Is renewable energy sustainable? Potential relationships between renewable energy production and the Sustainable Development Goals
Jing Tian,
Sam Anthony Culley,
Holger Robert Maier
et al.
Abstract:Given the key role renewable energy plays in averting the impending climate crisis, assessments of the sustainability of renewable energy systems (RESs) are often heavily skewed towards their environmental benefits, such as reductions in carbon emissions. However, RES projects also have the potential to actively harm progress towards other aspects of sustainability, particularly when hidden within the energy generation process. Given the growing understanding of the ’dark side‘ of renewables, we must ask the q… Show more
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