Environmental impact of electricity from selected geothermal power plants in Italy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 301-308

  Bravi, Mirko ^b   Basosi, Riccardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electricity; Environmental impact; Geothermal; Life cycle assessment; Power plants; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELECTRICITY PLANTS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; GEOTHERMAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STRONG CORRELATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRICITY; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84893774369     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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