Case Studies in Thermal Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
54, P. 104032 - 104032
Published: Jan. 17, 2024
In
the
contemporary
era,
availability
of
energy
and
water
stands
as
an
essential
foundation
for
human
survival,
with
water's
significance
underscored
by
its
role
in
shaping
habitats.
However,
modern
world
faces
pressing
challenge
scarcity,
exacerbated
factors
like
air
pollution,
leading
to
ecological
imbalances.
Water,
indispensable
resource
various
daily
activities,
necessitates
generation
freshwater.
Simultaneously,
imperative
sustainable
has
taken
precedence
on
national
agenda
growth.
this
context,
integration
solar
photovoltaic
(PV)
technology
stills
emerges
most
viable
solution.
Within
these
integrated
systems,
electrical
generated
PV
is
strategically
employed
preheat
inlet
feeds,
enhance
temperature,
optimize
evaporation
condensation
processes
within
still,
thereby
augmenting
overall
performance.
This
study
delves
into
collectors/systems
stills,
distinguishing
between
thermal
utilization
systems.
The
review
underscores
pivotal
addressing
critical
issues
scarcity
generation,
contributing
nation's
Sustainable Development,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
32(4), P. 3182 - 3194
Published: Nov. 29, 2023
Abstract
Economic
development
accelerated
by
natural
resource
use
has
caused
many
undesirable
environmental
consequences
such
as
reducing
the
living
standards
of
individuals
and
threatening
human
health.
Therefore,
whether
abundance
is
a
curse
for
individuals'
welfare
sustainability
one
crucial
topics
in
literature.
This
study
investigates
impact
resources
on
adopting
newly
developed
Load
Capacity
Curve
hypothesis
resource‐rich
Sub‐Saharan
African
countries
period
from
1990
to
2020
utilizing
set
panel
data
methods.
The
main
estimation
results
can
be
outlined
follows:
(i)
cointegration
tests
show
existence
long‐run
relationship
between
variables,
(ii)
Hypothesis
valid
model,
(iii)
rent,
energy
consumption,
population
density
reduce
sustainability,
(iv)
empirical
estimations
robustness
check
greatly
confirm
finding
obtained
baseline
estimations.
policy‐makers
should
focus
establishing
mechanisms
internalizing
negative
externalities
rent.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
31(7), P. 10976 - 10993
Published: Jan. 12, 2024
This
paper
investigates
the
impacts
of
renewable
and
nonrenewable
energy
consumption,
income
inequality,
globalization
on
ecological
footprints
49
countries
for
period
1995-2018.
Panel
cointegration
test
reveals
a
long-run
relationship
between
variables.
Long-run
parameter
estimates
derived
from
AMG
CCEMG,
increasing
have
significant
positive
impact
footprint,
while
that
consume
more
seen
an
improvement
in
quality
environment.
Conversely,
neither
inequality
nor
has
effect
national
EFs.
Evidence
estimation
panel
threshold
error
correction
model,
where
GDP
growth
is
used
as
transition
variable,
indicates
effect,
which
supports
nonlinear
among
variables
by
identifying
two
distinct
regimes:
lower
upper.
For
sample,
economic
both
regimes
do
not
support
EKC
hypothesis.
The
results
indicate
consumption
larger
EF
upper
than
regime.
are
line
with
linear
footprint.
However,
appears
to
negatively
affect
environmental
Energy & Environment,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 17, 2025
Countries
take
measures
to
protect
the
environment
as
compatible
with
increasing
interest
in
climate
change-related
issues.
In
this
context,
research
analyzes
impact
of
environmental
policy
stringency
(EPS),
energy
transition
index
(ETI),
and
income
(GDP)
on
quality.
doing
this,
study
examines
BRICS
countries,
which
are
leading
developing
countries
that
cause
higher
emissions,
consume
amounts
energy,
have
economic
growth,
uses
data
from
2000/Q1
2020/Q4,
performs
wavelet
local
multiple
correlation
(WLMC)
model
investigate
relationship
under
time
frequency-based
diverging
scheme.
bivariate
cases,
EPS,
ETI,
GDP
a
differentiating
load
capacity
factor
(LCF)
across
where
there
some
exclusions.
These
factors
generally
LCF.
contrast,
EPS
has
decreasing
at
low
(medium)
frequency
Russia
(South
Africa),
ETI
declining
high
Brazil
China,
lower
Russia,
medium
South
Africa.
four-variate
fully
LCF
for
all
times
frequencies,
while
is
stronger
frequencies.
dominant
India
(EPS)
Africa).
Thus,
reveals
dynamic
impacts
LCF,
diverge
times,
countries.
Accordingly,
options
argued.
