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Evaluating the socio-economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy deployment: A global perspective 评估可再生能源部署的社会经济和环境影响：全球视角

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101863

Ankur Srivastava , Pradeep Kumar Meena , Chitresh Nayak , Chaitanya Girish Burande , Chandrika S Wagle , Sagar Shelare

The rapid and widespread implementation of renewable energy (RE) systems across various sectors is vital to mitigating global warming. This study synthesizes insights from 270 peer-reviewed articles published over the past decade, examining the social, economic, and environmental impacts of RE technologies. It highlights recurring themes, challenges, opportunities, and divergences in findings shaped by regional and contextual factors. Social dimensions—particularly trust in institutions and the quality of governance—emerge as key enablers of RE adoption. The concept of place attachment also receives attention, although its role remains contested, with studies divided on whether it facilitates or obstructs RE initiatives. Economically, while the global agenda favors sustainable energy, many developed and developing countries continue to prioritize fossil fuel development for economic growth. Environmentally, much of the literature focuses on the localized negative impacts of RE projects, often underemphasizing their broader climate mitigation benefits. Additionally, there is a significant lack of research on the environmental implications of RE deployment in low-income countries. Two critical research gaps are identified: the need to further explore the benefits of co-locating RE infrastructure in developing economies and the importance of integrating First Nations perspectives and active participation in RE research and project planning.

在各个部门迅速和广泛地实施可再生能源（RE）系统对于减缓全球变暖至关重要。本研究综合了过去十年发表的270篇同行评议文章的见解，研究了可再生能源技术的社会、经济和环境影响。它强调了反复出现的主题、挑战、机遇以及受区域和背景因素影响的研究结果的差异。社会层面——特别是对机构的信任和治理质量——成为采用可再生能源的关键推动因素。地点依恋的概念也受到了关注，尽管它的作用仍然存在争议，关于它是促进还是阻碍RE倡议的研究存在分歧。在经济上，虽然全球议程支持可持续能源，但许多发达国家和发展中国家继续将化石燃料开发作为经济增长的优先事项。在环境方面，许多文献侧重于可再生能源项目的局部负面影响，往往低估了其更广泛的气候缓解效益。此外，对低收入国家部署可再生能源的环境影响的研究明显缺乏。确定了两个关键的研究缺口：需要进一步探索在发展中经济体共同安置可再生能源基础设施的好处，以及整合原住民观点和积极参与可再生能源研究和项目规划的重要性。

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Decision models for minigrid implementation: Emerging role beyond clean energy access - evidence from India with global relevance 微型电网实施的决策模型：超越清洁能源获取的新兴角色——来自印度的具有全球相关性的证据

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101857

Madhav Sharma, Anoop Singh

Access to reliable and sustainable electricity remains a critical challenge in regions marked by socio-economic disparities and geographic constraints, exacerbating energy access inequities. Minigrids and microgrids (MGs) emerge as a promising renewable energy solution, bridging the gap in clean energy access while fostering economic development. However, implementing MGs faces significant challenges related to regulations, financing, and socio-economic factors.

This study examines the development of MGs in India, focusing on how evolving regulatory frameworks, socio-economic conditions, and geo-spatial factors influence deployment decisions. The analytical framework developed offers insights adaptable to electricity access planning in other resource-constrained and geographically challenging contexts, thereby extending the research's global relevance. A geo-spatial analysis of 942 public MGs implemented across seven states was conducted, examining variables such as population density, proximity to existing grids, land use, irrigation patterns, and accessibility. Detailed insights were further derived from 610 previously unelectrified villages in Jharkhand, analysing deployment decisions based on socio-economic and geo-spatial parameters. A decision-tree classification model was developed to examine the selection of electrification strategies, including MGs, stand-alone solar systems, or deferred electrification. The findings highlight that MGs have been particularly deployed in challenging terrains, such as flood-prone, forested, and high-altitude areas, where grid extension may be techno-commercially impractical. Sparse population regions necessitate customized MG solutions, while villages with poor road connectivity and greater distances from electricity networks exhibit higher adoption rates of MGs. This study offers evidence-based recommendations for MG deployment and regulatory reforms ensuring non-discrimination and operationalize a USO fund awarding VGF via competitive bidding.

