Life cycle assessment of the offshore wind farm alpha ventus

Hermann-Josef Wagner, Christoph Baack, Timo Eickelkamp, Alexa Epe, Jessica Lohmann and Stefanie Troy

Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 5, 2459-2464

Abstract: Due to better wind conditions at sea, offshore wind farms have the advantage of higher electricity production compared to onshore and inland wind farms. In contrast, a greater material input, leading to increased energy consumptions and emissions during the production phase, is required to build offshore wind farms. These contrary effects are investigated for the first German offshore wind farm alpha ventus in the North Sea. In a life cycle assessment its environmental influence is compared to that of Germany’s electricity mix.

Keywords: Life cycle assessment (LCA); Alpha ventus; Offshore wind farm; Cumulated energy demand (CED); Environmental indicator; Energetic payback period (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.036

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