A guide to life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electric supply technologies

Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1543-1559

  Weisser, Daniel ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon mitigation; Climate change; Climate policy; Electricity; Energy technology; Fossil fuels; Global warming; Greenhouse gas emission; Life cycle analysis assessment; Nuclear energy chain; Renewable energy technologies

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON MITIGATION; CLIMATE POLICY; LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ENERGY CHAIN; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND EROSION;

EID: 34250159084     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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