Wind Power as a Case Study: Improving Life Cycle Assessment Reporting to Better Enable Meta-analyses

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Price, Lindsay ^a   Kendall, Alissa ^a  

^a Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon intensity; Energy intensity; Industrial ecology; Meta analysis; Renewable energy; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CARBON INTENSITY; ENERGY INTENSITY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; TRANSPARENCY; WIND POWER;

LIFE CYCLE;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84860519659     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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