A life cycle environmental impact assessment of oil shale produced and consumed in Estonia

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 232-245

  Gavrilova, Olga ^a   Vilu, Raivo ^a   Vallner, Leo ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Electricity and heat generation; Estonia; Life Cycle Inventory; Material Flow Analysis; Oil shale; Shale oil production

Indexed keywords

ESTONIA; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE POLICY; SHALE OIL PRODUCTION; USING LIFE;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; SHALE; SHALE OIL;

OIL SHALE;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LIFE CYCLE; MINE; OIL PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL POWER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTONIA; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; OIL SHALE; POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ESTONIA;

EID: 78649315721     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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