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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

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  • Vasilis Fthenakis

    (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)

  • Marco Raugei

    (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 Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK
    Ricardo plc, 30 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LA, UK)

  • Christian Breyer

    (School of Energy Systems, LUT University, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland)

  • Suby Bhattacharya

    (Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK)

  • Michael Carbajales-Dale

    (Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA)

  • Michael Ginsberg

    (Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA)

  • Arnulf Jäger-Waldau

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 21014 Ispra, Italy)

  • Enrica Leccisi

    (Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA)

  • Daniel Lincot

    (Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île de France (IPVF), CNRS UMR 9006, 18 Boulevard Thomas Gobert, 91120 Palaiseau, France)

  • David Murphy

    (Environmental Studies Department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA)

  • Marc J. R. Perez

    (Clean Power Research, 1541 3rd Street, Napa, CA 94559, USA)

  • Parikhit Sinha

    (First Solar, 350 W Washington St., Tempe, AZ 85281, USA)

  • Angus Rockett

    (Angus Rockett, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 305b Hill Hall, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, USA)

  • Sascha Sadewasser

    (INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal)

  • Billy J. Stanbery

    (HelioSourceTech, 8987 E. Tanque Verde, Suite 309, PMB216, Tucson, AZ 85749, USA)

  • Richard M. Swanson

    (Sunpower Founder, Retired, 24700 Voorhees Drive, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, USA)

  • Pierre Verlinden

    (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)

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.

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  • Vasilis Fthenakis & Marco Raugei & Christian Breyer & Suby Bhattacharya & Michael Carbajales-Dale & Michael Ginsberg & Arnulf Jäger-Waldau & Enrica Leccisi & Daniel Lincot & David Murphy & Marc J. R. , 2022. "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," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:3:p:971-:d:736911
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