The uncertain role of life cycle costing in the renewable energy debate

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (5-8) ◽  
pp. 1436-1443
Author(s):  
E.F. Finch
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Costing

scholarly journals Increasing the Content of Olive Mill Wastewater in Biogas Reactors for a Sustainable Recovery: Methane Productivity and Life Cycle Analyses of the Process

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1029
Author(s):  
Souraya Benalia ◽  
Giacomo Falcone ◽  
Teodora Stillitano ◽  
Anna Irene De Luca ◽  
Alfio Strano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Batch Reactors ◽  
Farm Sustainability ◽  
Olive Mill

Anaerobic codigestion of olive mill wastewater for renewable energy production constitutes a promising process to overcome management and environmental issues due to their conventional disposal. The present study aims at assessing biogas and biomethane production from olive mill wastewater by performing biochemical methane potential tests. Hence, mixtures containing 0% (blank), 20% and 30% olive mill wastewater, in volume, were experimented on under mesophilic conditions. In addition, life cycle assessment and life cycle costing were performed for sustainability analysis. Particularly, life cycle assessment allowed assessing the potential environmental impact resulting from the tested process, while life cycle costing in conjunction with specific economic indicators allowed performing the economic feasibility analysis. The research highlighted reliable outcomes: higher amounts of biogas (80.22 ± 24.49 NL.kgSV−1) and methane (47.68 ± 17.55 NL.kgSV−1) were obtained when implementing a higher amount of olive mill wastewater (30%) (v/v) in the batch reactors. According to life cycle assessment, the biogas ecoprofile was better when using 20% (v/v) olive mill wastewater. Similarly, the economic results demonstrated the profitability of the process, with better performances when using 20% (v/v) olive mill wastewater. These findings confirm the advantages from using farm and food industry by-products for the production of renewable energy as well as organic fertilizers, which could be used in situ to enhance farm sustainability.

scholarly journals The role of the time-based product life cycle cost technique in managing costs in economic units

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-451
Author(s):  
Dirar Abdulhameed Altoum Alotaibi ◽  
Salah Mahdi Jawad Al-Kawaz ◽  
Basem Abdul-Hussein Al-Qassab
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Accurate Data ◽  
Product Life ◽  
Product Competition ◽  
The Cost

The purpose of this study is to direct interest in using the sound methodology in cost management and to choose a more effective approach to managing costs from a series of alternatives in order to obtain more accurate data on the cost of the product. Competition in the market, Clarifying the role of the time-based product life cycle costing technique in providing integrated information on resources and their costs and for each stage of the product life cycle, which would contribute to managing costs throughout the product life cycle. To achieve this goal, the time-based product life cycle costing technique was applied on data obtained from the laboratory records, the research sample, as well as the field experience. The research reached several conclusions, the most important of which is that the failure of traditional cost systems to meet the requirements and objectives of management as they are no longer able to provide accurate data that help the administration in making decisions as a result of changes and developments in the business environment, most notably the intense competition, which resulted in the emergence of modern techniques in the field of management Cost that is able to keep pace with these changes and developments. The most important of which is the time-based product life-cycle cost technique.

scholarly journals The role of economic and policy variables in energy-efficient retrofitting assessment. A stochastic Life Cycle Costing methodology

Energy Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 1207-1219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edoardo Baldoni ◽  
Silvia Coderoni ◽  
Marco D'Orazio ◽  
Elisa Di Giuseppe ◽  
Roberto Esposti
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Life Cycle Costing

On Energy Status indicators and the role of renewableEnergy under Economic Crisis

2014 ◽  
pp. 92-105
Author(s):  
P. Bezrukikh ◽  
P. Bezrukikh (Jr.)
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Primary Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Status ◽  
Economy Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
Production Regime

The article analyzes the dynamics of consumption of primary energy and production of electrical energy in the world for 1973-2012 and the volume of renewable energy. It is shown that in the crisis year of 20 0 9 there was a significant reduction in primary energy consumption and production of electrical energy. At the same time, renewable energy has developed rapidly, well above the rate of the world economy growth. The development of renewable energy is one of the most effective ways out of the crisis, taking into account its production regime, energy, environmental, social and economic efficiency. The forecast for the development of renewable energy for the period up to 2020, compiled by the IEA, is analyzed. It is shown that its assessment rates are conservative; the authors justify higher rates of development of renewable energy.

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