Santacruz Banacloche

European Commission | ec · Joint Research Centre (JRC)

The transition towards a more sustainable and decarbonised energy system is mandatory for achieving global climate objectives, and counting on proper tools to evaluate sustainability is essential. Among sustainability assessment methodologies, hybrid approaches integrating Input-Output analysis (IOA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) are often propos...

In the context of the European Green Deal and the Recovery Plan for Europe, CSP can play its role, by providing dispatchable and flexible energy when other renewable technologies cannot. The aim of this paper is to identify the potential socioeconomic, social and environmental impacts associated to the future deployment of CSP projects in Spain, ta...

Mexico is expected to become the 6th largest economy in 2050. According to EDGAR database, in 2019 it was the largest polluting country in Latin America and the 13th in the world, regarding Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Lately, the new Administration has shifted its energy strategy from a renewable path into the reinforcement of conventional ener...

A sustainability assessment regarding the manufacturing process and the use of a new proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), specially designed for portable hydrogen applications, is presented. The initial fuel cell prototype has been configured by taking into account exclusively technical issues. However, a life cycle analysis considering envi...

The main objective of the Competitive Solar Power Towers (CAPTure) project was to increase plant efficiencies and reduce levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) by developing all relevant components that allow implementing an innovative plant configuration. This plant configuration was based on a multi-tower decoupled advanced solar combined cycle (DS...

Relevant energy questions have arisen because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic shock leads to emissions’ reductions consistent with the rates of decrease required to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. Those unforeseen drastic reductions in emissions are temporary as long as they do not involve structural changes. However, the COVID-19 consequ...

This book collects the contributions made in the Conference for new researchers ADOPTA CIENCIA. Its content addresses, from a novel perspective, various research projects in renewable energy. These projects will soon become doctoral theses.

Electricity demand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region increases at a rate of 6–8% per year. It is expected to double by 2020 and triple by 2030. Renewable electricity ensures climate protection and energy security. This work presents a sustainability assessment of CSP hybridization with biomass technology to be installed in Tunisia....

Producing electricity by nuclear fusion on Earth in this century is pursued by the academia and governments. Apart from the environmental and energy security benefits, fusion energy deployment would stimulate economic growth and employment. This research provides novel results of the global socioeconomic (value added, employment) and environmental...

To meet the Paris Agreement, Mexico is committed to reduce unconditionally 25% of its greenhouse gases emissions for the year 2030. Since the strategy to achieve the mitigation goals needs an increase in renewable energy sources, Mexico’s national climate change policy package has already been launched, including the deployment of 13.5 GW of wind,...

Promising technology in Tunisia as part of the solution to energy demand and Climate Change.

Global value chains (GVC) describe the functioning of international trade today. A widely used way to measure GVC is the input-output analysis. However, many developing countries are not covered in the main multi-regional input-output (MRIO) databases, hindering the measurement of GVC in regions like South America. The purpose of this paper is to a...

Purpose: The growing importance of the services sector is not only a fact in developed countries but is also visible in the South American subcontinent, in terms of Gross Domestic Product share, employment and foreign trade. Taking a closer look at the role of services, the present article analyzes the main linkages in trade in services in the two...