Table 1 Summary of previous S-LCA studies on renewable energy sources
Authors | Year | Title | Publication venue | Energy system studied | Geographical scope | Social Hotspot Database (SHDB)? | Purpose of study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fedorova, E, Pongrácz, E | 2019 | Cumulative social effect assessment framework to evaluate the accumulation of social sustainability benefits of regional bioenergy value chains | Renewable Energy | Bioenergy generation plant | Lahti Region, Southern Finland | No | Develop the Cumulative Social Effects Framework to assess the social sustainability of bioenergy production at the regional level based on an S-LCA approach |
Schlör, H, Venghaus, S, Zapp, P, Marx, J, Schreiber, A, Hake, F | 2018 | The energy–mineral–society nexus—a social LCA model | Applied Energy | Wind turbines | Australia, Malaysia, and the USA | Yes | Determine the social footprint of the production phase of rare earth elements using an S-LCA approach |
Corona, B, Bozhilova-Kisheva, K. P, Olsen, S. I, San Miguel, G | 2017 | Social Life-Cycle Assessment of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Spain A Methodological Proposal | Journal of Industrial Ecology | Concentrated solar power plant | Spain | No | Perform an S-LCA of a concentrated solar power plant in Spain, considering the complete life cycle, except for transportation and electricity consumption |
Kabir, E, Ki-Hyun K, Szulejko, J.E | 2017 | Social impacts of solar home systems in rural areas: a case study in Bangladesh | Energies | Solar home systems | Bangladesh | No | Assess the quality of life improvement provided by Solar Home Systems in the rural areas of Bangladesh and use it to inform policymakers |
Suuronen, A | 2017 | Ecological and Social Impacts of Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants and Optimization of their Locations in Northern Chile | University of Jyvaskyla | Photovoltaic energy plants | Northern Chile | No | Evaluate the environmental and social impacts of solar power systems in the Northern region of Chile |
Schlör, H, Koj, J, Zapp, P, Schreiber, A, Hake, J.F | 2017 | The social footprint of hydrogen production—A Social Life-Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) of alkaline water electrolysis | Energy Procedia | Hydrogen production via alkaline water electrolysis | European Union | Yes | Perform an LCA and S-LCA on a newly developed 6 MW alkaline water electrolysis system for the production of hydrogen-based on Sen’s capabilities approach and 23 indicators from the Social Hotspot Database (SHDB) |
Wang, Z, Osseweijer, P, Posada, J | 2017 | Assessing Social Sustainability for Biofuel Supply Chains: The Case of Aviation Biofuel in Brazil | 2017 IEEE Conf. on Technologies for Sustainability | Aviation biofuels | Brazil | No | Perform a social sustainability assessment for aviation biofuel with a supply chain perspective, evaluating specific sustainability issues |
RodrÃguez-Serrano, I, Caldés, N, Rúa, Cristina de la, Lechón,Y | 2017 | Assessing the three sustainability pillars through the Framework for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (FISA): Case study of a Solar Thermal Electricity project in Mexico | Journal of Clear Production | Solar thermal electricity generation | Mexico | No | Conduct a sustainability impact assessment of a Solar Thermal Electricity Project in Mexico using the Framework for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (FISA) |
Traverso, M, Asdrubali, F, Francia, A, Finkbeiner, M | 2012 | Towards life-cycle sustainability assessment: an implementation to photovoltaic modules | International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | Photovoltaic modules | Germany and Italy | No | Assess the sustainability performance of the production and assembly of Italian and German PV modules, combining environmental, economic, and social impacts |
Dubey, S, Jadhav, N, Zakirova, B | 2013 | Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Silicon-Based Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies | Energy Procedia | Photovoltaic modules | Focused on the system itself, not a location | No | Provide an overview of the social and environmental impacts that result from the life cycle of solar panels |