Greenhouse gas emissions from renewable energy sources: A review of lifecycle considerations

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 461-475

  Amponsah, Nana Yaw ^a   Troldborg, Mads ^a   Kington, Bethany ^a   Aalders, Inge ^a   Hough, Rupert Lloyd ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electricity generation; Greenhouse gases; Heat generation; Life cycle assessment; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT GENERATION; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENGINEERING; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TIDAL POWER; WASTE TREATMENT; WAVE POWER;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84905389346     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.087     Document Type: Review

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