Socio-economic and environmental effects of concentrated solar power in Spain: A multiregional input output analysis

Corona, Blanca; Rúa, Cristina de la; Miguel, Guillermo San

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2016.03.014

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“…The contribution to economic development is measured by the multiplier effect calculated by an IOA performed previously by the researchers (Corona et al. ). The multiplier effect provides a measure of the increase in the national income as a result of the demand of goods or services by the project.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The number of worker hours per life phase and process was obtained as a result of a socioeconomic input‐output analysis (IOA) of the system under study (published in (Corona et al. ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To this purpose, the following inventory data were collected: activities carried out by the companies involved in the life cycle of the CSP plant and number of worker hours per life stage as the activity variable. The number of worker hours per life phase and process was obtained as a result of a socioeconomic input-output analysis (IOA) of the system under study (published in (Corona et al 2016).…”

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Social Life Cycle Assessment of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Spain: A Methodological Proposal

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SummaryMeasuring the sustainability of goods and services in a systematic and objective manner has become an issue of paramount importance. Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) is a holistic methodology whose aim is to integrate into a compatible format the analysis of the three pillars of sustainability, namely, economy, environment, and society. Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) is a novel methodology still under development, used to cover the social aspects of sustainability within LCSA. The aim of this article is to provide additional discussion on the practical application of S-LCA by suggesting a new classification and characterization model that builds upon previous methodological developments. The structure of the social analysis has been adapted to maintain coherence with that of standard LCA. The application of this methodology is demonstrated using a case study-the analysis of power generation in a concentrated solar power plant in Spain. The inventory phase was completed by using the indicators proposed by the United Nations Environment Program/Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (UNEP/SETAC) Guidelines on S-LCA. The impact assessment phase was approached by developing a social performance indicator that builds on performance reference points, an activity variable, and a numeric scale with positive and negative values. The social performance indicator obtained (+0.42 over a range of -2 to +2) shows that the deployment of the solar power plant increases the social welfare of Spain, especially in the impact categories of socioeconomic sustainability and fairness of relationships, whose results were 1.38 and 0.29, respectively. Keywords:industrial ecology life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) social hotspots social indicators social performance sustainability Supporting information is linked to this article on the JIE website

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“…The number of worker hours per life phase and process was obtained as a result of a socioeconomic input‐output analysis (IOA) of the system under study (published in (Corona et al. ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Social Life Cycle Assessment of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Spain: A Methodological Proposal

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Olsen

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J of Industrial Ecology

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“…Not surprisingly, this figure is lower than another MRIO assessment of a hybrid STE with natural gas due to the effects of hybridization (Corona et al 2016b). For NGCC, values amount to 1.6 g SO 2 eq/kWh and 2.2 g NMVOC eq/kWh, which, as expected, are slightly higher than harmonized LCA estimations (Singh et al 2011).…”

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“…Some are that it assumes unlimited production capacity, it does not account for the possibility of storage, it does not account for all informal transactions in the economy and the IOT are only published every few years (Holland and Cooke 1992). Additionally, the sectorial aggregation involves identical impacts assumed for all activities included in each economic sector (Corona et al 2016a). Despite these limitations, this framework has been widely used to predict future impacts (Barrett et al 2013) and support decision-making processes (Baumol and Wolff 1994), as well as for identifying key economic sectors (Archer and Fletcher 1996;Kofoworola and Gheewala 2008).…”

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A Framework for Integrated Sustainability Assessment to support decision making. Application to solar thermal and natural gas combined cycle electricity production in Mexico

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2 Algunas personas quieren que suceda, otras esperan que suceda, otras hacen que sucedaA mis padres, abuela, hermano y familia 3 AgradecimientosCon esta sección pretendo reflejar, en unos pocos párrafos, mi enorme agradecimiento a todas aquellas personas que han contribuido, de un modo y otro, a realizar este objetivo.En primer lugar, quería agradecer una vez más (ya he perdido ya la cuenta) a mi directora de tesis, la Dra. Natalia Caldés. El porqué es más complicado de expresar, digamos que, básicamente, por todo. Empezando por el infinito aprendizaje a su lado, esta tesis ha sido un largo recorrido en el que puedo decir que no he estado sola en ningún momento. Sus aportaciones técnicas y empujones en momentos críticos han sido imprescindibles. Muchísimas correcciones y tiempo robado en los cuales la paciencia y empatía siempre han estado presentes, además de otras muchas bondades personales. He tenido una suerte inmensa por tenerte de directora y mucho más como amiga, gracias por toda tu ayuda y gracias por creer en mí desde el primer momento. También agradecer a mi director Dr. Alberto Garrido por su apoyo y correcciones que han ayudado a mejorar la tesis. Como no agradecer a toda la Unidad de Análisis de Sistemas Energéticos de Ciemat. Empezando por Yolanda y Cristina, muchas gracias por dejarme aprender tanto, por las largas discusiones y enriquecedoras modificaciones, y también por vuestra paciencia y el buen trato personal. También agradecer al resto de la unidad por los comentarios de mejora en las presentaciones y los infinitos buenos momentos con Israel, Carmen, Ana, Dani, Helena, Andrés y todas las personas que en algún momento estuvieron en la unidad: Diego, Rosa, Marta, Pilar, etc. Por último, especial agradecimiento a Eric, por su disposición a ayudarme siempre con pequeñas grandes cosas, y por la paciencia; y a Marylin, mi compañera batalla, con la que he recorrido todo este proceso y hemos compartido juntas todas las sensaciones de esta etapa.No me puedo olvidar de algunas personas que han sido elementos clave para esta tesis. Agradecimientos a la PSA, a Almudena Bailador y a Rafael Pérez por la ayuda en los casos de estudio. Gracias a Christian Oltra y Roser Sala por el aprendizaje y estancia en el CISOT. Especial agradecimiento al Dr. Luis Crespo, quien me ha enseñado tanto sobre la tecnología solar y me ha ayudado a otorgar al trabajo una calidad técnica, además de los buenos momentos. Asimismo, muchas gracias al Dr. Antonio Rodríguez por toda la ayuda en los temas relacionados con México, además del cariño recibido.I also would like to thank some of the experts I had the opportunity to meet, attend their classes and discuss with in UC Berkeley: Dr. Alasdain Cohen, Dr. Daniel Kammen, Dr. David Dornfeld, Dr. Nicholas Sakellariou and Dr. Steven Weissman. 4En un ámbito más personal, quiero agradecer a mis padres, imprescindibles en cada momento de mi vida y por supuesto especialmente en éste, los que me han dado la oportunidad de formarme y poder realizar este trabajo. Los que me han ayudado en l...

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Importance of Energy for Industries and Role of the Energy Sector in Turkey’s Economy

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Dynamics of Energy, Environment and Economy

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Socio-economic and environmental effects of concentrated solar power in Spain: A multiregional input output analysis

Cited by 39 publications

References 14 publications

Social Life Cycle Assessment of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Spain: A Methodological Proposal

Social Life Cycle Assessment of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Spain: A Methodological Proposal

A Framework for Integrated Sustainability Assessment to support decision making. Application to solar thermal and natural gas combined cycle electricity production in Mexico

Importance of Energy for Industries and Role of the Energy Sector in Turkey’s Economy

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