GHG emissions and energy performance of offshore wind power

Renewable Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 314-324

  Raadal, Hanne Lerche ^a   Vold, Bjørn Ivar ^a,c   Myhr, Anders ^b   Nygaard, Tor Anders ^b  

^a Ostfold Research   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Postboks 200 ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy performance; GHG emissions; LCA; Life Cycle Assessment; Offshore wind power

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PERFORMANCE; GHG EMISSION; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OFF-SHORE WIND POWER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; WIND POWER;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON EMISSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESIGN; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84891934853     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.075     Document Type: Article

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