The influence of extreme dust events in the current and future 100% renewable power scenarios in Tenerife

Cañadillas-Ramallo, D.; Moutaoikil, Asmae; Shephard, Les E.; Lemus, Ricardo Guerrero

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.013

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“…(2019) and Canadillas et al. (2022), further validating the effectiveness of REC and environmental sustainability. The extensive use of oil leases increases short‐term PM2.5 emissions.…”

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From pollution to progress: Exploring the role of cleaner technology, energy efficiency and sustainable production in reducing PM2.5 levels in China

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Air pollution, particularly particulate matter (PM2.5) levels, was a significant focus at the COP26 summit. Rampant production practices and changing lifestyles contribute to the issue globally. China's rapid urbanization and reliance on fossil fuels significantly threaten global health sustainability. This study aims to evaluate China's environmental agenda and offer policy recommendations for achieving a green and clean environment. To accomplish this, the study assesses the crucial factors contributing to China's air pollution levels, focusing specifically on fine PM2.5 from 1975 to 2020. By implementing the ARDL bounds testing approach, the study confirmed a non‐linear relationship between per capita income and PM2.5, demonstrating an inverted U‐shaped curve with a turning point observed at a per capita income level of US$3030 in the short run. Furthermore, a positive correlation between these variables was detected in the long run. The study also revealed that rapid urbanization initially leads to increased PM2.5 concentrations, whereas it has a decreasing effect in the long term. To progress towards sustainable production and consumption, China has embraced efficient environmental technologies and increasing clean energy sources in its production mix. Leveraging these strategies, the country strives to achieve its decarbonization agenda and ensure a cleaner future. By conducting an ex ante analysis, this study identified ecological technologies, renewable energy demand and oil resource rents as critical influencers on China's air pollution levels over the next decade. The findings underscore the pressing need to embrace alternative energy sources, eco‐friendly technologies and resource conservation to tackle air pollution effectively and accomplish China's decarbonization objectives. It is imperative to prioritize adopting sustainable practices, ensuring a cleaner environment for current and future generations.

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“…(2019) and Canadillas et al. (2022), further validating the effectiveness of REC and environmental sustainability. The extensive use of oil leases increases short‐term PM2.5 emissions.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 74%

From pollution to progress: Exploring the role of cleaner technology, energy efficiency and sustainable production in reducing PM2.5 levels in China

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“…For the case of the Canary Islands, this may result in strong winds as well as high dust pollution combined with low wind speed. In particular, the impact of the latter is researched by Cañadillas-Ramallo et al (2022) for the island of Tenerife showing how this leads to lower output of both PV and wind turbines and thus increases the need for storage capacities.…”

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A review of 100% renewable energy scenarios on islands

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Bertheau

Khalili

et al. 2022

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Globally, more than 740 million people live on islands which are often seen as ideal environments for the development of renewable energy systems. Hereby, they play the role to demonstrate technical solutions as well as political transition pathways of energy systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The growing number of articles on 100% renewable energy systems on islands is analyzed with a focus on technical solutions for transition pathways. Since the first “100% renewable energy systems on islands”‐article in a scientific journal in 2004, 97 articles handling 100% renewable energy systems on small islands were published and are reviewed in this article. In addition, a review on 100% renewable energy systems on bigger island states is added. Results underline that solar PV as well as wind are the main technologies regarding 100% RES on islands. Not only for the use of biomass but for all RES area limitation on islands needs to be taken more seriously, based on full energy system studies and respective area demand. Furthermore, it is shown that there is still not the same common sense in the design approach including and starting at the energy needs as well as on multi‐sectoral approach. The consideration of maritime transport, aviation, cooling demands, and water systems beyond seawater desalination is only poorly considered in existing studies. Future research should also focus on developing pathways to transform the existing conventional infrastructure stepwise into a fully renewable system regarding also the interconnections with the mainland and neighboring islands. This article is categorized under: Policy and Economics > Green Economics and Financing Energy Systems Economics > Economics and Policy Energy Systems Analysis > Economics and Policy Energy Systems Analysis > Systems and Infrastructure

