Life-cycle comparison of greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption for coal and shale gas fired power generation in China

Energy

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 335-343

  Chang, Yuan ^a   Huang, Runze ^b   Ries, Robert J ^c   Masanet, Eric ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Electric power generation; Life cycle assessment; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SHALE; SHALE GAS; WATER RESOURCES;

COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY; COAL-FIRED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE; POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

PROVEN RESERVES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SHALE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84931569083     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.04.034     Document Type: Article

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