Life cycle water use of energy production and its environmental impacts in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 14459-14467

  Zhang, Chao ^a,b   Anadon, Laura Diaz ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; IMPORTANT FEATURES; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WATER CONSUMPTION;

LIFE CYCLE; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; FRESH WATER; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM;

COASTAL ZONE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COAL MINING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUID INTAKE; HEAT; HYDROPOWER; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE; WASTE WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER; WATER CYCLE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84890776325     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402556x     Document Type: Article

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