Japan's energy conundrum: Post-Fukushima scenarios from a life cycle perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-115

  Portugal Pereira, Joana ^a,c   Troncoso Parady, Giancarlos ^b   Castro Dominguez, Bernardo ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Economic environmental co benefits; Japanese energy portfolio; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893852221     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.131     Document Type: Article

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