Comparative net energy analysis of renewable electricity and carbon capture and storage
- Submitting institution
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The University of Lancaster
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 261253317
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41560-019-0365-7
- Title of journal
- Nature Energy
- Article number
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- First page
- 456
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- -
- ISSN
- 2058-7546
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper provides the first net energy analysis-based comparison of renewable energy and CCS. The work of an international team from 5 countries and 4 disciplines, it concludes that renewables plus energy storage are a better investment than CCS for tackling climate change. Since publication in April 2019, it has been widely discussed as a key work towards a 100% renewable energy pathway, both in public media (e.g. coverage in Science Daily, European Scientist, Anthropocene Magazine, The Naked Scientists and the Carbon Brief daily briefing) and world leading experts (e.g. comment in Nature Asia by Mark Jacobson, Stanford, https://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2019.50).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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