在社会经济差异和地理限制突出的地区，获得可靠和可持续的电力仍然是一项重大挑战，加剧了能源获取的不平等。微型电网和微电网作为一种有前景的可再生能源解决方案出现，在促进经济发展的同时弥合了清洁能源获取方面的差距。然而，实施千年发展目标面临着与法规、融资和社会经济因素相关的重大挑战。本研究考察了印度MGs的发展，重点关注不断发展的监管框架、社会经济条件和地理空间因素如何影响部署决策。所开发的分析框架提供了适用于其他资源受限和地理挑战性背景下的电力接入规划的见解，从而扩展了该研究的全球相关性。对七个州实施的942个公共mg进行了地理空间分析，考察了人口密度、与现有电网的接近程度、土地利用、灌溉模式和可达性等变量。从贾坎德邦610个以前没有通电的村庄进一步获得了详细的见解，分析了基于社会经济和地理空间参数的部署决策。开发了决策树分类模型来检查电气化策略的选择，包括mg，独立太阳能系统或延迟电气化。研究结果强调，MGs尤其被部署在具有挑战性的地形，如洪水易发地区、森林和高海拔地区，在这些地区，电网扩展在技术和商业上可能是不切实际的。人口稀少的地区需要定制的MG解决方案，而道路连通性差且距离电网较远的村庄则具有更高的MG采用率。本研究为MG的部署和监管改革提供了基于证据的建议，以确保非歧视，并通过竞争性招标实施USO基金授予VGF。

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An implementation science analysis of an ethanol cooking fuel promotion project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 坦桑尼亚达累斯萨拉姆乙醇烹饪燃料推广项目的实施科学分析

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101869

Megan Benka-Coker , Maggie L. Clark , Marc Jeuland , Wubshet Tadele , Fiona Rick , Remidius Ruhinduka , Heather Miller , Harry Stokes , Ashlinn Quinn

In 2019, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched the “Promotion of Bio-Ethanol as Alternative Clean Fuel for Cooking in the United Republic of Tanzania” project with an aim to promote and distribute 500,000 bioethanol stoves in Dar es Salaam by 2024. The “Proof of Concept” Phase I of the project aimed to sell 110,000 stoves and establish a strong retail market for ethanol fuel. In this study, we conduct an implementation science analysis of Phase I of the project, describing the roll-out of this market-based bioethanol stove program. Leveraging program administrative data, individual interviews and focus-group discussions, we apply the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the successes and limitations of the project. Our findings point to a number of challenges that impeded the establishment of this new market for ethanol cooking technologies and fuels in Dar es Salaam, that were made substantially more difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic. While individual consumers valued the stove, the sale of stoves during Phase I fell far short of targets. Several factors played a role in this underperformance, including the ubiquity and convenience of alternative charcoal fuel, the initial and recurring costs of ethanol stoves and fuel refills, and the limited accessibility of ethanol retail outlets to consumers. Although the initial roll-out of bioethanol stoves in Dar es Salaam underperformed, representatives from UNIDO and stove distributors remain optimistic that the next phase of the project will yield improved results. Our review of this large-scale clean energy project provides key lessons for other similar initiatives, and emphasizes the importance of supportive policies in promoting clean energy.

2019年，联合国工业发展组织（工发组织）启动了“在坦桑尼亚联合共和国推广生物乙醇作为替代清洁烹饪燃料”项目，目标是到2024年在达累斯萨拉姆推广和分发50万个生物乙醇炉灶。该项目的“概念验证”第一阶段旨在销售11万个炉灶，并建立一个强大的乙醇燃料零售市场。在本研究中，我们对项目的第一阶段进行了实施科学分析，描述了这个基于市场的生物乙醇炉计划的推出。利用项目管理数据、个人访谈和焦点小组讨论，我们应用RE-AIM框架来评估项目的成功和局限性。我们的研究结果表明，阻碍在达累斯萨拉姆建立乙醇烹饪技术和燃料新市场的一些挑战，因COVID-19大流行而变得更加困难。虽然个人消费者很重视炉子，但第一阶段炉子的销售远远达不到目标。造成这种不佳表现的因素有几个，包括替代木炭燃料的普遍存在和便利性，乙醇炉和燃料补充的初始和经常性成本，以及消费者获得乙醇零售店的机会有限。虽然达累斯萨拉姆生物乙醇炉的初步推广表现不佳，但工发组织的代表和炉子分销商仍然乐观地认为，该项目的下一阶段将产生更好的结果。我们对这一大型清洁能源项目的回顾为其他类似倡议提供了关键经验，并强调了支持政策在促进清洁能源方面的重要性。

