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000147164 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.energy.2024.133987
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000147164 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9282-1428$$aTorrubia, Jorge$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000147164 245__ $$aNon-renewable and renewable levelized exergy cost of electricity (LExCOE) with focus on its infrastructure: 1900-2050
000147164 260__ $$c2024
000147164 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000147164 5203_ $$aThis study develops the concept of the levelized exergy cost of electricity (LExCOE), evaluating key global electricity technologies from 1900 to 2050. It distinguishes the origin of the exergy (non-renewable and renewable) with focus on the infrastructure. Using this indicator, we studied the non-renewable resource use of these technologies in exergy cost terms. LExCOE decreased from 3.71 to 3.09 MJ/MJ between 1900 and 1960, then further to 2.33 MJ/MJ by 2010 due to the improvements in non-renewable plants performance. Between 2020 and 2050, the International Energy Agency's Net-Zero scenario is followed. Thus, the non-renewable exergy cost of fuels would decrease by 98.8 %, leading to a reduction in LExCOE to 1.05 MJ/MJ in 2050. However, the annual non-renewable exergy cost of infrastructure would increase by 133–237 %, due to the higher contribution of photovoltaic and wind infrastructure (1.8–0.067 MJ/MJ), compared to fossil technologies (0.032–0.024 MJ/MJ). Thus, the energy transition reduces the overall fossil exergy costs but increases their contribution in the infrastructure since manufacturing industry relies on fossil fuels. Furthermore, this transition will increase the demand for certain metals, which would require a review of its use in society, increase the recycling rates and continuously improve of the material efficiency of renewable energies.
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000147164 591__ $$aTHERMODYNAMICS$$b3 / 79 = 0.038$$c2024$$dQ1$$eT1
000147164 591__ $$aENERGY & FUELS$$b31 / 182 = 0.17$$c2024$$dQ1$$eT1
000147164 593__ $$aElectrical and Electronic Engineering$$c2024$$dQ1
000147164 593__ $$aEnergy (miscellaneous)$$c2024$$dQ1
000147164 593__ $$aEnergy Engineering and Power Technology$$c2024$$dQ1
000147164 593__ $$aManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law$$c2024$$dQ1
000147164 593__ $$aCivil and Structural Engineering$$c2024$$dQ1
000147164 593__ $$aFuel Technology$$c2024$$dQ1
000147164 593__ $$aIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering$$c2024$$dQ1
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000147164 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0702-733X$$aValero, Antonio$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000147164 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-3330-1793$$aValero, Alicia$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000147164 7102_ $$15004$$2590$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ingeniería Mecánica$$cÁrea Máquinas y Motores Térmi.
000147164 773__ $$g313 (2024), 133987 [9 pp.]$$pEnergy$$tEnergy$$x0360-5442
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