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Sustainability perils and opportunities of clean electricity

Abstract

In this chapter, the author has noted the crucial role of electricity in climate protection scenarios and attempted to answer why electricity possess this crucial role. The author has argued that electricity in itself can be seen as a climate protection opportunity - and thus a sustainability opportunity.


Chapter Contents:
•3.1 Why the pivotal role of electricity in climate protection?
•3.2 Environmental impacts of electricity generation
•3.2.1 Climate action (SDG13)
•3.2.2 Good health and well-being (SDG3)
•3.2.3 Life below water (SDG14) and life on land (SDG15)
•3.2.4 Affordable and clean energy (SDG7) and responsible consumption and production (SDG12)
•3.3 Concluding remarks

Category

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Year

2020

Publisher

IET Digital Library

Book

Transforming the Grid Towards Fully Renewable Energy

ISBN

9781839530210

Page(s)

45 - 61

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