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Decision models for minigrid implementation: Emerging role beyond clean energy access - evidence from India with global relevance 微型电网实施的决策模型：超越清洁能源获取的新兴角色——来自印度的具有全球相关性的证据

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101857

Madhav Sharma, Anoop Singh

Access to reliable and sustainable electricity remains a critical challenge in regions marked by socio-economic disparities and geographic constraints, exacerbating energy access inequities. Minigrids and microgrids (MGs) emerge as a promising renewable energy solution, bridging the gap in clean energy access while fostering economic development. However, implementing MGs faces significant challenges related to regulations, financing, and socio-economic factors.

This study examines the development of MGs in India, focusing on how evolving regulatory frameworks, socio-economic conditions, and geo-spatial factors influence deployment decisions. The analytical framework developed offers insights adaptable to electricity access planning in other resource-constrained and geographically challenging contexts, thereby extending the research's global relevance. A geo-spatial analysis of 942 public MGs implemented across seven states was conducted, examining variables such as population density, proximity to existing grids, land use, irrigation patterns, and accessibility. Detailed insights were further derived from 610 previously unelectrified villages in Jharkhand, analysing deployment decisions based on socio-economic and geo-spatial parameters. A decision-tree classification model was developed to examine the selection of electrification strategies, including MGs, stand-alone solar systems, or deferred electrification. The findings highlight that MGs have been particularly deployed in challenging terrains, such as flood-prone, forested, and high-altitude areas, where grid extension may be techno-commercially impractical. Sparse population regions necessitate customized MG solutions, while villages with poor road connectivity and greater distances from electricity networks exhibit higher adoption rates of MGs. This study offers evidence-based recommendations for MG deployment and regulatory reforms ensuring non-discrimination and operationalize a USO fund awarding VGF via competitive bidding.

在社会经济差异和地理限制突出的地区，获得可靠和可持续的电力仍然是一项重大挑战，加剧了能源获取的不平等。微型电网和微电网作为一种有前景的可再生能源解决方案出现，在促进经济发展的同时弥合了清洁能源获取方面的差距。然而，实施千年发展目标面临着与法规、融资和社会经济因素相关的重大挑战。本研究考察了印度MGs的发展，重点关注不断发展的监管框架、社会经济条件和地理空间因素如何影响部署决策。所开发的分析框架提供了适用于其他资源受限和地理挑战性背景下的电力接入规划的见解，从而扩展了该研究的全球相关性。对七个州实施的942个公共mg进行了地理空间分析，考察了人口密度、与现有电网的接近程度、土地利用、灌溉模式和可达性等变量。从贾坎德邦610个以前没有通电的村庄进一步获得了详细的见解，分析了基于社会经济和地理空间参数的部署决策。开发了决策树分类模型来检查电气化策略的选择，包括mg，独立太阳能系统或延迟电气化。研究结果强调，MGs尤其被部署在具有挑战性的地形，如洪水易发地区、森林和高海拔地区，在这些地区，电网扩展在技术和商业上可能是不切实际的。人口稀少的地区需要定制的MG解决方案，而道路连通性差且距离电网较远的村庄则具有更高的MG采用率。本研究为MG的部署和监管改革提供了基于证据的建议，以确保非歧视，并通过竞争性招标实施USO基金授予VGF。

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An implementation science analysis of an ethanol cooking fuel promotion project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 坦桑尼亚达累斯萨拉姆乙醇烹饪燃料推广项目的实施科学分析

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101869

Megan Benka-Coker , Maggie L. Clark , Marc Jeuland , Wubshet Tadele , Fiona Rick , Remidius Ruhinduka , Heather Miller , Harry Stokes , Ashlinn Quinn

