Introduction
Energy is determinant in the economic growth of countries, but the world is still largely dependent on fossil fuels to satisfy the increasing global energy demand. Energy supply security, climate change, and economic competitiveness are issues still unresolved, and they are also the main drivers for energy research.
Energy production by conventional technologies and its consumption exert considerable pressures on the environment. The use of fossil fuels, which seems set to continue in the near and medium term, has a significant impact on the environment; it is the main cause of the greenhouse effect and global warming. Even more, life cycle assessments recently applied to energy systems have revealed an environmental impact, unpredictable until now. Within this perspective, international environmental policy focuses on the deployment of environmental energy technologies as a solution to overcome these problems. In this context, environmental electrochemistry plays a...
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Alcaide, F. (2014). Environmental Energy Technologies. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_117
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