The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants
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Welcome to the course! Here you can find lots of resources to support your learning. Each week, new resources will be added. The course is based on a recent paper I wrote, published in Sustainability and Climate Change, which can be found here: The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants
NEWS: HOLLYROOD EVENTS meeting: Just Transition. 15th December. Click here to register and for more details
WEEK FIVE: IN CONCLUSION
Slides of lecture: click here
FULL VERSION OF LECTURE WITH SOUND: THE DARK SHADOWS OF THE JOLLY GREEN GIANTS part V - YouTube
Papers/websites (click on the green links to access)
Skene, K.R. (2021). The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants: Urgent Policy and Research Priorities in Renewable Energy Technologies. Sustainability and Climate change 14 (5): 335-357. The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants
The Ecozoic https://fore.yale.edu/blogs/entry/1617281176
Poems of Thomas Berry Thomas Reads Nine of His Poems | The Ecozoic Times
The Ecozoic Era - Schumacher Center for New Economics
Documents on fuel subsidies:
International Monetary Fund on Fossil Fuel subsidies | Fossil Fuel Subsidies (imf.org)
Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds | Fossil fuels | The Guardian
Reforming global fossil fuel subsidies: How the United States can restart international cooperation (brookings.edu)
UNDP: More spent on fossil fuel subsidies than fighting poverty | Africa Renewal
WEEK IV: BIOFUELS, MARINE ENERGY AND NUCLEAR POWER
PART I
Slides of lecture: click here
Papers (click on the green links to access):
Skene, K.R. (2021). The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants: Urgent Policy and Research Priorities in Renewable Energy Technologies. Sustainability and Climate change 14 (5): 335-357. The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants
Alonso-Fariñas, B., Gallego-Schmid, A., Haro, P., & Azapagic, A. (2018). Environmental assessment of thermo-chemical processes for bioethylene production in comparison with bio-chemical and fossil-based ethylene. Journal of Cleaner Production, 202, 817-829.
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/76391213/Environmental_impacts_of_bioethylene.pdf
Harnesk, D. and Brogaard, S., 2017. Social dynamics of renewable energy—How the European Union’s renewable energy directive triggers land pressure in Tanzania. The Journal of Environment & Development, 26(2), pp.156-185.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1070496516681043
de Hoop, E. and Arora, S., 2021. How policy marginalizes diversity: politics of knowledge in india’s biodiesel promotion. Science as Culture, 30(2), pp.261-286.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09505431.2020.1820473
Youtube (contain unavoidable though irritating advertisements at beginning!):
The Problem with Biofuels - YouTube
Economic, Environmental & Social Effect of Biofuels | Environmental | Chemistry | FuseSchool - YouTube
Bioenergy: The Ugly Truth - YouTube
PART II
Slides for lecture: click here
Papers (click on the green links):
Borthwick, A.G. (2016). Marine renewable energy seascape. Engineering 2, 69-78.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809916301503
Isaksson, N., Masden, E.A., Williamson, B.J., Costagliola-Ray, M. M., Slingsby, J., et al. (2020). Assessing the effects of tidal stream marine renewable energy on seabirds: A conceptual framework. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 157, 111314.
Assessing-the-effects-of-tidal-stream-marine-renewable-energy-on-seabirds-A-conceptual-framework.pdf (researchgate.net)
Pearson, R.J., Antoniazzi, A.B., & Nuttall, W.J. (2018). Tritium supply and use: A key issue for the development of nuclear fusion energy. Fusion Engineering and Design, 136, 1140-1148.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092037961830379X
Youtube (contain unavoidable though irritating advertisements at beginning!):
Why Can't We Get Power From Waves? - YouTube
The European Marine Energy Centre: EMEC - YouTube
Finland Might Have Solved Nuclear Power’s Biggest Problem - YouTube
Bloomberg Green: The Nuclear Power Problem - YouTube
3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! 2/3 - YouTube
WEEK III: ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYDROGEN
PART I
Slides of lecture: click here
Papers (click on the green links to access):
Skene, K.R. (2021). The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants: Urgent Policy and Research Priorities in Renewable Energy Technologies. Sustainability and Climate change 14 (5): 335-357. The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants
Bansal, R. (2005). Electric vehicles. In A. Emadi (Ed.), Handbook of automotive power electronics and motor drives (pp. 55-96). CRC Press. https://moam.info/handbook-of-automotive-power-electronics-and-motor-_5a0b45d51723dd9af1dbabaa.html
Schrijvers, D. et al. (2020). A review of methods and data to determine raw material criticality. Resources, conservation and recycling, 155, 104617. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0921344919305233?token=3C7EED5CDC42AF233359DBB25B27125B6044E201BD88CCFFAF68340FD0777702A65E857093CB4EA5A65F8F41E5C04F33&originRegion=eu-west-1&originCreation=20211112143049
Heubl, B. (2019). Lithium firms deleting vital water supplies in Chile. Engineering and Technology Report. https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2019/08/lithium-firms-are-depleting-vital-water-supplies-in-chile-according-to-et-analysis/
International Labour Organization. (2017). Worst forms of child labour convention, 1999 (No. 182) - Democratic Republic of the Congo. Normex. Individual Case (CAS) - Discussion: 2017, Publication: 106th ILC session (2017). http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:13100:0::NO::P13100_COMMENT_ID:3331022
Mancini, L., Eslava, N. A., Traverso, M., & Mathieux, F. (2021). Assessing impacts of responsible sourcing initiatives for cobalt: Insights from a case study. Resources Policy, 71, 102015.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420721000325
Jiao, N., & Evans, S. (2016). Secondary use of electric vehicle batteries and potential impacts on business models. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 33(5), 348-354.