In 2019, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched the “Promotion of Bio-Ethanol as Alternative Clean Fuel for Cooking in the United Republic of Tanzania” project with an aim to promote and distribute 500,000 bioethanol stoves in Dar es Salaam by 2024. The “Proof of Concept” Phase I of the project aimed to sell 110,000 stoves and establish a strong retail market for ethanol fuel. In this study, we conduct an implementation science analysis of Phase I of the project, describing the roll-out of this market-based bioethanol stove program. Leveraging program administrative data, individual interviews and focus-group discussions, we apply the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the successes and limitations of the project. Our findings point to a number of challenges that impeded the establishment of this new market for ethanol cooking technologies and fuels in Dar es Salaam, that were made substantially more difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic. While individual consumers valued the stove, the sale of stoves during Phase I fell far short of targets. Several factors played a role in this underperformance, including the ubiquity and convenience of alternative charcoal fuel, the initial and recurring costs of ethanol stoves and fuel refills, and the limited accessibility of ethanol retail outlets to consumers. Although the initial roll-out of bioethanol stoves in Dar es Salaam underperformed, representatives from UNIDO and stove distributors remain optimistic that the next phase of the project will yield improved results. Our review of this large-scale clean energy project provides key lessons for other similar initiatives, and emphasizes the importance of supportive policies in promoting clean energy.

2019年，联合国工业发展组织（工发组织）启动了“在坦桑尼亚联合共和国推广生物乙醇作为替代清洁烹饪燃料”项目，目标是到2024年在达累斯萨拉姆推广和分发50万个生物乙醇炉灶。该项目的“概念验证”第一阶段旨在销售11万个炉灶，并建立一个强大的乙醇燃料零售市场。在本研究中，我们对项目的第一阶段进行了实施科学分析，描述了这个基于市场的生物乙醇炉计划的推出。利用项目管理数据、个人访谈和焦点小组讨论，我们应用RE-AIM框架来评估项目的成功和局限性。我们的研究结果表明，阻碍在达累斯萨拉姆建立乙醇烹饪技术和燃料新市场的一些挑战，因COVID-19大流行而变得更加困难。虽然个人消费者很重视炉子，但第一阶段炉子的销售远远达不到目标。造成这种不佳表现的因素有几个，包括替代木炭燃料的普遍存在和便利性，乙醇炉和燃料补充的初始和经常性成本，以及消费者获得乙醇零售店的机会有限。虽然达累斯萨拉姆生物乙醇炉的初步推广表现不佳，但工发组织的代表和炉子分销商仍然乐观地认为，该项目的下一阶段将产生更好的结果。我们对这一大型清洁能源项目的回顾为其他类似倡议提供了关键经验，并强调了支持政策在促进清洁能源方面的重要性。

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Comparative analysis of PV orientation strategies to tackle summer demand peaks and land limitations 解决夏季需求高峰和土地限制的光伏定向策略比较分析

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101864

Shilpi Shital, Neeraj Dhanraj Bokde, Jasmina Lazic, Carlo Fanara

In hot climates, electricity demand during summer, driven largely by cooling often exceeds supply, making photovoltaic (PV) systems a critical resource for meeting peak loads. Primarily focusing on meeting summer load, this study investigates the effect of variation of module tilt and azimuth angles across India, the UAE, and Singapore on PV yield. It identifies optimal orientations for different objectives: maximising annual yield, enhancing summer generation, aligning output with demand patterns, and improving summer production with minimal annual losses. These objectives reflect the diverse priorities of different users and installers. It further analyses seasonal and geographic variations in PV output in relation to demand trends. Using simulations with the PVlib Python library, we demonstrate that strategic adjustments in tilt and azimuth can substantially increase summer generation, reduce inter-row spacing by up to 80%, and improve demand matching, while limiting annual energy losses to below 4% compared to conventional deployment. To our knowledge, this is the first multi-country, multi-objective analysis which offers minimal cost, easy-to-implement strategies to reduce energy scarcity during hot summer months. This work also discusses different practical metrics, i.e. net load reduction and demand–generation correlation to support solar park owners and policy makers deciding about those strategies. By analysing multiple regions with distinct climatic and economic conditions, the study offers insights that can be applied to comparable regions.

