Emissions and energy efficiency assessment of baseload wind energy systems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1903-1911

  Denholm, Paul ^a,b   Kulcinski, Gerald L ^a   Holloway, Tracey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BASELOAD COAL; FOSSIL COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY; LEAST EMITTING FOSSIL TECHNOLOGY; WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS;

WIND POWER;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; EXHAUST GAS; FOSSIL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; UNITED STATES; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; WIND;

EID: 15244356972     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049946p     Document Type: Article

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