TY - JOUR
TI - Life Cycle Assessment of a Wind Farm and Related Externalities
AU - Schleisner, L
T2 - Renewable Energy
AB - This paper concentrates on the assessment of energy and emissions related to the production and manufacture of materials for an offshore wind farm as well as a wind farm on land based on a life cycle analysis (LCA) model. In Denmark a model has been developed for life cycle assessments of different materials. The model is able to assess the energy use related to the production, transportation and manufacture of 1 kg of material. The energy use is divided into fuels used in order to estimate the emissions through the life cycle. In the paper the model and the attached assumptions are described, and the model is demonstrated for two wind farms. The externalities for the wind farms are reported, showing the importance of life cycle assessment for renewable energy technologies.
DA - 2000/07//
PY - 2000
VL - 20
IS - 3
SP - 279
EP - 288
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148199001238
DO - 10.1016/S0960-1481(99)00123-8
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Life Cycle Assessment
KW - Human Dimensions
ER -