Search Results - "Sousa, Tania"

A review of the use of exergy to evaluate the sustainability of fossil fuels and non-fuel mineral depletion by Whiting, Kai, Carmona, Luis Gabriel, Sousa, Tânia

“…This paper reviews methods that measure mineral resource depletion based on cumulative exergy consumption approaches. It focuses on the exergy replacement cost…”
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Optimisation and economic feasibility of Battery Energy Storage Systems in electricity markets: The Iberian market case study by Gaspar, Inês, Castro, Rui, Sousa, Tânia

“…This study identifies the optimal operating strategy of storage systems in the electricity markets, from the perspective of a market participant with a…”
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From electrification to decarbonization: Insights from Portugal's experience (1960–2016) by Felício, Laura, Henriques, Sofia Teives, Guevara, Zeus, Sousa, Tânia

“…Deep electrification powered by renewable sources has emerged as a pivotal strategy for achieving ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets. However, the true…”
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Techno-economic analysis of self-consumption schemes and energy communities in Italy and Portugal by Lage, Mágui, Castro, Rui, Manzolini, Giampaolo, Casalicchio, Valeria, Sousa, Tânia

“…The European Union has been allocating funds for the energy transition to meet escalating global energy demands while minimising the environmental impact. This…”
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The rise and stall of world electricity efficiency:1900–2017, results and insights for the renewables transition by Pinto, Ricardo, Henriques, Sofia T., Brockway, Paul E., Heun, Matthew Kuperus, Sousa, Tânia

“…In the coming renewables-based energy transition, global electricity consumption is expected to double by 2050, entailing widespread end-use electrification,…”
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Synergistic Effects of Climate Change and Marine Pollution: An Overlooked Interaction in Coastal and Estuarine Areas by Cabral, Henrique, Fonseca, Vanessa, Sousa, Tânia, Costa Leal, Miguel

“…Coastal areas have been increasingly affected by human activities, marine pollution and climate change are among the most important pressures affecting these…”
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Useful Exergy Is Key in Obtaining Plausible Aggregate Production Functions and Recognizing the Role of Energy in Economic Growth: Portugal 1960–2009 by Santos, João, Domingos, Tiago, Sousa, Tânia, St. Aubyn, Miguel

“…The role of energy in economic growth is controversial. Models based on aggregate production functions (APF) range from the neoclassical, which downplay energy…”
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The use of steel in the United Kingdom's transport sector: A stock–flow–service nexus case study by Carmona, Luis Gabriel, Whiting, Kai, Haberl, Helmut, Sousa, Tânia

“…Energy and material flows and material stocks are key requirements for the supply of goods and services, which in turn support societal development. However,…”
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Physics of metabolic organization by Jusup, Marko, Sousa, Tânia, Domingos, Tiago, Labinac, Velimir, Marn, Nina, Wang, Zhen, Klanjšček, Tin

“…We review the most comprehensive metabolic theory of life existing to date. A special focus is given to the thermodynamic roots of this theory and to…”
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Resource use and economic development: an exergy perspective on energy and material flows and stocks from 1900 to 2010 by Carmona, Luis Gabriel, Whiting, Kai, Wiedenhofer, Dominik, Krausmann, Fridolin, Sousa, Tânia

“…•An exergy analysis of energy and material flows and stocks is performed.•Scope from resource extraction (primary exergy) to end-uses (useful exergy).•Global…”
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On the right track? Energy use, carbon emissions, and intensities of world rail transportation, 1840–2020 by Tostes, Bernardo, Henriques, Sofia T., Brockway, Paul E., Heun, Matthew Kuperus, Domingos, Tiago, Sousa, Tânia

“…The history of rail transport can offer valuable insights for future energy transitions due to its importance in promoting clean mobility. There is a complex…”
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Driving factors of differences in primary energy intensities of 14 European countries by Guevara, Zeus, Henriques, SofiaTeives, Sousa, Tânia

“…The EU is committed to become climate-neutral by 2050 while keeping its prosperity intact. To align the bloc towards this goal, it is fundamental to understand…”
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The evolution of resource efficiency in the United Kingdom’s steel sector: An exergy approach by Carmona, Luis Gabriel, Whiting, Kai, Carrasco, Angeles, Sousa, Tânia

“…[Display omitted] •A long-term analysis of the United Kingdom steel sector’s efficiency is undertaken.•The sector is evaluated using both conventional and…”
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Dynamic energy budget theory restores coherence in biology by Sousa, Tânia, Domingos, Tiago, Poggiale, J.-C., Kooijman, S. A. L. M.

“…We present the state of the art of the development of dynamic energy budget theory, and its expected developments in the near future within the molecular,…”
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From empirical patterns to theory: a formal metabolic theory of life by Sousa, Tânia, Domingos, Tiago, Kooijman, S.A.L.M

“…The diversity of life on Earth raises the question of whether it is possible to have a single theoretical description of the quantitative aspects of the…”
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How abundant are superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in the vasculature lumen, how far can they reach? by Sousa, Tânia, Gouveia, Marcos, Travasso, Rui D.M., Salvador, Armindo

“…Paracrine superoxide (O2•−) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) signaling critically depends on these substances' concentrations, half-lives and transport ranges in…”
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The Need for Robust, Consistent Methods in Societal Exergy Accounting by Sousa, Tânia, Brockway, Paul E., Cullen, Jonathan M., Henriques, Sofia Teives, Miller, Jack, Serrenho, André Cabrera, Domingos, Tiago

“…Studies of societal exergy use have the common aim of tracing the flow of exergy along society, and are used to gain insights into the efficiency of energy use…”
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Decomposition of useful work intensity: The EU (European Union)-15 countries from 1960 to 2009 by Serrenho, André Cabrera, Sousa, Tânia, Warr, Benjamin, Ayres, Robert U., Domingos, Tiago

“…Energy intensity measures, defined as the ratio of energy use to gross domestic product of a country, are widely used to study the productivity of energy use…”
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Hyper Accumulation of Arsenic in Mutants of Ochrobactrum tritici Silenced for Arsenite Efflux Pumps by Sousa, Tânia, Branco, Rita, Piedade, Ana Paula, Morais, Paula V

“…Ochrobactrum tritici SCII24T is a highly As-resistant bacterium, with two previously described arsenic resistance operons, ars1 and ars2. Among a large number…”
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Do the Different Exergy Accounting Methodologies Provide Consistent or Contradictory Results? A Case Study with the Portuguese Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Sector by Manso, Ricardo, Sousa, Tânia, Domingos, Tiago

“…Three exergy accounting approaches are used to evaluate exergy efficiency: the Energy Resources Exergy Accounting (EREA), the Natural Resources’ Exergy…”
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