Batteries: An Important Piece in the Puzzle of Renewable Energies for a Better World
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ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE Most people today are aware of environmental issues related to consumption of fossil fuels. Global warming and consequent unwanted changes in the chemistry of our planet, as a result of greenhouse gas emissions, is a chief concern, which motivates investments to replace fossil fuels by renewable energies. In the year 2000, the annual CO2 emission from the combustion of fossil fuels surpassed 6.7 Gt C (gigaton of carbon) (Smil, 2003), and further increased to 9 Gt in the year 2010 (Peters et al., 2011). Therefore, to protect the Earth’s atmosphere and minimize global warming many countries have presented plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For example, the European Union has planned for an 80% reduction in its 1990 greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050 (Swedish Energy Agency, 2013).
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