Multi-dimensional life cycle assessment of decentralised energy storage systems

Energy

Volumn 182, Issue , 2019, Pages 535-543

  Stougie, Lydia ^a   Del Santo, Giulia ^b   Innocenti, Giulia ^b   Goosen, Emil ^d   Vermaas, David ^a,c   van der Kooi, Hedzer ^a   Lombardi, Lidia ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c AquaBattery BV   (Netherlands)

^d NICCOLÒ CUSANO UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decentralised energy storage; Economic; Environmental; Exergy; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; ECONOMICS; ENERGY STORAGE; EXERGY; FLOW BATTERIES; GLOBAL WARMING; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DECENTRALISED ENERGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PUMPED-HYDRO ENERGY STORAGES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECENTRALIZATION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXERGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85067666082     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.05.110     Document Type: Article

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