Checking the actual sustainability of renewables: Results from the SuReTool project
Authors: J. Dufour, D. Iribarren, M. Martín-Gamboa, D. García-Gusano (Instituto IMDEA Energía) Future implementation of both conventional and new renewable energy technologies will inevitably result in a substantial increment in the number of plants and facilities deployed. Research into the social implications, the environmental performance and the economic balance of this step-change in technology deployment is required to ensure that the evolving energy system is actually sustainable. In this respect, the research project SuReTool (“Checking the actual sustainability of renewables…