On the feasibility of using emergy analysis as a source of benchmarking criteria through data envelopment analysis: A case study for wind energy

Energy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 527-537

  Iribarren, Diego ^a,b   Vázquez Rowe, Ian ^b   Rugani, Benedetto ^b   Benetto, Enrico ^b  

^a IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Emergy; Life cycle; Wind power

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; WIND POWER;

CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; EMERGY; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTIPLE FACILITIES;

BENCHMARKING;

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGY; ENERGY FLUX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

EID: 84895929282     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.01.109     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Cooper W.W., Seiford L.M., Tone K. Data envelopment analysis: a comprehensive text with models, applications, references and DEA-solver software 2007, Springer, New York.
2. Sarica K., Or I. Efficiency assessment of Turkish power plants using data envelopment analysis. Energy 2007, 32:1484-1499.
3. Mousavi-Avval S.H., Rafiee S., Jafari A., Mohammadi A. Improving energy use efficiency of canola production using data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. Energy 2011, 36:2765-2772.
4. Lozano S., Iribarren D., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G. The link between operational efficiency and environmental impacts: a joint application of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis. Sci Total Environ 2009, 407:1744-1754.
5. Vázquez-Rowe I., Iribarren D., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G. Combined application of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis as a methodological approach for the assessment of fisheries. Int J Life Cycle Assess 2010, 15:272-283.
6. Iribarren D., Hospido A., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G. Benchmarking environmental and operational parameters through eco-efficiency criteria for dairy farms. Sci Total Environ 2011, 409:1786-1798.
7. Vázquez-Rowe I., Iribarren D., Hospido A., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G. Computation of operational and environmental benchmarks within selected Galician fishing fleets (NW Spain). JInd Ecol 2011, 15:776-795.
8. Vázquez-Rowe I., Villanueva-Rey P., Iribarren D., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G. Joint life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis of grape production for vinification in the Rías Baixas appellation (NW Spain). JCleaner Prod 2012, 27:92-102.
9. Mohammadi A., Dalgaard T., Trydeman Knudsen M., Rafiee S., Mousavi-Avval S.H., Hermansen J.E. Potential greenhouse gas emission reductions in soybean farming: A combined use of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis. JCleaner Prod 2013, 54:89-100.
10. European Commission International reference life cycle data system (ILCD) handbook - framework and requirements for life cycle impact assessment models and indicators 2010, European Union, Luxembourg.
11. Odum H.T. Self-organization, transformity and information. Science 1988, 242:1132-1139.
12. Odum H.T. Environmental accounting: emergy and environmental decision making 1996, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
13. Sciubba E., Ulgiati S. Emergy and exergy analyses: complementary methods or irreducible ideological options?. Energy 2005, 30:1953-1988.
14. Raugei M. Emergy indicators applied to human economic systems - a word of caution. Ecol Model 2011, 222:3821-3822.
15. Coppola F., Bastianoni S., Østergård H. Sustainability of bioethanol production from wheat with recycled residues as evaluated by emergy assessment. Biomass Bioenergy 2009, 33:1626-1642.
16. Zhelev T.K., Ridolfi R. Energy recovery and environmental concerns addressed through emergy-pinch analysis. Energy 2006, 31:2486-2498.
17. Brown M.T., Raugei M., Ulgiati S. On boundaries and 'investments' in emergy synthesis and LCA: a case study on thermal vs. photovoltaic electricity. Ecol Indic 2012, 15:227-235.
18. Campbell D.E., Garmestani A.S. An energy systems view of sustainability: emergy evaluation of the San Luis Basin, Colorado. JEnviron Manage 2012, 95:72-97.
19. Verein Deutscher Ingenieure VDI guideline 4600: cumulative energy demand (KEA) - terms, definitions, methods of calculation 2012, VDI, Düsseldorf.
