) Four types of coordination were observed in the three subsystems, among them, the barely coordinated categories repeated most often and the coordination degree of the three subsystems tended to grow from the global perspective. Energy, economy, and ecological environment interacted, limited, and promoted one another to form a complex system, through proper coordination, these three subsystems can jointly promote the sustainable development of society in Australia.The academic community's research on energy, the economy, and the environment has experienced the process of "single system-binary system-ternary system." Kraft and Kraft [3] first investigated the relationship between economic growth and energy consumption. Grossman and Krueger [4] observed that economic growth and environment quality exhibit an inverted U-shaped curve, which Panayotou [5] called the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) relationship. These studies mainly focused on the binary systems of energy-economy, economy-environment, and environment-energy. With the increasing awareness on energy, the economy, and the ecological environment, people have realized that these binary systems are insufficient to comprehensively and systematically investigate the coordinated development of energy, the economy, and the environment. Therefore, many energy research and environmental protection institutes have cooperated with economists to construct a research framework of the three subsystems and conduct comprehensive research on their coordinated development. In 1995, Hawdon and Pearson [6] investigated the complex relationship between energy, the environment, and economic welfare by using input-output simulations. Oliveira and Antunes presented a multi objective model [7] and a multisectoral energy-economy-environment model [8] and used them to evaluate the effects of economic structure and energy system changes on the environment. Since then, the study of the relationship between the three subsystems has become a new resea...

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Environmental sustainability assessment using dynamic Autoregressive-Distributed Lag simulations—Nexus between greenhouse gas emissions, biomass energy, food and economic growth

Cited by 220 publications

References 35 publications

Assessment of Energy Systems Using Extended Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy VIKOR, and TOPSIS Approaches to Manage Non-Cooperative Opinions

Assessment of Energy Systems Using Extended Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy VIKOR, and TOPSIS Approaches to Manage Non-Cooperative Opinions

A Literature Review to Propose a Systematic Procedure to Develop “Nexus Thinking” Considering the Water–Energy–Food Nexus

Coupling and Coordination Development of Australian Energy, Economy, and Ecological Environment Systems from 2007 to 2016

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