The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy

Abstract Although the transition to renewable energies will intensify the global competition for land, the potential impacts driven by solar energy remain unexplored. In this work, the potential solar land requirements and related land use change emissions are computed for the EU, India, Japan and S...

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Autores principales:	Dirk-Jan van de Ven, Iñigo Capellan-Peréz, Iñaki Arto, Ignacio Cazcarro, Carlos de Castro, Pralit Patel, Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e922ca9143514071a1e605f13846ef5d2021-12-02T14:06:19ZThe potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy10.1038/s41598-021-82042-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/e922ca9143514071a1e605f13846ef5d2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82042-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Although the transition to renewable energies will intensify the global competition for land, the potential impacts driven by solar energy remain unexplored. In this work, the potential solar land requirements and related land use change emissions are computed for the EU, India, Japan and South Korea. A novel method is developed within an integrated assessment model which links socioeconomic, energy, land and climate systems. At 25–80% penetration in the electricity mix of those regions by 2050, we find that solar energy may occupy 0.5–5% of total land. The resulting land cover changes, including indirect effects, will likely cause a net release of carbon ranging from 0 to 50 gCO2/kWh, depending on the region, scale of expansion, solar technology efficiency and land management practices in solar parks. Hence, a coordinated planning and regulation of new solar energy infrastructures should be enforced to avoid a significant increase in their life cycle emissions through terrestrial carbon losses.Dirk-Jan van de VenIñigo Capellan-PerézIñaki ArtoIgnacio CazcarroCarlos de CastroPralit PatelMikel Gonzalez-EguinoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Dirk-Jan van de Ven Iñigo Capellan-Peréz Iñaki Arto Ignacio Cazcarro Carlos de Castro Pralit Patel Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy
description	Abstract Although the transition to renewable energies will intensify the global competition for land, the potential impacts driven by solar energy remain unexplored. In this work, the potential solar land requirements and related land use change emissions are computed for the EU, India, Japan and South Korea. A novel method is developed within an integrated assessment model which links socioeconomic, energy, land and climate systems. At 25–80% penetration in the electricity mix of those regions by 2050, we find that solar energy may occupy 0.5–5% of total land. The resulting land cover changes, including indirect effects, will likely cause a net release of carbon ranging from 0 to 50 gCO2/kWh, depending on the region, scale of expansion, solar technology efficiency and land management practices in solar parks. Hence, a coordinated planning and regulation of new solar energy infrastructures should be enforced to avoid a significant increase in their life cycle emissions through terrestrial carbon losses.
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author	Dirk-Jan van de Ven Iñigo Capellan-Peréz Iñaki Arto Ignacio Cazcarro Carlos de Castro Pralit Patel Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino
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title	The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy
title_short	The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy
title_full	The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy
title_fullStr	The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy
title_full_unstemmed	The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy
title_sort	potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/e922ca9143514071a1e605f13846ef5d
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The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy

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