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“…Dust storms cause huge socio-economic impacts linked to loos of visibility, road traffic disruption and accidents, deviation of air travel or closure of maritime and air navigation space, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, loose of soil and a decrease in solar energy production (Cañadillas-Ramallo et al, 2022;Domínguez-Rodríguez et al, 2021;Middleton et al, 2021;Miri and Middleton, 2022;Pi et al, 2020). For this reason, a set of operational "dust services" are available to forecast and monitor dust activity by modelling and satellite observations (Mona et al, 2023).…”

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Emerging extreme Saharan-dust events expand northward over the Atlantic and Europe prompting record-breaking PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 episodes

Rodríguez,

López-Darias

2024

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Abstract. Unprecedented extreme Saharan-dust (duxt) events have recently expanded northward, from subtropical NW Africa to the NE Atlantic and SW Europe, affecting the Canary Islands and mainland Spain. These six historic duxt episodes occurred 3–5 February 2020, 22–29 February 2020, 15–21 February 2021, 14–17 January 2022, 29 January–1 February 2022 and 14–20 March 2022. We analysed data of 330 Governmental Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AQMSs) of Spain, where PM10 and PM2.5 are measured with European EN-standards, and found that during duxt events PM10 concentrations are underestimated due to technical limitations of some PM10 monitors to properly measure extremely high concentrations. We assessed the consistency of PM10 and PM2.5 data and reconstructed 1414 PM10 (1 h average) data of 48 AQMSs by using our novel duxt-r method. During duxt events, 1-hour average PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations were within the range 1000–6000 μg/m3 and 400–1200 μg/m3, respectively. The meteorological and dust modelling-reanalyses show that the intense winds leading to massive dust plumes occurred within meteorological dipoles formed by a blocking anticyclone over western Europe and a cut-off low located at the southwest, near the Canary Islands, Cape Verde or into the Sahara. These cyclones reached this region by two main paths: deviated southward from the Atlantic mid-latitudes westerly circulation by the blocking anticyclone over western Europe or deviated northward from the tropical belt. The 22–29 February 2020 event led to (24 h average) PM10 and PM2.5 within the range 600–1840 μg/m3 and 200–404 μg/m3, being the most intense dust episodes ever recorded in the Canary Islands. The 14–20 March 2022 event led to (24 h average) PM10 and PM2.5 values within the range 500–3070 μg/m3 and 100–690 μg/m3 in south-eastern, 200–1000 μg/m3 and 60–260 μg/m3 in central and 150–500 μg/m3 and 75–130 μg/m3 in northern regions of mainland Spain and to 150–430 μg/m3 and 30–80 μg/m3 in the Canary Islands, respectively, being the most intense dust episode ever recorded in mainland Spain. The analysis of the 2000–2022 PM10 and PM2.5 time series shows that these six duxt events have no precedent in Spain. All duxt events occurred during northern-hemisphere meteorological anomalies characterised by shifted to higher latitudes subtropical anticyclones, anomalous low pressures expanding beyond the tropical belt and a mid-latitudes amplified Rossby-waves undulation; these overall features resemble the anomalies of the atmospheric circulation linked to the anthropogenic global warming.

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The influence of extreme dust events in the current and future 100% renewable power scenarios in Tenerife

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

From pollution to progress: Exploring the role of cleaner technology, energy efficiency and sustainable production in reducing PM2.5 levels in China

From pollution to progress: Exploring the role of cleaner technology, energy efficiency and sustainable production in reducing PM2.5 levels in China

A review of 100% renewable energy scenarios on islands

Emerging extreme Saharan-dust events expand northward over the Atlantic and Europe prompting record-breaking PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 episodes

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The influence of extreme dust events in the current and future 100% renewable power scenarios in Tenerife

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

From pollution to progress: Exploring the role of cleaner technology, energy efficiency and sustainable production in reducing PM2.5 levels in China

From pollution to progress: Exploring the role of cleaner technology, energy efficiency and sustainable production in reducing PM2.5 levels in China

A review of 100% renewable energy scenarios on islands

Emerging extreme Saharan-dust events expand northward over the Atlantic and Europe prompting record-breaking PM10 and PM2.5 episodes

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Emerging extreme Saharan-dust events expand northward over the Atlantic and Europe prompting record-breaking PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 episodes