Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation: A comparative analysis of australian energy sources

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 872-897

  Hardisty, Paul E ^a,b   Clark, Tom S ^a   Hynes, Robert G ^a  

^a INTECSEA   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal seam gas; Greenhouse gas; LNG; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON; COAL; COAL BED METHANE; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DEPOSITS; COMBUSTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS TURBINES; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE-CYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG); OPEN CYCLE GAS TURBINES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84862245171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5040872     Document Type: Article

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