Correlation between eco-efficiency measures and resource and impact decoupling for thermal power plants in Serbia

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 138, Issue , 2016, Pages 264-274

  Vukadinović, Bojana ^a   Popović, Ivanka ^a   Dunjić, Branko ^a   Jovović, Aleksandar ^a   Vlajić, Miloš ^b   Stanković, Dejan ^b   Bajić, Zoran ^b   Kijevčanin, Mirjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Bogoljuba Uroševića ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cleaner production; Coal thermal power plants; Eco efficiency indicators; Power upgrade; Resource and impact decoupling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM MEASUREMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; POLLUTION CONTROL; STEAM POWER PLANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ECO-EFFICIENCY INDICATORS; POWER UPGRADE; RESOURCE AND IMPACT DECOUPLING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84969960065     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.060     Document Type: Article

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