Life cycle energy and greenhouse emissions analysis of wind turbines and the effect of size on energy yield

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2653-2660

  Crawford, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Energy yield; Hybrid analysis; Input output analysis; Life cycle energy; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY GENERATIONS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENERGY STUDIES; ENERGY YIELD; ENERGY YIELDS; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; HYBRID ANALYSIS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; PREVIOUS LIFE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENGINES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; LIFE CYCLE; STATISTICS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 68749107142     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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