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Standardizing a unique renewable energy supply chain: the SURESC Model [version 1; peer review: 1 not approved]

Authors :
Emiliano Finocchi
Author Affiliations :
<relatesTo>1</relatesTo>Temple University, Rome, Italy
Source :
F1000Research. 9:1391
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
London, UK: F1000 Research Limited, 2020.

Abstract

This study intends to dig into the renewable energy industry and drawing from research on learning curves and energy polices, proposes a way to speed-up the energy shift from our fossil-fuel dependency to a green economy. Even though standard economic frameworks suggest that markets and not policy makers should decide winners and losers, we urge to accelerate renewable energy competitiveness, proposing that by limiting the number of renewable technologies where resources are allocated to at government level, we reduce the time within which renewables will achieve technological price parity with fossil fuels. In turn, by analyzing the energy demand and supply curves, the study suggests that this action will also mediate the relation between quantity and price, shifting only the supply curve, leaving the demand curve unaffected. It continues by proposing the standardization of a unique renewable energy supply chain model, later defined as the SURESC model. For such, a deep analysis on existing green technologies will be performed proposing the implementation of a hydrogen through ammonia economy via ammonia for power as key factor for success. This is a preliminary study, first of its kind, intended to provide a holistic approach to a known problem.

Details

ISSN :
20461402
Volume :
9
Database :
F1000Research
Journal :
F1000Research
Notes :
[version 1; peer review: 1 not approved]
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsfor.10.12688.f1000research.27345.1
Document Type :
research-article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27345.1