Publications by authors named "Saeed Rahimpour Golroudbary"
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- Achieving carbon neutrality necessitates large-scale renewable energy technologies, like solar PV panels, but their environmental impacts, particularly related to silicon flows, are not well-studied.
- Using system dynamics modeling, this research evaluates the environmental costs associated with silicon production for PVs, focusing on the U.S. and China as the top manufacturers.
- It finds that while improvements have been made, China will face a 70% rise in energy and 69% increase in water use for silicon production by 2030, with significant emissions from cell and module manufacturing in both countries.
Decarbonization of economy is intended to reduce the consumption of non-renewable energy sources and emissions from them. One of the major components of decarbonization are "green energy" technologies, e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo be able to grow crops, we have interfered with Earth's reserves of one of top three essential elements, phosphorus (P), as to which we face a problem related to its high consumption compared to available resources. This forces us to follow the alternative of closing the phosphorus loop from a circular economy perspective. However, there is a lack of research on regional and global social sustainability in this area, as emphasized in the United Nations' Agenda 2030 goals for sustainable development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhosphorus (P) is an important critical material essential for crops cultivation and animal husbandry. Effective phosphorous recycling is considered one of the most significant factors in alleviating its criticality. However, despite the importance of phosphorous recycling, its sustainability is not studied extensively.
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