在炎热的气候中，夏季主要由制冷驱动的电力需求往往超过供应，这使得光伏（PV）系统成为满足高峰负荷的关键资源。本研究主要着眼于满足夏季负荷，研究了印度、阿联酋和新加坡的组件倾斜和方位角变化对光伏发电产量的影响。它确定了不同目标的最佳方向：最大限度地提高年产量，提高夏季发电量，使产量与需求模式保持一致，并以最小的年损失提高夏季产量。这些目标反映了不同用户和安装程序的不同优先级。它进一步分析了与需求趋势相关的光伏产量的季节性和地理变化。通过使用PVlib Python库进行模拟，我们证明了倾斜和方位角的战略调整可以大大增加夏季发电量，减少多达80%的行间间距，并改善需求匹配，同时将年能量损失限制在4%以下与传统部署相比。据我们所知，这是第一个多国、多目标分析，它提供了最低成本、易于实施的战略，以减少炎热夏季的能源短缺。这项工作还讨论了不同的实际指标，即净负荷减少和需求发电相关性，以支持太阳能公园所有者和政策制定者决定这些策略。通过分析具有不同气候和经济条件的多个地区，该研究提供了可应用于可比地区的见解。

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Comparative analysis of PV orientation strategies to tackle summer demand peaks and land limitations 解决夏季需求高峰和土地限制的光伏定向策略比较分析

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101864

Shilpi Shital, Neeraj Dhanraj Bokde, Jasmina Lazic, Carlo Fanara

In hot climates, electricity demand during summer, driven largely by cooling often exceeds supply, making photovoltaic (PV) systems a critical resource for meeting peak loads. Primarily focusing on meeting summer load, this study investigates the effect of variation of module tilt and azimuth angles across India, the UAE, and Singapore on PV yield. It identifies optimal orientations for different objectives: maximising annual yield, enhancing summer generation, aligning output with demand patterns, and improving summer production with minimal annual losses. These objectives reflect the diverse priorities of different users and installers. It further analyses seasonal and geographic variations in PV output in relation to demand trends. Using simulations with the PVlib Python library, we demonstrate that strategic adjustments in tilt and azimuth can substantially increase summer generation, reduce inter-row spacing by up to 80%, and improve demand matching, while limiting annual energy losses to below 4% compared to conventional deployment. To our knowledge, this is the first multi-country, multi-objective analysis which offers minimal cost, easy-to-implement strategies to reduce energy scarcity during hot summer months. This work also discusses different practical metrics, i.e. net load reduction and demand–generation correlation to support solar park owners and policy makers deciding about those strategies. By analysing multiple regions with distinct climatic and economic conditions, the study offers insights that can be applied to comparable regions.

在炎热的气候中，夏季主要由制冷驱动的电力需求往往超过供应，这使得光伏（PV）系统成为满足高峰负荷的关键资源。本研究主要着眼于满足夏季负荷，研究了印度、阿联酋和新加坡的组件倾斜和方位角变化对光伏发电产量的影响。它确定了不同目标的最佳方向：最大限度地提高年产量，提高夏季发电量，使产量与需求模式保持一致，并以最小的年损失提高夏季产量。这些目标反映了不同用户和安装程序的不同优先级。它进一步分析了与需求趋势相关的光伏产量的季节性和地理变化。通过使用PVlib Python库进行模拟，我们证明了倾斜和方位角的战略调整可以大大增加夏季发电量，减少多达80%的行间间距，并改善需求匹配，同时将年能量损失限制在4%以下与传统部署相比。据我们所知，这是第一个多国、多目标分析，它提供了最低成本、易于实施的战略，以减少炎热夏季的能源短缺。这项工作还讨论了不同的实际指标，即净负荷减少和需求发电相关性，以支持太阳能公园所有者和政策制定者决定这些策略。通过分析具有不同气候和经济条件的多个地区，该研究提供了可应用于可比地区的见解。

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Global overview of agrivoltaic system: The future security for food and energy 农业光伏系统全球概览：未来粮食和能源安全

