Net energy payback and CO2 emissions from three midwestern wind farms: An update

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 271-281

  White, Scott W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Fission; Life cycle analysis; Renewable energy; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947703012     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-007-9024-y     Document Type: Article

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