{"id":132803,"date":"2015-12-21T13:06:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T12:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/energiasalternativas\/?p=132803"},"modified":"2015-12-21T13:06:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T12:06:51","slug":"checking-the-actual-sustainability-of-renewables-results-from-the-suretool-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/energiasalternativas\/2015\/12\/21\/132803","title":{"rendered":"Checking the actual sustainability of renewables: Results from the SuReTool project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authors<\/strong>: J. Dufour, D. Iribarren, M. Mart\u00edn-Gamboa, D. Garc\u00eda-Gusano (Instituto IMDEA Energ\u00eda)<\/span><\/p>\n

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 <\/em>(\u201cChecking the actual sustainability of renewables \u2013 Developing of new tools\u201d) has led to the development of novel methodological frameworks and decision-making tools oriented towards the sustainability assessment of energy systems. This project, framed within the EEA\/NILS Science and Sustainability programme, was carried out from July 2014 to November 2015 through the exchange of researchers between the IMDEA Energy Institute (Spain) and the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE, Norway). <\/span> Within the SuReTool project, the scientific activity succeeded in integrating life-cycle indicators into energy system optimisation models, while developing an interactive process between energy system modelling and sustainability assessment to support decision-making about renewables. This means relevant methodological advances in the hybridisation of Energy Systems Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment. In particular, a robust framework for the soft-linking of Life Cycle Assessment and TIMES\/LEAP was developed and applied to the case study of national power generation. Furthermore, a decision-making tool oriented towards energy policy-makers and stakeholders was developed. Key scientific results from this project can be found in the scientific literature [1]. Finally, the most relevant outcomes of the project will be presented during the SETAC Europe 26<\/span>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting (France, 22-26 May 2016) and the 3rd<\/sup> Symposium of the Spanish Excellence Network esLCA (Spain, 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

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La futura implementaci\u00f3n de tecnolog\u00edas energ\u00e9ticas convencionales y renovables conllevar\u00e1, inevitablemente, un incremento en el n\u00famero de plantas e instalaciones desplegadas. Por ello, con el objetivo de asegurar una evoluci\u00f3n sostenible del sistema energ\u00e9tico, se necesita investigar sobre las implicaciones sociales, ambientales y econ\u00f3micas que supone esta implementaci\u00f3n. En este sentido, el proyecto de investigaci\u00f3n SuReTool <\/em>(\u201cChecking the actual sustainability of renewables \u2013 Developing of new tools\u201d) <\/em>ha conducido al desarrollo de novedosas soluciones metodol\u00f3gicas y herramientas de toma de decisi\u00f3n orientadas al an\u00e1lisis de sostenibilidad de sistemas energ\u00e9ticos. Este proyecto, enmarcado dentro del programa EEA\/NILS Science and Sustainability, se llev\u00f3 a cabo desde julio de 2014 hasta noviembre de 2015 mediante el intercambio de investigadores entre el Instituto IMDEA Energ\u00eda (Espa\u00f1a) y el Institute for Energy Technology (IFE, Noruega).<\/span> \u00a0 En el proyecto SuReTool<\/em>, <\/em>la actividad cient\u00edfica condujo a la integraci\u00f3n de indicadores del ciclo de vida en modelos energ\u00e9ticos y al desarrollo de un proceso de interacci\u00f3n entre modelizaci\u00f3n energ\u00e9tica y an\u00e1lisis de sostenibilidad para apoyar la toma de decisiones en materia de energ\u00edas renovables. Esto se tradujo en importantes avances metodol\u00f3gicos en cuanto a la hibridaci\u00f3n de Modelizaci\u00f3n Energ\u00e9tica y An\u00e1lisis del Ciclo de Vida. En particular, se estableci\u00f3 un marco metodol\u00f3gico robusto para el soft-linking<\/em> de An\u00e1lisis del Ciclo de Vida y TIMES\/LEAP, aplic\u00e1ndolo al caso de estudio de generaci\u00f3n el\u00e9ctrica a nivel nacional. Adem\u00e1s, se desarroll\u00f3 una herramienta de toma de decisiones para su uso potencial por parte de pol\u00edticos y grupos de inter\u00e9s en el campo de la energ\u00eda. Resultados cient\u00edficos clave obtenidos en este proyecto se encuentran ya publicados [1]. Adem\u00e1s, los resultados m\u00e1s relevantes del proyecto se presentar\u00e1n en el congreso internacional \u201cSETAC Europe 26<\/span>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting\u201d (Francia, 22-26 Mayo 2016) y en el III Simposio de la Red Espa\u00f1ola de Excelencia esLCA (Espa\u00f1a, 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSupported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism. Operated by Universidad Complutense de Madrid\u201d.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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References<\/span><\/strong> [1] D. Garc\u00eda-Gusano, D. Iribarren, M. Mart\u00edn-Gamboa, J. Dufour, K. Espegren, A. Lind. \u201cIntegration of life-cycle indicators into energy optimisation models: The case study of power generation in Norway\u201d. Journal of Cleaner Production 2016, 112: 2693-2696.<\/span><\/p>\n

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