Carbon pay back period for solar and wind energy project installed in India: A critical review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-90

  Marimuthu, C ^a   Kirubakaran, V ^a  

^a GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon intensity; Carbon pay back period; Energy pay back period; Life cycle assessment; Poly crystalline PV module; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; CARBON INTENSITY; ENERGY PAY BACK PERIOD; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY DATUM; PV MODULES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLAR AND WIND ENERGIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84875464476     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.045     Document Type: Review

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