Critical and precious materials consumption and requirement in wind energy system in the EU 27

Applied Energy

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 327-334

  Kim, Junbeum ^a,b   Guillaume, Bertrand ^a   Chung, Jinwook ^c   Hwang, Yongwoo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Samsung Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^d Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Critical and valuable raw material; Material flow; Scenarios; Sustainable resources management; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC DRIVES; GOLD; HARD DISK STORAGE; HYBRID VEHICLES; SILVER; WIND POWER;

CURRENT CONSUMPTION; MATERIAL FLOW; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SCENARIOS; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES MANAGEMENTS; WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS; WIND POWER PRODUCTION;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

ACTION PLAN; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; MINERAL; PRECIOUS METAL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; WIND POWER;

EID: 84918773368     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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