Analysis of life cycle thermo-ecological cost of electricity from wind and its application for future incentive mechanism

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 170, Issue , 2018, Pages 73-81

  Mendecka, Barbara ^a   Lombardi, Lidia ^b   Stanek, Wojciech ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NICCOLÒ CUSANO UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Environmental analysis; Life cycle assessment; Thermoecological cost; Wind energy; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXERGY; LIFE CYCLE; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85047645236     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.084     Document Type: Article

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