Life cycle assessment and net energy analysis of offshore wind power systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 98-106

  Huang, Yu Fong ^a   Gan, Xing Jia ^a   Chiueh, Pei Te ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Net energy analysis; Offshore wind power; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; INVESTMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NET ENERGY ANALYSIS; OFF-SHORE WIND POWER; OFFSHORE SUBSTATIONS; OFFSHORE WIND POWER SYSTEMS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE;

LIFE CYCLE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; INVESTMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

EID: 84992579450     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.10.050     Document Type: Article

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