Assessing the life cycle environmental benefits of renewable distributed generation in a context of carbon taxes: The case of the Northeastern American market

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 1178-1189

  Descateaux, Paul ^a   Astudillo, Miguel F ^a   Amor, Mourad Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon taxes consequences; Distributed generation; Environmental impacts; Life cycle assessment; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; TAXATION; WIND TURBINES;

CARBON TAX CONSEQUENCE; CARBON TAXES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENTS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TAX LEVELS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84944081012     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.022     Document Type: Review

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