scholarly journals Cover Picture: Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas in the UK: Current Situation and Future Scenarios (Energy Technol. 12/2014)

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 941-941
Author(s):  
Jasmin Cooper ◽  
Laurence Stamford ◽  
Adisa Azapagic
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
The Uk

Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas in the UK: Current Situation and Future Scenarios

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 1012-1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmin Cooper ◽  
Laurence Stamford ◽  
Adisa Azapagic
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
The Uk

Reprocessing vs direct disposal of used nuclear fuels: The environmental impacts of future scenarios for the UK

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. e00278
Author(s):  
Andrea Paulillo ◽  
Jonathan M. Dodds ◽  
Stephen J. Palethorpe ◽  
Paola Lettieri
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Nuclear Fuels ◽  
The Uk

Fracking for shale gas in the UK: property and investment issues

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 505-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Daphne Comfort ◽  
David Hillier
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Property Values ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – Large-scale shale gas reserves have recently been identified under many parts of the UK. Development pressure for detailed exploration and possibly the exploitation of these reserves by hydraulic fracturing, popularly described as fracking is growing rapidly and seems to have UK Government support. With this in mind the purpose of this paper is to offer a general review of the possible development of shale gas reserves by fracking within the UK and to explore a number of the property and investment issues associated with such development. Design/methodology/approach – The briefing note begins with an outline of the characteristics of shale oil and the fracking process and of the initial developments within the UK and discusses some of the property and investment issues associated with such developments. The note is based upon information drawn from the internet sources, principally national and local governments, property, financial and environmental organisations and on visits to a small number of sites of exploratory fracking. Findings – The paper identifies a wide range of potential environmental impacts associated with the development of shale gas reserves by fracking and reveals growing awareness in the UK that such development could have a major impact on property values, on the availability of mortgages and on property insurance. At the same time the paper also suggests that financial institutions are increasingly taking steps to minimise risks to their investments and reputation from potential environmental impacts. Practical implications – The paper suggests a number of issues property managers and consultants will need to address in monitoring the impact of shale gas development by fracking on property values and it offers some guidelines to investment managers. Originality/value – This paper provides an accessible review of the development of shale gas resources by fracking within the UK and as such it will be of value to a range of property and investment management professionals and to students pursuing property and investment courses.

scholarly journals A protocol for a systematic map of review studies on the potential environmental impacts of shale gas development

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Sarah A Clancy ◽  
Rachel Brown ◽  
Gavin stewart ◽  
Rob Ward ◽  
Richard Davies
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Gas Extraction ◽  
Systematic Map ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Data Synthesis ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The Uk

With the possible development of a shale gas industry within the UK, many review studies have been written in an attempt to further understand and identify potential environmental impacts related to shale gas extraction. However, until now, these review studies have not been critically assessed to determine their rigor. This article outlines the protocol for a systematic map of review studies on the potential environmental impacts of shale gas extraction by hydraulic fracturing. The main aim of this study is to systematically map peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed review studies and assess the abundance and quality of the evidence. Secondary objectives will also be explored in relation to assessing the distribution of the literature available on different environmental impacts, including impacts to water, land and air. The results of this systematic map will be used to inform recommendations for further research. This protocol outlines the reasoning, objectives, inclusion and exclusion criteria, search strategy and the screening processes for the systematic map. This report includes details on the plans for data extraction and data synthesis

scholarly journals A Comparative Environmental Assessment of Heat Pumps and Gas Boilers towards a Circular Economy in the UK

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3027
Author(s):  
Selman Sevindik ◽  
Catalina Spataru ◽  
Teresa Domenech Aparisi ◽  
Raimund Bleischwitz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Baseline Model ◽  
Ground Source Heat Pumps ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This research compares the potential environmental impacts of heat pumps with gas boilers and scenario analysis through utilising the life cycle approach. The study analyses the current situation with the baseline model and assesses future applications with Circular Economy (CE), Resource Efficiency (RE) and Limited Growth (LG) scenarios. Then, hybrid applications of low-carbon technologies and different manufacturing scenarios are investigated according to baseline and CE scenarios. Our results show that the use and manufacturing phases are responsible for 74% and 14% of all environmental impacts on average as expected. Even though the electricity mix of the UK has decarbonised substantially during the last decade, heat pumps still have higher lifetime impacts than gas boilers in all environmental categories except climate change impact. The carbon intensity of heat pumps is much lower than gas boilers with 0.111 and 0.097 kg CO2e for air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps, whereas the boiler stands as 0.241 kg CO2e. Future scenarios offer significant reductions in most of the impact categories. The CE scenario has the highest potential with a 44% reduction for heat pumps and 27% for gas boilers on average. RE and LG scenarios have smaller potential than the CE scenario, relatively. However, several categories expect an increase in future scenarios such as freshwater ecotoxicity, marine ecotoxicity and metal depletion categories. High deployment of offshore wind farms will have a negative impact on these categories; therefore, a comprehensive approach through a market introduction programme should be provided at the beginning before shifting from one technology to another. The 50% Hybrid scenario results expect a reduction of 24% and 20% on average for ASHP and GSHP, respectively, in the baseline model. The reduction is much lower in the CE scenario, with only a 2% decrease for both heat pumps because of the reduction in heat demand in the future. These results emphasise that even though the importance of the use phase is significant in the baseline model, the remaining phases will play an important role to achieve Net-Zero targets in the future.

Environmental impact and treatment of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Wang ◽  
Lifa Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Pollution Sources ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
Geological Disasters ◽  
Surface Water And Groundwater

<p>Hydraulic fracturing is one of the key technologies to stimulate shale gas production and may have some environmental impacts while enhancing shale gas development. Through the introduction of hydraulic fracturing technology from the design and construction aspects, analysis of its potential adverse environmental impacts in water resource consumption, surface water and groundwater pollution, geological disasters, and other aspects, and based on the existing problems to form targeted solutions.</p><p>According to EIA report, during the stimulation process of shale gas fracturing, the amount of water resources is about 10,000m<sup>3</sup>, of which 20%-80% can be returned, and the flowback rate of Shale gas in China is 20%-60%, which means that at least 20%-40% polluted water containing various chemical raw materials will be hidden in the formation for a long time. The shale flowback rate in China is significantly lower than that in the United States, not only due to formation conditions, but also due to equipment and technology. In view of this situation, it is necessary to control the whole process from design to construction.</p><p>In the design process of hydraulic fracturing of shale gas, real-time control of the fracture range is carried out in conjunction with seismic monitoring and software simulation fitting, so as to reduce the consumption of water resources on the premise of achieving the purpose of increasing production. Especially, to reducing the fracturing program as much as possible in the water-scarce areas, so as to ensure the security of public water resources. Reduce the use of chemical additives to alleviate the pollution of surface water and groundwater. After detection of possible pollution, determine the amount of pollution sources on site and carry out comprehensive pollutant recovery and treatment. Strictly prohibit high-risk pollution sources from entering the fracturing fluid process. At the same time, the fracturing fluid is used to recycled and purified. In terms of geological disasters caused by fracturing, high-risk geological disaster zones should be identified and monitored in advance to prevent large-scale geological activities caused by micro-earthquakes caused by fracturing from causing uncontrollable geological disasters.</p>

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