Life cycle assessment of the transmission network in Great Britain

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3622-3631

  Harrison, Gareth P ^a  

^a Ned) J   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Life cycle; Transmission networks

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON EQUIVALENT EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NETWORK DESIGN; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; NETWORK LIFETIME; POWER STATION; POWER SYSTEMS; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; STATIC GENERATION; SULPHUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRANSMISSION COMPANIES; TRANSMISSION INVESTMENTS; TRANSMISSION LOSS; TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; SULFUR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953683162     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.02.039     Document Type: Article

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