Fossil fuel sustainability index: An application of resource management

Date

2007-05-01

Author

Ediger, Volkan S.
Hosgor, Enes
Surmeli, A. Nesen
Tatlidil, Huseyin

Metadata

Show full item record

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Item Usage Stats

213
views

0
downloads

A brief review on use of fossil fuel resources and sustainability is given in this paper. A sustainability index for fossil fuels is developed, which aims to determine the most efficient management of fossil fuel resources for the energy system. The study is conducted for 62 countries, in the presence of independence, lifetime and environmental constraints. The effect of these indicators are then integrated into a single index for oil, natural gas, and coal. Two approaches have been taken. The first one employs equally weighing of each index, where the second one weighs the indices by using principle component analysis. It is concluded that Fossil Fuel Sustainability Index (FFSI) values indicate that countries supporting oil as the one and only major player are condemmed to suffer due to incompetent energy policies.

Subject Keywords

Fossil fuel, Sustainability index, Energy resource management

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67500

Journal

ENERGY POLICY

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2006.10.011

Collections

Department of Geological Engineering, Article

Suggestions

OpenMETU
Core

Solar generated steam injection in heavy oil reservoirs: A case study Afsar, Cansu; Akın, Serhat (Elsevier BV, 2016-06-01) Combination of solar generated steam technology and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques have attracted a great deal of attention due to its positive impact on economics and on the environment. Solar steam project has already proven itself as it can reduce both gas consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 80%. However, operational issues as well as geographical factors (i.e. terrain suitability, drill sites and future field development plans) may affect solar EOR operations. In this study, a heavy oil field...
Energy consumption, income, and carbon emissions in the United States Soytaş, Uğur; Sarı, Ramazan (2007-05-15) This paper investigates the effect of energy consumption and output on carbon emissions in the United States. Earlier research focused on testing the existence and/or shape of an environmental Kuznets curve without taking energy consumption into account. We investigate the Granger causality relationship between income, energy consumption, and carbon emissions, including labor and gross fixed capital formation in the model. We find that income does not Granger cause carbon emissions in the US in the long run...
Mathematical modeling of FBC'a co-fired with lignite and biomass Moralı, Ekrem Mehmet; Selçuk, Nevin; Department of Chemical Engineering (2007) Increasing environmental legislations on pollutant emissions originated from fossil fuel combustion and intention of increasing the life of existing fossil fuels give rise to the use of renewable sources. Biomass at this juncture, with its renewable nature and lower pollutant emission levels becomes an attractive energy resource. However, only seasonal availability of biomass and operation problems caused by high alkaline content of biomass ash restrict its combustion alone. These problems can be overcome b...
GIS-based site selection methodology for hybrid renewable energy systems: A case study from western Turkey Aydin, Nazli Yonca; Kentel Erdoğan, Elçin; Duzgun, H. Sebnem (Elsevier BV, 2013-06-01) Renewable energy sources are presently being considered as alternatives to fossil fuels, because they are perpetual, environmentally friendly, and release negligible amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere while producing energy. A disadvantage of renewable energy systems, however, is that continuous energy generation is not possible by using only one type of renewable energy system, since renewable energy resources depend on climate and weather conditions. Two or more renewable energy systems can be ...
A methodology for evaluating environmental co-benefits in the transport sector: application to the Delhi metro Doll, Christopher N. H.; Balaban, Osman (Elsevier BV, 2013-11-01) This paper presents a methodology to measure the environmental co-benefits of transport initiatives, defined here as carbon emissions in conjunction with local air pollution. An evaluation tool was developed and then tested on the case of the Delhi metro. The metro is an extensive rail project spanning the Indian capital, which is also the world's first rail based Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project. However, it has also been a flashpoint in urban policy-making in the city in recent years. This analys...

Citation Formats

V. S. Ediger, E. Hosgor, A. N. Surmeli, and H. Tatlidil, “Fossil fuel sustainability index: An application of resource management,” ENERGY POLICY, pp. 2969–2977, 2007, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67500.