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101870

Urvashi Patel , Suprava Chakraborty

Agrivoltaic (AV) systems, which represent a sophisticated integration of solar energy generation techniques alongside conventional agricultural practices, offer a promising and strategically viable approach to effectively address the rapidly escalating global demand for renewable energy sources, while simultaneously promoting the sustainable utilization of land resources in an era of environmental concern. This novel concept fulfills sustainable development goals (SDG) 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, and 13. This comprehensive systematic review article meticulously investigates the multifaceted dimensions of AV such as installation management, advanced technologies (artificial intelligence/machine learning) into AV frameworks for both crop cultivation and livestock shelter purpose, significant microclimate alterations, the shading influences on crop productivity and optimization of land use practices to maximize efficiency as well as sustainability. This review shows that the Land Equivalence Ratio (LER) consistently greater than 1.0, validating the enhanced productivity of co-location. Ultimately, the review conducts a thorough evaluation of the intricate international policy environment by providing a clear, structured framework that categorizes policies into financial, regulatory, and technological enablers. That could potentially facilitate and expedite the widespread adoption of this innovatively transformative technology within the agricultural and energy sectors. Research and development suggested for recommend PV synergies at every different aspects for future farmovoltaics application. This review provides a detailed overview of AV potential as a sustainable, economically feasible, and strategically advantageous solution for future agricultural practices as well as energy production in a rapidly changing world.

农业光伏（AV）系统代表了太阳能发电技术与传统农业实践的复杂整合，为有效解决全球对可再生能源快速增长的需求提供了一种有前途和战略上可行的方法，同时在环境问题时代促进土地资源的可持续利用。这个新颖的概念实现了可持续发展目标（SDG） 2、3、7、9、12和13。这篇全面的系统综述文章细致地研究了AV的多个方面，如安装管理，先进技术（人工智能/机器学习）纳入作物种植和牲畜庇护所的AV框架，显著的小气候变化，遮阳对作物生产力的影响以及优化土地利用实践，以最大限度地提高效率和可持续性。研究表明，土地等效比（LER）持续大于1.0，验证了共址的生产力提高。最后，本报告通过提供一个清晰、结构化的框架，将政策分为金融、监管和技术推动因素，对错综复杂的国际政策环境进行全面评估。这可能会促进和加快这一创新变革技术在农业和能源部门的广泛采用。研究和发展建议建议光伏协同效应在各个不同的方面，为未来的农业光伏应用。这篇综述详细概述了在快速变化的世界中，AV作为一种可持续的、经济上可行的、具有战略优势的解决方案在未来农业实践和能源生产中的潜力。

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Global overview of agrivoltaic system: The future security for food and energy 农业光伏系统全球概览：未来粮食和能源安全

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101870

Urvashi Patel , Suprava Chakraborty

Agrivoltaic (AV) systems, which represent a sophisticated integration of solar energy generation techniques alongside conventional agricultural practices, offer a promising and strategically viable approach to effectively address the rapidly escalating global demand for renewable energy sources, while simultaneously promoting the sustainable utilization of land resources in an era of environmental concern. This novel concept fulfills sustainable development goals (SDG) 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, and 13. This comprehensive systematic review article meticulously investigates the multifaceted dimensions of AV such as installation management, advanced technologies (artificial intelligence/machine learning) into AV frameworks for both crop cultivation and livestock shelter purpose, significant microclimate alterations, the shading influences on crop productivity and optimization of land use practices to maximize efficiency as well as sustainability. This review shows that the Land Equivalence Ratio (LER) consistently greater than 1.0, validating the enhanced productivity of co-location. Ultimately, the review conducts a thorough evaluation of the intricate international policy environment by providing a clear, structured framework that categorizes policies into financial, regulatory, and technological enablers. That could potentially facilitate and expedite the widespread adoption of this innovatively transformative technology within the agricultural and energy sectors. Research and development suggested for recommend PV synergies at every different aspects for future farmovoltaics application. This review provides a detailed overview of AV potential as a sustainable, economically feasible, and strategically advantageous solution for future agricultural practices as well as energy production in a rapidly changing world.

