Affordable and Clean Energy: A Study on the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Main ModalitiesShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: International business, trade and institutional sustainability / [ed] W. Leal Filho, P. R. Borges de Brito & F. Frankenberger, Cham: Springer, 2020, p. 615-627Chapter in book (Refereed)
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]
The purpose of this study is to identify several renewable and clean energy sources and investigate their accessibility. The structuring of the energetic sources was outlined to display the advantages and disadvantages of their use. To do so, the literature review method and the snowball method were used as the research methodology. Previous results had determined the elements of a sample of the main existing forms of energy. Therefore, this research analysed the following sources: solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectric power, thermoelectric energy with renewable fuels, tidal energy, biogas energy, geothermal energy and hydrogen energy. The results discuss the benefits of using sustainable energies, such as being helpful to the environment, as well as the implementation obstacles that, in this case, are stripped down to the high financial cost of initial investment. Because no previous research provided a structure to compare different energy forms, this study is expected to act as an initial guide for researchers and professionals in the field. As a limitation and recommendation for future research efforts, it is suggested to discover and verify mechanisms capable of reducing the high initial investment costs associated with sustainable energies.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2020. p. 615-627
Series
World Sustainability Series
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50474DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26759-9_35ISBN: 978-3-030-26758-2 (print)ISBN: 978-3-030-26759-9 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-50474DiVA, id: diva2:1463365
2020-09-012020-09-012020-09-01Bibliographically approved