Product and corporate carbon footprint using the compound method based on financial accounts. The case of Osorio wind farms

Applied Energy

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-204

  Alvarez, Sergio ^a   Sosab, María ^b   Rubioa, Agustín ^a  

^a Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^b Global Footprint SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumption based emissions; Hybrid analysis; Life cycle assessment; MC3; Scope 3 emissions; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FINANCE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS; HYBRID ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE EMISSIONS; PRACTICAL METHOD; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84926219787     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.11.039     Document Type: Article

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