Life cycle assessment of CO 2 emissions from wind power plants: Methodology and case studies

Renewable Energy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-36

  Wang, Yuxuan ^a   Sun, Tianye ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; CO 2; Life cycle assessment; Wind; Wind power plant

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELECTRICITY MARKET; EMISSION INTENSITY; ENERGY GENERATIONS; ENERGY SECTOR; FUNCTIONAL OBJECT; GROWING MARKETS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; OFFSHORE WINDS; PRODUCTION PHASE; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RAPID GROWTH; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIMPLE METHOD;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; ESTIMATION; LIFE CYCLE; POWER PLANTS; RATING; REACTIVE POWER; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; WIND; WIND POWER;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

CHINA;

EID: 84856532773     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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