Metal requirements of low-carbon power generation

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5640-5648

  Kleijn, René ^a   van der Voet, Ester ^a   Kramer, Gert Jan ^a,b   van Oers, Lauran ^a   van der Giesen, Coen ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; LCA; Material requirements; Metals

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; METALS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; ANNUAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CRITICAL INPUTS; CRITICAL OUTPUT; EMISSION REDUCTION; GLOBAL CO; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; LCA; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LOW-CARBON; MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS; METAL REQUIREMENTS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; POINT-SOURCES; POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGY; POWER SECTOR; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; UPSCALING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MARKET; EQUIPMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METAL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POWER GENERATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052101512     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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