Comments on "Energy intensities, EROIs (energy returned on invested), and energy payback times of electricity generating power plants"-Making clear of quite some confusion

Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 781-782

  Raugei, Marco ^a,b,c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy intensity; Energy payback time; EPBT; EROEI; EROI; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883293014     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.07.032     Document Type: Note

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