Greenhouse gas emissions of electric vehicles associated with wind and photovoltaic electricity

Energy Procedia

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 391-401

  Querini, Florent ^a,b   Dagostino, Stéphane ^b   Morel, Stéphane ^b,c   Rousseaux, Patrick ^a  

^a Poitiers Univ IRIAF CNRS   (France)

^b RENAULT   (France)

^c MINES ParisTech   (France)

Author keywords

Electric vehicle; Greenhouse gases; Life cycle assessment; Photovoltaic energy; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890313484     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.03.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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