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@ARTICLE{Haase:907706,
author = {Haase, Mona and Wulf, C. and Baumann, M. and Rösch, C. and
Weil, M. and Zapp, P. and Naegler, T.},
title = {{P}rospective assessment of energy technologies: {A}
comprehensive approach for sustainability assessment},
journal = {Energy, Sustainability and Society},
volume = {12},
number = {1},
issn = {2192-0567},
address = {Heidelberg},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-02169},
pages = {20},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Background: A further increase in renewable energy supply
is needed to substitute fossil fuels and combat climate
change. Each energy source and respective technologies have
specific techno-economic and environmental characteristics
as well as social implications. This paper presents a
comprehensive approach for prospective sustainability
assessment of energy technologies developed within the
Helmholtz Initiative “Energy System 2050”
(ES2050).Methods: The “ES2050 approach” comprises
environmental, economic, and social assessment. It includes
established life cycle based economic and environmental
indicators, and social indicators derived from a normative
concept of sustainable development. The elaborated social
indicators, i.e. patent growth rate, acceptance, and
domestic value added, address three different
socio-technical areas, i.e. innovation (patents), public
perception (acceptance), and public welfare (value
added).Results: The implementation of the “ES2050
approach” is presented exemplarily and different
sustainability indicators and respective results are
discussed based on three emerging technologies and
corresponding case studies: (1) synthetic biofuels for
mobility; (2) hydrogen from wind power for mobility; and (3)
batteries for stationary energy storage. For synthetic
biofuel, the environmental advantages over fossil gasoline
are most apparent for the impact categories Climate Change
and Ionizing Radiation—human health. Domestic value added
accounts for $66\%$ for synthetic biofuel compared to $13\%$
for fossil gasoline. All hydrogen supply options can be
considered to become near to economic competitiveness with
fossil fuels in the long term. Survey participants regard
Explosion Hazard as the most pressing concern about hydrogen
fuel stations. For Li-ion batteries, the results for patent
growth rate indicate that they enter their maturity
phase.Conclusions: The “ES2050 approach” enables a
consistent prospective sustainability assessment of
(emerging) energy technologies, supporting technology
developers, decision-makers in politics, industry, and
society with knowledge for further evaluation, steering, and
governance. The approach presented is considered rather a
starting point than a blueprint for the comprehensive
assessment of renewable energy technologies though,
especially for the suggested social indicators, their
significance and their embedding in context scenarios for
prospective assessments.},
cin = {IEK-STE},
ddc = {333.7},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
pnm = {1112 - Societally Feasible Transformation Pathways
(POF4-111)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1112},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000799374300001},
doi = {10.1186/s13705-022-00344-6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/907706},
}