http://nimbusvault.net/publications/koala/inimpact/papers/sdm15-069.pdf
Youtube (contain unavoidable though irritating advertisements at beginning!)
How is lithium mined, and why its mining is criticized? - YouTube
Special report : Inside the Congo cobalt mines that exploit children - YouTube
PART II
Slides for lecture: click here
Papers (click on the green links):
Sverdrup, H. U., Koca, D., & Ragnarsdóttir, K. V. (2013). Peak metals, minerals, energy, wealth, food and population: urgent policy considerations for a sustainable society. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering. B, 2(4B), 189.
http://www.davidpublisher.com/Public/uploads/Contribute/55190fd49c678.pdf
Habib, K., Hamelin, L. and Wenzel, H., 2016. A dynamic perspective of the geopolitical supply risk of metals. Journal of Cleaner Production, 133, pp.850-858. Click here for paper
Olivetti, E.A., Ceder, G., Gaustad, G.G. and Fu, X., 2017. Lithium-ion battery supply chain considerations: analysis of potential bottlenecks in critical metals. Joule, 1(2), pp.229-243.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435117300442
Eggert, R. (2017). Materials, critical materials and clean-energy technologies. In EPJ Web of Conferences (Vol. 148, p. 00003). EDP Sciences.
https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2017/17/epjconf_eps-sif2017_00003.pdf
de Freitas Netto, S.V., Sobral, M.F.F., Ribeiro, A.R.B. and da Luz Soares, G.R., 2020. Concepts and forms of greenwashing: a systematic review. Environmental Sciences Europe, 32(1), pp.1-12.
https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12302-020-0300-3
Muradov, N. (2017). Low to near-zero CO2 production of hydrogen from fossil fuels: Status and perspectives. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(20), 14058-14088.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319917314908
Youtube (contain unavoidable though irritating advertisements at beginning!)
What are Creaming Curves used for in Oil and Gas - Part 1 - YouTube
Platinum group metals demand to soar in face of biggest dilemma in history - YouTube
The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions - YouTube
WEEK II: GEOTHERMAL, GSHPs and PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY
PART I
Slides of lecture: click here
Papers (click on the green links to access)
Skene, K.R. (2021). The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants: Urgent Policy and Research Priorities in Renewable Energy Technologies. Sustainability and Climate change 14 (5): 335-357. The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants
Gluyas, J.G., Adams, C.A., Busby, J.P., Craig, J., Hirst, C., et al. (2018). Keeping warm: A review of deep geothermal potential of the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A:Journal of Power and Energy, 232(1), 115-26
https://dro.dur.ac.uk/23806/1/23806.pdf
Sass, I. and Burbaum, U., 2010. Damage to the historic town of Staufen (Germany) caused by geothermal drillings through anhydrite-bearing formations. Acta carsologica, 39(2).
file:///C:/Users/krske/Downloads/96-Article%20Text-184-1-10-20121009.pdf
https://core.ac.uk/reader/287247570
Shortall, R., Davidsdottir, B., & Axelsson, G. (2015). Geothermal energy for sustainable development: A review of sustainability impacts and assessment frameworks. Renewable Sustainable Energy Reviews, 44, 391-406.
https://georg.cluster.is/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/geothermal-energy-for-sustainable-development-a-review-of-sustainability-impacts-and-assessment-frameworks.pdf
Wong, K.V., & Tan, N. (2015). Feasibility of using more geothermal energy to generate electricity. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 137 (4), 041201.
http://b-dig.iie.org.mx/BibDig2/P15-0072/data/pdfs/trk-7/IMECE2014-36751.pdf
Youtube (contain unavoidable though irritating advertisements at beginning!)