农业光伏（AV）系统代表了太阳能发电技术与传统农业实践的复杂整合，为有效解决全球对可再生能源快速增长的需求提供了一种有前途和战略上可行的方法，同时在环境问题时代促进土地资源的可持续利用。这个新颖的概念实现了可持续发展目标（SDG） 2、3、7、9、12和13。这篇全面的系统综述文章细致地研究了AV的多个方面，如安装管理，先进技术（人工智能/机器学习）纳入作物种植和牲畜庇护所的AV框架，显著的小气候变化，遮阳对作物生产力的影响以及优化土地利用实践，以最大限度地提高效率和可持续性。研究表明，土地等效比（LER）持续大于1.0，验证了共址的生产力提高。最后，本报告通过提供一个清晰、结构化的框架，将政策分为金融、监管和技术推动因素，对错综复杂的国际政策环境进行全面评估。这可能会促进和加快这一创新变革技术在农业和能源部门的广泛采用。研究和发展建议建议光伏协同效应在各个不同的方面，为未来的农业光伏应用。这篇综述详细概述了在快速变化的世界中，AV作为一种可持续的、经济上可行的、具有战略优势的解决方案在未来农业实践和能源生产中的潜力。

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Sustainable hydropower challenges for transboundary Himalayan River Tista: Strengthening future water-sharing between India and Bangladesh 跨界喜马拉雅河Tista的可持续水电挑战：加强印度和孟加拉国之间未来的水资源共享

IF 4.9 2区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy for Sustainable Development

Pub Date : 2025-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2025.101862

Kausik Ghosh , Christopher A. Scott

The growing demand for renewable energy highlights hydropower as a key source for achieving global energy security and sustainable development. Hydropower accounts for 70 % of renewable energy worldwide, yet significant untapped potential remains, particularly in transboundary river basins where socio-environmental and geopolitical challenges often hinder hydroelectric projects (HEPs). This study examines the transboundary Himalayan River Tista, shared by upstream India and downstream Bangladesh, where 14 HEPs with 3500 MW capacity have altered basin hydrology, disrupted ecosystem services, and heightened water-sharing tensions between riparian nations. The proposed equitable (50–50 proportion) water-sharing framework for resolving Tista water tensions, remain insufficient as it focuses solely on water allocation while neglecting socio-ecological demands and environmental flow concerns. Hence, this study advances a cooperation framework of hydropower as a water benefit-sharing mechanism that addresses sustainable energy generation with transboundary water governance. The study highlights key challenges of hydropower generation, including climate change, natural hazards, reduced downstream flows, and increasing dry season water demand, which affect riparian nations. By addressing these challenges, this study explores strategies to balance energy production with sustainable water management, by equitably allocating 71.5 MW of hydroelectricity to downstream Bangladesh during dry seasons. This quantification of benefit-sharing framework offers a promising solution to mitigate Tista water tensions, balances sustainable hydropower generation and enhances transboundary river cooperation. This work outlines how benefit-sharing can be expanded to explicit mechanisms of transboundary hydropower cooperation, contributing to policy strategies to foster water-energy security and regional cooperation.

对可再生能源日益增长的需求凸显了水电作为实现全球能源安全和可持续发展的关键来源。水电占全球可再生能源的70%，但仍有巨大的未开发潜力，特别是在跨界河流流域，那里的社会环境和地缘政治挑战往往阻碍水电项目（HEPs）。本研究考察了上游印度和下游孟加拉国共享的跨界喜马拉雅河Tista，其中14个3500mw容量的hep改变了流域水文，破坏了生态系统服务，并加剧了沿岸国家之间水资源共享的紧张局势。拟议的解决Tista水资源紧张局势的公平（50-50比例）水资源共享框架仍然不够，因为它只关注水资源分配，而忽视了社会生态需求和环境流动问题。因此，本研究提出了一个水电合作框架，作为一种水利益分享机制，通过跨境水治理解决可持续能源生产问题。该研究强调了水力发电面临的主要挑战，包括气候变化、自然灾害、下游流量减少以及旱季用水需求增加，这些都会影响到沿岸国家。通过应对这些挑战，本研究探索了平衡能源生产与可持续水资源管理的战略，在旱季向孟加拉国下游公平分配71.5兆瓦的水力发电。这一量化利益分享框架为缓解蒂斯塔水资源紧张局势、平衡可持续水电发电和加强跨界河流合作提供了一个有希望的解决方案。这项工作概述了如何将利益分享扩大到跨境水电合作的明确机制，为促进水-能源安全和区域合作的政策战略作出贡献。

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