Luca Ciacci

Dr. Luca Ciacci

Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna, viale Risorgimento, 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2016 in Global Environmental Change
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AEAyman Elshkaki
Ayman Elshkaki
TGThomas Graedel
Thomas Graedel
Luca CiacciLuca Ciacci
Luca Ciacci
BRBarbara Reck
Barbara Reck

1 April 2019 in Environmental Research Letters
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EHEdgar G Hertwich
Edgar G Hertwich
Saleem AliSaleem Ali
Saleem Ali
Luca CiacciLuca Ciacci
Luca Ciacci
TFTomer Fishman
Tomer Fishman
Niko HeerenNiko Heeren
Niko Heeren
PWPaul Wolfram
Paul Wolfram

30 January 2018 in Environmental Science & Technology
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AEAyman Elshkaki
Ayman Elshkaki
TGThomas Graedel
Thomas Graedel
Luca CiacciLuca Ciacci
Luca Ciacci
BRBarbara Reck
Barbara Reck

4 March 2015 in Environmental Science & Technology
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Luca CiacciLuca Ciacci
Luca Ciacci
BRBarbara Reck
Barbara Reck
NNNedal Nassar
Nedal Nassar
TGThomas Graedel
Thomas Graedel

1 August 2017 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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Luca CiacciLuca Ciacci
Luca Ciacci
Fabrizio PassariniFabrizio Passarini
Fabrizio Passarini
Ivano VassuraIvano Vassura
Ivano Vassura

28 August 2019 in Environmental Science & Technology
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ZCZhi Cao
Zhi Cao
COChristopher O’sullivan
Christopher O’sullivan
JTJuan Tan
Juan Tan
PKPer Kalvig
Per Kalvig
Luca CiacciLuca Ciacci
Luca Ciacci
GLGang Liu
Gang Liu
Wind energy is key to addressing the global climate challenge, but its development is subject to potential constraint of finite primary materials. Prior studies on material demand forecasting of wind power development are often limited to a few materials and with low technological resolution, thus hindering a comprehensive understanding of the impact of micro-engineering parameters on the resource implications of wind energy. In this study, we developed a component-by-component and stock-driven prospective material flow analysis model, and used bottom-up data on engineering parameters and wind power capacities to characterize the materials demand and secondary supply potentials of wind energy development in Denmark, a pioneering and leading country in wind power. We also explicitly addressed the uncertainties in the prospective modeling by the means of statistical estimation and sensitivity analysis methods. Our results reveal increasing challenges of materials provision and end-of-life (EoL) management in Denmark’s ambitious transition towards 100% renewable energy in the next decades. Harnessing potential secondary resource supply from EoL and extending lifetime could curtail the primary material demand, but they could not fully alleviate the material supply risk. Such model framework that considers bottom-up engineering parameters with increased precision could be applied to other emerging technologies and help reveal synergies and trade-offs of relevant resource, energy, and climate strategies in the future renewable energy and climate transition.