A Simplified Life Cycle Approach for Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Wind Electricity

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Padey, Pierryves ^a   Blanc, Isabelle ^a   Le Boulch, Denis ^a   Xiusheng, Zhao ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Energy; Environmental impact; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Meta analysis; Regression

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); META-ANALYSIS; REGRESSION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

LIFE CYCLE;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLICIDE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84860530699     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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