Imperial College London
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Dr Judith A. Alazraque Cherni

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Honorary Research Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7316j.cherni

 
 
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Location

 

708Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Cherni:2016:10.3390/en9121086,
author = {Cherni, JA and Olalde, Font R and Serrano, L and Henao, F and Urbina, A},
doi = {10.3390/en9121086},
journal = {Energies},
title = {Systematic Assessment of Carbon Emissions from Renewable Energy Access to Improve Rural Livelihoods},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en9121086},
volume = {9},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - One way of increasing access to electricity for impoverished unconnected areas without adding significant amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere is by promoting renewable energy technologies. However, decision-makers rarely, if ever, take into account the level of in-built energy requirements and consequential CO2 emissions found in renewable energy, particularly photovoltaic cells and related equipment, which have been widely disseminated in developing countries. The deployment of solar panels worldwide has mostly relied on silicon crystalline cell modules, despite the fact that less polluting material—in particular, thin film and organic cells—offers comparatively distinct technical, environmental and cost advantages characteristics. A major scientific challenge has thus been the design of a single decision-making approach to assess local and global climate change-related impacts as well as the socio-economic effects of low-carbon technology. The article focuses on the functions of the multi-criteria-based tool SURE-DSS and environmental impact analysis focused on greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions balance to inform the selection of technologies in terms of their impact on livelihoods and CO2eq. emissions. An application in a remote rural community in Cuba is discussed. The results of this study show that while PV silicon (c-Si), thin film (CdTe) and organic solar cells may each equally meet the demands of the community and enhance people’s livelihoods, their effect on the global environment varies.
AU  - Cherni,JA
AU  - Olalde,Font R
AU  - Serrano,L
AU  - Henao,F
AU  - Urbina,A
DO  - 10.3390/en9121086
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1996-1073
TI  - Systematic Assessment of Carbon Emissions from Renewable Energy Access to Improve Rural Livelihoods
T2  - Energies
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en9121086
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/52833
VL  - 9
ER  -
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