• DocumentCode
    2342234
  • Title

    Evaluation of solar collector plant to contribute climate change mitigation

  • Author

    Brenna, Morris ; Foiadelli, Federica ; Roscia, Mariacristina ; Zaninelli, Dario

  • Author_Institution
    Italian Electr. Assoc. (AEI)
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-27 Nov. 2008
  • Firstpage
    198
  • Lastpage
    202
  • Abstract
    The manner in which we produce and consume energy is of crucial importance to sustainable development, as energy has deep relationships with each of its three dimensions - the economy, the environment and social welfare; energy is part of many environmental problems, including climate change, and must be part of the solution. Renewable energy increases diversity of energy supplies and can replace diminishing fossil fuel resources over the long run, their use in place of fossil fuels can substantially reduce greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Growth in demand for renewable energy in industrialised countries is leading to economies of scale; such growth enables increased access by the developing world, but numerous barriers remain and the cost of renewable energy technologies remains high, although it continues to fall. The deployment of renewable energy requires appropriate economic, market and regulatory instruments and the diffusion of new renewable energy technologies into markets are particularly important. New policies need to be developed to make energy an integral part of sustainable development and Governments can employ a number of strategies to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy. In order, the paper show the cost of solar collector plant, located near Rome (Italy), in relation to the costs of operation and maintenance too, because it is necessary to give, to the decision makers, the real cost and the feasibility of the renewable technologies, to improve their use and development trough the most accurate incentives, contributed to the climate change mitigation and the achievement of thresholds production by renewable resources.
  • Keywords
    climate mitigation; solar absorber-convertors; solar power; sustainable development; climate change mitigation; environmental problems; renewable energy; renewable technologies; solar collector plant; sustainable development; Costs; Cultural differences; Economies of scale; Environmental factors; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Fossil fuels; Global warming; Industrial pollution; Renewable energy resources; Sustainable development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sustainable Energy Technologies, 2008. ICSET 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1887-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1888-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSET.2008.4747001
  • Filename
    4747001