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Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508
March 2, 2023
Abstract
This paper exposes the many flaws in the article “Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition, authored by Siebert and Rees and recently published in Energies as a Review. Our intention in submitting this critique is to expose and rectify the original article’s non-scientific approach to the review process that includes selective (and hence biased) screening of the literature focusing on the challenges related to renewable energies, without discussing any of the well-documented solutions. In so doing, we also provide a rigorous refutation of several statements made by a Seibert−Rees paper, which often appear to be unsubstantiated personal opinions and not based on a balanced review of the available literature.
This paper exposes the many flaws in the article “Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition, authored by Siebert and Rees and recently published in Energies as a Review. Our intention in submitting this critique is to expose and rectify the original article’s non-scientific approach to the review process that includes selective (and hence biased) screening of the literature focusing on the challenges related to renewable energies, without discussing any of the well-documented solutions. In so doing, we also provide a rigorous refutation of several statements made by a Seibert−Rees paper, which often appear to be unsubstantiated personal opinions and not based on a balanced review of the available literature.
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challenges, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, renewables, resources, solar, Wind
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Fthenakis V, Raugei M, Breyer C, Bhattacharya S, Carbajales-Dale M, Ginsberg M, Jäger-Waldau A, Leccisi E, Lincot D, Murphy D, Perez MJR, Sinha P, Rockett A, Sadewasser S, Stanbery BJ, Swanson RM, Verlinden P. Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508. (2023). LAPSE:2023.15812
Author Affiliations
Fthenakis V: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Sciences Department, Building 815, Upton, NY 11973, USA
Raugei M: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley C [ORCID]
Breyer C: School of Energy Systems, LUT University, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland [ORCID]
Bhattacharya S: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK [ORCID]
Carbajales-Dale M: Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Ginsberg M: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Jäger-Waldau A: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 21014 Ispra, Italy [ORCID]
Leccisi E: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA [ORCID]
Lincot D: Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île de France (IPVF), CNRS UMR 9006, 18 Boulevard Thomas Gobert, 91120 Palaiseau, France
Murphy D: Environmental Studies Department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA
Perez MJR: Clean Power Research, 1541 3rd Street, Napa, CA 94559, USA
Sinha P: First Solar, 350 W Washington St., Tempe, AZ 85281, USA [ORCID]
Rockett A: Angus Rockett, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 305b Hill Hall, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, USA [ORCID]
Sadewasser S: INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
Stanbery BJ: HelioSourceTech, 8987 E. Tanque Verde, Suite 309, PMB216, Tucson, AZ 85749, USA [ORCID]
Swanson RM: Sunpower Founder, Retired, 24700 Voorhees Drive, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, USA
Verlinden P: AMROCK Group, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; School of Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; State Key Laboratory of PVST, Trina Solar, Xinbei District, Changzhou 213031, China [ORCID]
Raugei M: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley C [ORCID]
Breyer C: School of Energy Systems, LUT University, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland [ORCID]
Bhattacharya S: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK [ORCID]
Carbajales-Dale M: Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Ginsberg M: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Jäger-Waldau A: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 21014 Ispra, Italy [ORCID]
Leccisi E: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA [ORCID]
Lincot D: Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île de France (IPVF), CNRS UMR 9006, 18 Boulevard Thomas Gobert, 91120 Palaiseau, France
Murphy D: Environmental Studies Department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA
Perez MJR: Clean Power Research, 1541 3rd Street, Napa, CA 94559, USA
Sinha P: First Solar, 350 W Washington St., Tempe, AZ 85281, USA [ORCID]
Rockett A: Angus Rockett, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 305b Hill Hall, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, USA [ORCID]
Sadewasser S: INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
Stanbery BJ: HelioSourceTech, 8987 E. Tanque Verde, Suite 309, PMB216, Tucson, AZ 85749, USA [ORCID]
Swanson RM: Sunpower Founder, Retired, 24700 Voorhees Drive, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, USA
Verlinden P: AMROCK Group, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; School of Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; State Key Laboratory of PVST, Trina Solar, Xinbei District, Changzhou 213031, China [ORCID]
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Energies
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15
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3
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971
Year
2022
Publication Date
2022-01-28
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1996-1073
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