The great solar boom: a global perspective into the far reaching impact of an unexpected energy revolution

Meneguzzo, Francesco; Ciriminna, Rosaria; Albanese, Lorenzo; Pagliaro, Mario

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“…Likewise to what happened with photovoltaic (PV) modules, wherein tariffs rapidly enforced in the EU and in the US did not stop global expansion of solar PV energy to unprecedented levels [49], low price of citric acid boosted its adoption in market segments and world’s regions where it was not traditionally used due to high price, including many south east Asia Pacific countries and Russia, the world’s largest country, which to the best of our knowledge hosts only one citric acid plant (Fig. 3).…”

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Citric acid: emerging applications of key biotechnology industrial product

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Owing to new biotechnological production units mostly located in China, global supply of citric acid in the course of the last two decades rose from less than 0.5 to more than 2 million tonnes becoming the single largest chemical obtained via biomass fermentation and the most widely employed organic acid. Critically reviewing selected research achievements and production trends, we identify the reasons for which this polycarboxylic acid will become a key chemical in the emerging bioeconomy.Graphical abstractPalermo's Fabbrica Chimica Italiana Goldenberg today. In 1930 it was Europe’s largest citric acid plant (photo courtesy of Aldo Ferrande)

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Citric acid: emerging applications of key biotechnology industrial product

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“…However, the impact of electric vehicle diffusion is not that simple when we additionally consider the synergism with the expansion of renewable generation. In particular, there is a unified view towards a solar boom throughout the world [39]. The new Korean government has also announced they will do their best to increase the share of renewable energy in the annual power generation volume.…”

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Key Features of Electric Vehicle Diffusion and Its Impact on the Korean Power Market

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Abstract:The market share of electric vehicles is growing and the interest in these vehicles is rapidly increasing in industrialized countries. In the light of these circumstances, this study provides an integrated policy-making package, which includes key features for electric vehicle diffusion and its impact on the Korean power market. This research is based on a quantitative analysis with the following steps: (1) it analyzes drivers' preferences for electric or traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles with respect to key automobile attributes and these key attributes indicate what policy makers should focus on; (2) it forecasts the achievable level of market share of electric vehicles in relation to improvements in their key attributes; and (3) it evaluates the impact of electric vehicle diffusion on the Korean power market based on an achievable level of market share with different charging demand profiles. Our results reveal the market share of electric vehicles can increase to around 40% of the total market share if the key features of electric vehicles reach a similar level to those of traditional vehicles. In this estimation, an increase in the power market's system generation costs will reach around 10% of the cost in the baseline scenario, which differs slightly depending on charging demand profiles.

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“…34 Yet, for more than a century hydroelectric and nuclear power have been the only two alternatives available. All has changed in the last twenty years, with an unexpected boom in renewable energy, especially wind and solar power, 35 that will shortly change the global energy scenario. For example, in India a few weeks ago solar electricity was priced at 3.7 $cents/kWh, 36 which is lower than the current wholesale coal power price of 4 cents per kWh.…”

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The Central Role of Chemistry in the Transition to the Solar Economy

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2017

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On June 8 and June 9, 2017, we gave two invited lectures at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry (ZIOC) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.  The first lecture, “Sol-Gel Catalysts: Making Green Chemistry Possible”, focused on the practical outcomes of 25 years of research on sol-gel entrapped catalysts. The second, “Chemistry for the Bioeconomy: From Discussion to Action”, offered a critical insight to the forthcoming bioeconomy. Both lectures aroused much interest in the audience and ended with a vigorous discussion lasting about one hour. An outlook is provided herein. 

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The great solar boom: a global perspective into the far reaching impact of an unexpected energy revolution

Cited by 73 publications

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Citric acid: emerging applications of key biotechnology industrial product

Citric acid: emerging applications of key biotechnology industrial product

Key Features of Electric Vehicle Diffusion and Its Impact on the Korean Power Market

The Central Role of Chemistry in the Transition to the Solar Economy

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