Environmental impacts of future low-carbon electricity systems: Detailed life cycle assessment of a Danish case study

Applied Energy

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-73

  Turconi, Roberto ^a   Tonini, Davide ^a   Nielsen, Christian F B ^b   Simonsen, Christian G ^b   Astrup, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ENERGINET DK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass to energy; CHP; Energy modeling; Future scenario; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Renewable energy system

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COGENERATION PLANTS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CHP; ENERGY MODEL; FUTURE SCENARIO; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL RECORD; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

DENMARK;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 84904577879     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.06.078     Document Type: Article

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