Just or bust? Energy justice and the impacts of siting solar pyrolysis biochar production facilities
Just or bust? Energy justice and the impacts of siting solar pyrolysis biochar production facilities
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DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2019.101259
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发表时间：
2019-12
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
J. Saxe;J. Boman;M. Bondi;U. Norton;T. Righetti;A. Rony;B. Sajjadi
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作者：
J. Saxe;J. Boman;M. Bondi;U. Norton;T. Righetti;A. Rony;B. Sajjadi
过去十年，生物炭作为一种环境可持续材料，用于提高农业产量、处理废水和封存大气碳，研究激增。相比之下，缺乏对生物炭社会和经济可持续性的研究。为了解决这一差距，我们提出环境正义（EJ）指标作为生物炭生产设施选址时社会和经济考虑因素的替代指标。具体来说，我们为使用低成本、碳中性太阳能的生物炭热解设施制定了选址索引。该选址索引提供了一个框架，用于根据技术、环境和能源公正考虑来分析潜在设施位置。结果表明，EJ 分析可能会影响工业设施选址的规划过程，并且将 EJ 纳入选址决策将代表对环境可持续性以及社区社会和经济条件的承诺。
Biochar has seen an explosion of research over the past decade as an environmentally sustainable material for enhancing agricultural yields, treating wastewater, and sequestering atmospheric carbon. In contrast, there is a lack of research into the social and economic sustainability of biochar. To address this gap, we propose environmental justice (EJ) indicators as a proxy for social and economic considerations when siting biochar production facilities. Specifically, we develop a siting index for a biochar pyrolysis facility using low-cost, carbon-neutral solar energy. This siting index provides a framework for analyzing potential facility locations based on both technical and environmental and energy justice considerations. Results indicate that EJ analyses may influence the planning processes for industrial facility siting and that incorporating EJ into siting decisions would represent a commitment to environmental sustainability as well as the social and economic conditions of communities.