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This work was partially financed by the Catedra TECFUTURA (SACYR corporation and Madrid Polytechnic University). Some of the research papers cited herein were conducted at the Rock Mechanics Laboratory of the School of Mining and Energy Engineering of Madrid Polytechnic University. Finally, our thanks to the Energy Resources Service of the Geological Resources Research Department of the Spanish Geological and Mining Institute (IGME) for providing us with access to information and advice in identifying the values of certain selection criteria.
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CastaÑeda Casado, Maria De La CruzAuthorLlamas, BernardoCorresponding AuthorLain, CarlosAuthorPous, JuanAuthorStudy of the Basque-Cantabrian basin as a suitable region for the implementation of an energy storage system based on compressed air energy storage (CAES)
Publicated to:Environmental Earth Sciences. 76 (5): - 2017-03-01 76(5), DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6515-y
Authors: Llamas, Bernardo; Castaneda, M. Cruz; Lain, Carlos; Pous, Juan;
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Abstract
The fight against climate change requires harnessing novel technologies to decrease CO2 emissions. Renewable energy must be among the main strategies for complying with the COP-21 agreements. Energy storage technologies will play a crucial role in increasing the efficiency and availability of this kind of energy source. Moreover, energy storage technologies will help reduce the supply risk of the electric power system, by overcoming the uncertainty of renewable energy generation. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) enables large amounts of energy to be accumulated reliably. Although there are different structures in the subsurface that may be considered for this purpose, the development of CAES in a salt dome offers several technical and economic advantages. Furthermore, currently this kind of structure is the only one used for this purpose on an industrial scale. In order to reduce the inherent risk associated with the definition and selection of subsurface structures, this study proposes a multi-criteria algorithm based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process methodology. In this scenario, the algorithm focuses on the process to rank salt domes for CAES development. The study applies this methodology in the Basque-Cantabrian basin, where as many as eleven structures have been examined.
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel
The work has been published in the journal Environmental Earth Sciences due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2017, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Water Science and Technology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Water Resources.
Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.
Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-28:
- WoS: 4
- Scopus: 5
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors
There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (LLAMAS MOYA, BERNARDO) and Last Author (POUS DE LA FLOR, JUAN).
the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been LLAMAS MOYA, BERNARDO.