Life cycle assessment of the offshore wind farm alpha ventus

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2459-2464

  Wagner, Hermann Josef ^a   Baack, Christoph ^a   Eickelkamp, Timo ^a   Epe, Alexa ^a   Lohmann, Jessica ^a   Troy, Stefanie ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha ventus; Cumulated energy demand (CED); Energetic payback period; Environmental indicator; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Offshore wind farm

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FARMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; RATING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEGRAPH; WIND POWER;

ALPHA VENTUS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; PAYBACK PERIODS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGETICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SEA BREEZE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND FARM; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79955650301     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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