Life cycle assessment of modern wind power plants

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 395-403

  Hapke, Hannes M ^a   Haapala, Karl R ^a   Wu, Zhaohui ^b   Brekken, Ted K A ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTORS; CARBON EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION EMISSIONS; COMPONENT RELIABILITY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICAL GRIDS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY PORTFOLIO; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FUEL EXTRACTION; LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; WIND FARM; WIND PARK;

COMBUSTION; DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 80054975957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2010-28749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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