20. Bösch M.E., Hellweg S., Huijbregts M.A.J., Frischknecht R. Applying cumulative exergy demand (CExD) indicators to the ecoinvent database. Int J Life Cycle Assess 2007, 12:181-190.
21. Bastianoni S., Facchini A., Susani L., Tiezzi E. Emergy as a function of exergy. Energy 2007, 32:1158-1162.
22. Tiruta-Barna L., Benetto E. Aconceptual framework and interpretation of emergy algebra. Ecol Eng 2013, 53:290-298.
23. Zhang Y., Singh S., Bakshi B.R. Accounting for ecosystem services in life cycle assessment - part I: a critical review. Environ Sci Technol 2010, 44:2232-2242.
24. Rugani B., Huijbregts M.A.J., Mutel C., Bastianoni S., Hellweg S. Solar energy demand (SED) of commodity life cycles. Environ Sci Technol 2011, 45:5426-5433.
25. Rugani B., Benetto E. Improvements to emergy evaluations by using life cycle assessment. Environ Sci Technol 2012, 46:4701-4712.
26. Arbault D., Rugani B., Marvuglia A., Tiruta-Barna L., Benetto E. Accounting for the emergy value of life cycle inventory systems: Insights from recent methodological advances. JEnviron Account Manage 2013, 1:103-117.
27. Raugei M., Rugani B., Benetto E., Ingwersen W.W. Integrating emergy into LCA: potential added value and lingering obstacles. Ecol Model 2014, 271:4-9.
28. Marvuglia A., Benetto E., Rios G., Rugani B. SCALE: software for calculating emergy based on life cycle inventories. Ecol Model 2013, 248:80-91.
29. Marvuglia A., Rugani B., Rios G., Pigné Y., Benetto E., Tiruta-Barna L. Using graph search algorithms for a rigorous application of emergy algebra rules. Rev Métall 2013, 110:87-94.
30. Yang Q., Chen G.Q., Liao S., Zhao Y.H., Peng H.W., Chen H.P. Environmental sustainability of wind power: an emergy analysis of a Chinese wind farm. Renew Sustain Energ Rev 2013, 25:229-239.
31. Iribarren D., Martín-Gamboa M., Dufour J. Environmental benchmarking of wind farms according to their operational performance. Energy 2013, 61:589-597.
32. Frischknecht R., Jungbluth N., Althaus H.J., Doka G., Heck T., Hellweg S., et al. Overview and methodology 2007, Ecoinvent report no. 1, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf.
33. European Environment Agency EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2009 2009, EEA, Copenhagen.
34. Tone K.A. Slacks-based measure of efficiency in data envelopment analysis. Eur J Oper Res 2001, 130:498-509.
35. Vázquez-Rowe I., Tyedmers P. Identifying the importance of the "skipper effect" within sources of measured inefficiency in fisheries through data envelopment analysis (DEA). Mar Policy 2013, 38:387-396.
36. Banker R.D. Estimating most productive scale size using data envelopment analysis. Eur J Oper Res 1984, 17:35-44.
37. Saitech Data envelopment analysis software Available from:, [accessed 30.05.13]. http://www.saitech-inc.com/Products/Prod-DSP.asp.
38. Iribarren D., Vázquez-Rowe I., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G. Further potentials in the joint implementation of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis. Sci Total Environ 2010, 408:5265-5272.
39. Ingwersen W.W. Uncertainty characterization in for emergy values. Ecol Model 2010, 221:445-452.
40. Li L., Lu H., Campbell D.E., Ren H. Methods for estimating the uncertainty in emergy table-form models. Ecol Model 2011, 222:2615-2622.
41. Hudson A., Tilley D.R. Assessment of uncertainty in emergy evaluations using Monte Carlo simulations. Ecol Model 2014, 271:52-61.
42. Iribarren D. Life cycle assessment of mussel and turbot aquaculture: application and insights 2010, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela.
43. Lozano S., Iribarren D., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G. Environmental impact efficiency in mussel cultivation. Resour Conserv Recy 2010, 54:1269-1277.
44. Lozano S., Villa G. Multiobjective target setting in data envelopment analysis using AHP. Comput Oper Res 2009, 36:549-564.
45. Ingwersen W.W. Emergy as a life cycle impact assessment indicator - a gold mining case study. JInd Ecol 2011, 15:550-567.
46. Ukidwe N.U., Bakshi B.R. Thermodynamic accounting of ecosystem contribution to economic sectors with application to 1992 US economy. Environ Sci Technol 2004, 38:4810-4827.
47. Odum H.T., Odum E.P. The energetic basis for valuation of ecosystem services. Ecosystems 2000, 3:21-23.