Environmental impacts of electricity generation at global, regional and national scales in 1980-2011: What can we learn for future energy planning?

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 689-701

  Laurent, Alexis ^a   Espinosa, Nieves ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY POLICY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY; NATIONAL POLICIES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY EFFICIENCY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84924345182     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ee03832k     Document Type: Article

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