Energy, economics and environmental impacts of renewable energy systems Export

@article{citeulike:5920721, abstract = {The renewable based electricity generation technologies were assessed against a range of sustainability indicators using data obtained from the literature. These indicators are cost of electricity generation, greenhouse gas emissions and energy pay-back time. All the three parameters were found to have a very wide range for each technology. For grading different renewable energy sources a new figure of merit has been proposed, linking greenhouse gas emissions, energy pay-back time and cost of electricity generated by these renewable energy sources. It has been found out that wind and small hydro are the most sustainable source for the electricity generation.}, author = {Varun and Prakash, Ravi and Bhat, Inder K.}, citeulike-article-id = {5920721}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2009.05.007}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S136403210900094X}, doi = {10.1016/j.rser.2009.05.007}, issn = {13640321}, journal = {Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews}, keywords = {impact-articulation, indicators, macro, meso, renewable-energy}, month = {December}, number = {9}, pages = {2716--2721}, posted-at = {2009-11-15 08:35:18}, priority = {2}, title = {Energy, economics and environmental impacts of renewable energy systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2009.05.007}, volume = {13}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5920721 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5920721 N2 - The renewable based electricity generation technologies were assessed against a range of sustainability indicators using data obtained from the literature. These indicators are cost of electricity generation, greenhouse gas emissions and energy pay-back time. All the three parameters were found to have a very wide range for each technology. For grading different renewable energy sources a new figure of merit has been proposed, linking greenhouse gas emissions, energy pay-back time and cost of electricity generated by these renewable energy sources. It has been found out that wind and small hydro are the most sustainable source for the electricity generation. IS - 9 JF - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews SN - 13640321 EP - 2721 TI - Energy, economics and environmental impacts of renewable energy systems VL - 13 SP - 2716 KW - impact-articulation KW - indicators KW - macro KW - meso KW - renewable-energy AU - Varun AU - Prakash, Ravi AU - Bhat, Inder PY - 2009/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2009.05.007 ER -