Hourly-based greenhouse gas emissions of electricity – cases demonstrating possibilities for households and companies to decrease their emissions

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 153, Issue , 2017, Pages 384-396

  Kopsakangas Savolainen, Maria ^a,b   Mattinen, Maija K ^a   Manninen, Kaisa ^a   Nissinen, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Demand side management; Electricity markets; Greenhouse gas emissions; Hourly based emission factors

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; POWER MARKETS;

DEMAND LOADS; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENTS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY USE; EMISSION COEFFICIENT; EMISSION FACTORS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; USAGE PATTERNS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 84949660764     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.027     Document Type: Article

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