Why don't we all just use Geothermal Energy? - YouTube
Geothermal Energy Explained - A Not So Hot Solution? - YouTube
How It Works: Ground Source Heat Pumps/Geothermal - YouTube
The German Town That's Literally Breaking Apart - YouTube
WEEK II PART II
Slides for lecture: click here
Papers (click on the green links)
Chan et al. (2010). Review of passive solar heating and cooling technologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14(2), pp.781-789. j.rser.2009.10.03020161018-11950-1saw44-with-cover-page-v2.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)
Chowdhury et al., (2020). An overview of solar photovoltaic panels’ end-of-life material recycling. Energy Strategy Reviews, 27, p.100431. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X19301245
REN21 (2021). Renewables 2021 Global Status Report.
https://www.ren21.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GSR2021_Full_Report.pdf
Turner, J.S. and Soar, R.C. (2008). Beyond biomimicry: What termites can tell us about realizing the living building. First International Conference on Industrialized, Intelligent Construction (I3CON), Loughborough University, 14-16 May 2008.
Microsoft Word - Beyond Biomimicry MS distribution.doc (researchgate.net)
Youtube (contain unavoidable though irritating advertisements at beginning!)
1.4 History of solar energy - YouTube
Solar Panels Are Dying and Becoming E-Waste - YouTube
The 'dark side' behind the afterlife of solar panels - YouTube
WEEK ONE: Introduction, Wind Power and Hydropower
PART I
Slides of lecture: click here
Papers (click on the green links to access)
Skene, K.R. (2021). The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants: Urgent Policy and Research Priorities in Renewable Energy Technologies. Sustainability and Climate change 14 (5): 335-357. the_dark_shadows_of_the_jolly_green_giants_final_proofs.pdf
Skene, K.R. (2021). Sustainability policy and practice: Is Nature an appropriate mentor? Environment, Development and Sustainability, pp. 1-19. sustainability_policy_and_practice_is_nature_an_ap.pdf
Skene, K.R. (2015). Life’s a gas: a thermodynamic theory of biological evolution. Entropy, 17: 5522-5548. Entropy | Free Full-Text | Life’s a Gas: A Thermodynamic Theory of Biological Evolution (mdpi.com)
Skene K.R. (2013). The energetic of ecological succession: a logistic model of entropic output. Ecological Modelling, 250: 287-293. https://10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.11.020
Bednarik, R.G. (1998). An experiment in Pleistocene seafaring. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 27(2), pp.139-149.
98Nautuical.pdf (ifrao.com)
BP (2020). BP Statistical view of world energy. bp Statistical Review of World Energy 2020
Youtube (contain unavoidable though irritating advertisements at beginning!)
The Story Of Energy With Professor Jim Al-Khalili | Order and Disorder | Spark - YouTube
The Laws of Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Gibbs Free Energy - YouTube
On Dancing Air: The Story of Wind Power - YouTube
WEEK I PART II
Slides for lecture: click here
Papers (click on the green links)
Marvel, K., Kravitz, B., & Caldeira, K. (2013). Geophysical limits to global wind power. Nature Climate Change, 3, 118-121. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ken-Caldeira/publication/258806701_Geophysical_limits_to_global_wind_power/links/54da37a30cf25013d044ff72/Geophysical-limits-to-global-wind-power.pdf
May, R., Nygård, T., Falkdalen, U., Åström, J., Hamre, Ø. and Stokke, B.G., 2020. Paint it black: Efficacy of increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities. Ecology and evolution, 10(16), pp.8927-8935. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.6592
Sprague, H., 2011. Unjust compensation: Grand Coulee Dam, Indian claims, and the Colville Nation.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=chc_theses
Verhoeven, H., 2021. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Africa's Water Tower, Environmental Justice & Infrastructural Power. Dædalus, 150(4), pp.159-180.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/48620145.pdf
Wilmsen, B., & van Hulten, A. (2017). Following resettled people over time: The value of longitudinal data collection for understanding the livelihood impacts of the Three Gorges Dam, China. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 35(1), 94-105.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14615517.2016.1271542
Youtube (contain unavoidable though irritating advertisements at beginning!)
Micro Hydropower : Turbulent Turbines - YouTube
One of the Worst Man-Made Disasters in History - YouTube
Turbine Blade Waste - YouTube
Wooden wind turbines. Are they really a sustainable alternative? - YouTube