Life cycle assessment of mini-hydropower plants in Thailand

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 849-858

  Suwanit, Wannarat ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b THAILAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment (LCA); Mini hydropower plant; Renewable energy; Run of river; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904009133     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0311-9     Document Type: Article

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