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Aplicación del Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (LCA) para el estudio de las huellas de carbono e hídrica del parque eólico de 16.5 MWe, de Villonaco, Loja-Ecuador

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Treballs Finals del Màster d’Energies Renovables i Sostenibilitat Energètica, del "Centro Universitario Internacional de Barcelona (UNIBA)"  Adscrit a la Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2018-2019, Tutor: Miguel VIllarrubia López

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Wind technology is considered to be among the most promising types of renewable energy sources,  and  due  to  high  oil prices, growing  concerns  about  climate  change  and  energy security,  it  has  been  the  subject  of  extensive  considerations  in  recent  years,including questions related to the relative sustainability of electricity production when the manufacturing, assembly, transportation and dismantling processes of these facilities are taken into account. The  present  study  evaluates  the  environmental  impacts,  carbon  emissions  and  water consumption, derived from the production of electric energy of the Villonaco wind farm, located in Loja-Ecuador, during its entire life cycle, using the Life Cycle Analysis for this purpose. Finally, it is concluded that wind energy has greater environmental advantages, since it has lower values of carbon and water footprints than other energy sources. Additionally, with the techniques CumulativeEnergy  Demand  and Energy  Return  on  Investment,  sustainability  in the  production  of  electricity  from  wind  power  in  Ecuador  is  demonstrated;  and,  that  due  to issues  of  vulnerability  to  climate  change,  the  diversification  of  its  energy  matrix  is essential considering the inclusion of non-conventional renewable sources such as solar or wind, this being the only way to reduce both the carbon footprint and the water supply power.

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Màster Oficial - Energies Renovables i Sostenibilitat Energètica

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Aplicación del Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (LCA) para el estudio de las huellas de carbono e hídrica del parque eólico de 16.5 MWe, de Villonaco, Loja-Ecuador