Unveiling land footprint of solar power: A pilot solar tower project in China

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111741

	Unveiling land footprint of solar power: A pilot solar tower project in China
	Wu, Xudong 2; Shao, Ling 3; Chen, Guoqian 4,5; Han, Mengyao 6; Chi, Yuanying 7; Yang, Qing 8; Alhodaly, Mohammed 1; Wakeel, Muhammad 9
刊名	JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
	2021-02-15
卷号	280 页码:10
关键词	Land footprint Solar-based electricity Plant infrastructure Systems perspective Local view
ISSN号	0301-4797
DOI	10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111741
通讯作者	Wu, Xudong(wuxudong@bjfu.edu.cn) ; Chen, Guoqian(gqchen@pku.edu.cn)
英文摘要	Land occupation by solar power installations has become a rising concern that may cause adverse impacts on natural ecosystems and biodiversity. Existing studies mainly adopt a local perspective to view land use requirements of solar power and forget that the solar-based electricity system is subordinate to the macro economy and nourished by the material, machinery and service support by various economic sectors. To manifest a key aspect of the footprint of solar power on land resources, this study uncovered the extensive industrial land use initiated by the infrastructure of a representative pilot solar-based electricity plant using a systems perspective. The results in this study show that in magnitude, land footprint by the infrastructure of the pilot solar plant amounts to three times as much as the onsite land area. Also, the land footprint calculated is revealed as one order of magnitude larger than a previous finding that includes primary materials only, and four to seven times higher than the onsite land use by coal-based electricity plants. The outcome implies that existing environmental management policies need to be re-evaluated by putting enough emphasis on the land displacement by solar power systems along the production chain.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[71904003] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[2652018249]
WOS关键词	LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT ; INDUSTRIAL WATER-USE ; EMBODIED ENERGY ; WORLD-ECONOMY ; INPUT-OUTPUT ; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION ; RENEWABLE ENERGY ; SUPPLY CHAIN ; EMISSIONS ; REQUIREMENTS
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000613566900005
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/160499]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wu, Xudong; Chen, Guoqian
作者单位	1.King Abdulaziz Univ, Fac Sci, NAAM Grp, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Soil & Water Conservat, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 3.China Univ Geosci, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 4.Peking Univ, Coll Engn, Lab Syst Ecol & Sustainabil Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 5.King Abdulaziz Univ, Fac Engn, Ctr Res Excellence Renewable Energy & Power Syst, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 7.Beijing Univ Technol, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing, Peoples R China 8.Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Energy & Power Engn, State Key Lab Coal Combust, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China 9.COMSATS Univ Islamabad CUI, Dept Environm Sci, Vehari Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wu, Xudong,Shao, Ling,Chen, Guoqian,et al. Unveiling land footprint of solar power: A pilot solar tower project in China[J]. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,2021,280:10.
APA	Wu, Xudong.,Shao, Ling.,Chen, Guoqian.,Han, Mengyao.,Chi, Yuanying.,...&Wakeel, Muhammad.(2021).Unveiling land footprint of solar power: A pilot solar tower project in China.JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,280,10.
MLA	Wu, Xudong,et al."Unveiling land footprint of solar power: A pilot solar tower project in China".JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 280(2021):10.