A framework for environmental assessment of CO2 capture and storage systems

Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 540-548

  Sathre, Roger ^a   Chester, Mikhail ^b   Cain, Jennifer ^c   Masanet, Eric ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; Climate change mitigation; Environmental impacts; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DATA AND INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENERGY PENALTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MARKET EFFECT; OVERALL COSTS; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY MAKING; SCALE-UP; STORAGE SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; POWER PLANT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863720376     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.10.050     Document Type: Article

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