Land use and electricity generation: A life-cycle analysis

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1465-1474

  Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a,b   Kim, Hyung Chul ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Teachers College   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coal; Land occupation; Nuclear; Photovoltaics; Renewable; Transformation; Wind

Indexed keywords

LAND OCCUPATION; NUCLEAR; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RENEWABLE; TRANSFORMATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COAL; COAL GAS; COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EMPLOYMENT; FUELS; GAS INDUSTRY; LAND USE; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 64249100570     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2008.09.017     Document Type: Review

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