Life-cycle analysis of renewable energy systems

B. Sørensen

Renewable Energy, 1994, vol. 5, issue 5, 1270-1277

Abstract: An imlementation of life-cycle analysis (LCA) for energy systems is presented and applied to two renewable energy systems (wind turbines and building-integrated photovoltaic modules) and compared with coal plants.

Keywords: Life-cycle analysis; externalities; renewable energy systems; wind power; photovoltaic power; coal power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(94)90161-9

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